A swimmer finishes a winter swimming race in the Vltava River in Prague, the Czech Republic, Dec. 26, 2024. More than 360 ...

People attend a commemoration event for the victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami in Galle, Sri Lanka, on Dec. 26, 2024.

China, having experienced rapid growth in recent decades, has become the world's second-largest economy, and it stays a committed member of the Global South. Facing similar challenges in pursuit of ...

BEIJING, Dec. 27 (Xinhua) -- China's central bank on Friday said that it has renewed a bilateral currency swap agreement with the Central Bank of Nigeria. The total value of the agreement is 15 ...

VIENTIANE, Dec. 27 (Xinhua) -- The number of dengue cases in Laos has surpassed 20,000, with 11 deaths reported so far this year, according to the Lao Ministry of Health on Friday. According to a ...

Tech innovations in Nanfan in China's Sanya have been revolutionizing China's seed industry. A surge of advanced breeding ...

URUMQI, Dec. 27 (Xinhua) -- Cotton output in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region reached nearly 5.69 million tonnes in 2024, up 574,000 tonnes over the previous year, according to the ...

In a statement, the CCG said that it has intensified law enforcement patrols in the territorial waters off Huangyan Dao and surrounding areas since the beginning of December, warning and driving away ...

HANOI, Dec. 27 (Xinhua) -- The monthly average income of Vietnamese laborers in 2024 reached 8.5 million Vietnamese dong (over 334 U.S. dollars) per capita, up 1.9 million dong (75 dollars) compared ...

TOKYO, Dec. 27 (Xinhua) -- The Japanese government on Friday approved a record 115.54 trillion yen (about 733 billion U.S. dollars) draft budget for fiscal 2025 as expenditures for social security and ...

DHAKA, Dec. 27 (Xinhua) -- Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi has been awarded the prestigious title of Most Loved Brand in the Mobile Handset category by Bangladesh Brand Forum during the 16th edition ...

HANOI, Dec. 27 (Xinhua) -- The credit growth for the Vietnam's banking sector in 2025 will likely be at 15 percent, equivalent to the target for 2024 and higher than nominal GDP growth of about 10 ...