BEIJING, May 16 (Xinhua) -- China has deployed inspection teams to regions along its major river basins to strengthen flood control ahead of the annual flood season.

WASHINGTON, May 16 (Xinhua) -- The Smithsonian's National Museum of Asian Art on Friday officially returned the Zidanku silk manuscript volumes II and III: Wuxing Ling and Gongshou Zhan from the ...

ISTANBUL, May 16 (Xinhua) -- The Russian and Ukrainian delegations have agreed to have a new round of negotiations during talks in Istanbul, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said Friday. ■ ...

SANAA, May 16 (Xinhua) -- The Israeli military conducted on Friday airstrikes on Yemen's port city of Hodeidah and Salif oil port, on the Red Sea, said the Houthis who control much of northern Yemen.

In 2024, cross-border trips to China by foreigners surged by 82.9 percent from the previous year, reaching 64.88 million. Of these, more than 20 million inbound foreign trips were made visa-free, ...

BEIJING, May 16 (Xinhua) -- Chinese authorities have unveiled revised regulations to promote the healthy development of the country's catering sector, a key pillar of China's consumption-driven ...

JINAN, May 16 (Xinhua) -- Wang Yixin, former vice governor of Heilongjiang Province in northeast China, was on Friday sentenced to life in prison for accepting bribes. The sentence was handed down by ...

JAKARTA, May 16 (Xinhua) -- Indonesia's Animal, Fish, and Plant Quarantine Center in Riau Islands province thwarted an attempt to smuggle protected seahorse species, a senior official said on Friday.

ISTANBUL, May 16 (Xinhua) -- The Russian and Ukrainian delegations in Istanbul agreed on Friday to exchange 1,000 war prisoners each, diplomatic sources told Xinhua. ■ ...

JAKARTA, May 16 (Xinhua) -- The Indonesian government has arrested 170 foreigners from 27 countries during immigration operations conducted from May 14 to May 16 across Greater Jakarta, covering ...

BEIJING, May 16 (Xinhua) -- Chinese banks and insurance companies recorded steady asset expansion in the first quarter of this year, official data showed on Friday.

BEIRUT, May 16 (Xinhua) -- A routine patrol from the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) was confronted Friday morning by a group of individuals dressed in civilian clothing, resulting in ...