BRASILIA, Dec. 11 (Xinhua) -- The Monetary Policy Committee (Copom) of Brazil's central bank decided on Wednesday to increase the benchmark Selic interest rate from 11.25 percent to 12.25 percent, the ...

MEXICO CITY, Dec. 11 (Xinhua) -- Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said on Wednesday her administration will defend the country's sovereignty regardless of who the United States picks as ambassador ...

SAO PAULO, Dec. 11 (Xinhua) -- Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will undergo a new medical procedure to complement the surgery he had Tuesday to drain an intracranial hematoma, his ...

GENEVA, Dec. 11 (Xinhua) -- An Extraordinary FIFA Congress announced Wednesday Morocco, Portugal and Spain as the hosts of the 2030 World Cup, as well as Saudi Arabia as the host of the 2034 World Cup ...

U.S. stocks ended mixed on Wednesday, as the November inflation report aligned with economists' projections. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 99.27 points, or 0.22 percent, to 44,148.56. The S&P ...

The study attributed 8.3 percent of Australia's total disease burden in 2024 to the risk factor of being overweight, with tobacco use responsible for 7.6 percent and all dietary risks for 4.8 percent.

HOUSTON, Dec. 11 (Xinhua) -- U.S. crude oil production averaged 13.631 million barrels per day (b/d) during the week ending Dec. 6, up by 118,000 b/d from the previous week, U.S. Energy Information ...

The Huangmaohai Cross-Sea Passage, linking Guangdong's Zhuhai City and Jiangmen City, was officially opened to traffic on Wednesday. This passage, spanning a total length of approximately 31 ...

The United States is relying on its longtime partnership with the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), a Kurdish-led armed faction among several rebel groups in Syria, to prevent a possible resurgence of ...

Shilok crafts a traditional Tibetan mask at a cooperative in Dagze District of Lhasa, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, Dec. 9, 2024. Shilok is an inheritor of a traditional Tibetan mask ...

U.S. commercial crude oil inventories, excluding those in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, dropped by 1.4 million barrels from the previous week to 422 million barrels, about 6 percent below the ...

"So far, 15 people were killed and 64 others injured, while the RSF militia's shelling on Zamzam camp and the livestock market is still continuing," Ibrahim Khatir, director-general of North Darfur ...