Despite expressing willingness to cooperate with Russia, Washington has not lifted any sanctions imposed on the country, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Monday.

China recorded more than 1.4 billion inter-regional passenger trips during the first week of the 2026 Spring Festival travel rush, transport authorities said on Monday.From Feb. 2 to 8, road travel exceeded 1.3 billion trips, while railways handled more than 86 million passenger trips. Waterway

A spokesperson for the Office for Safeguarding National Security of the Central People's Government in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) said on Monday that the office firmly supports the sentencing decision made by the HKSAR judiciary on Jimmy Lai in accordance with the law.The

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer's director of communications, Tim Allan, has resigned, Sky News reported Monday.

Israeli troops carried out operations in Gaza and Lebanon on Monday, killing at least 8 people.According to an update from the Gaza health authorities, Israeli forces killed at least five Palestinians over the past day.

A wave of extreme weather has swept across Europe in recent weeks, as powerful Atlantic storms battered southern countries with flooding, while Arctic cold gripped parts of central and northern Europe, leaving dozens dead, thousands displaced and causing widespread disruption.

China said Monday that Japan should strictly abide by the four political documents between China and Japan, its pacifist constitution, as well as its own commitments and international obligations, no matter who leads Japan or which party is in office.

Published files in the case of late American financier Jeffrey Epstein have exposed the "pure Satanism" of Western elites, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in an interview with the NTV channel on Sunday.

On Monday, the APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC) formally launched its 2026 work program under the theme "Openness, Connectivity, Synergy," reaffirming the Asia-Pacific business community's commitment to open markets