Themed "Our Land. Our Future," the ongoing 16th Conference of the Parties (COP16) to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) in Riyadh marks a milestone as the largest UN ...

COLOMBO, Dec. 4 (Xinhua) -- Sri Lankan Justice Minister Harshana Nanayakkara told Parliament on Wednesday that three crucial bills aimed at recovering stolen assets, deterring financial crimes, and ...

URUMQI, Dec. 4 (Xinhua) -- For decades, Xu Shuangmin had barely ventured beyond her community, confined to a comfortable 5-km radius in the central city of Wuhan. But at the age of 67, and fresh off ...

PARIS, Dec. 4 (Xinhua) -- The global economy is projected to grow at a rate of 3.2 percent this year, and 3.3 percent in both 2025 and 2026, said the Organization for Economic Cooperation and ...

SEOUL, Dec. 4 (Xinhua) -- South Korea's defense minister made an apology to citizens and said he has submitted resignation to President Yoon Suk-yeol, Yonhap news agency reported on Wednesday. ■ ...

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- U.S. inflation is on the path to meet the Federal Reserve's goal of 2 percent, but the job is "not yet done," a U.S. Fed official said on Tuesday.

In North and East Africa, wet climates provided a green corridor for ancient humans to migrate out of Africa. In contrast, in Eurasia, aridification and landscape changes offered more open habitats, ...

BEIJING, Dec. 4 (Xinhua) -- China has witnessed its warmest autumn since complete meteorological observation records began in 1961, the National Climate Center said on Wednesday.

The 100,000th China-Europe freight train arrived Tuesday morning in Duisburg, Germany, marking a historic milestone for this rail link. #GLOBALink ...

SYDNEY, Dec. 4 (Xinhua) -- Novak Djokovic will open his 2025 season at the Brisbane International in the lead-up to the Australian Open. Organizers of the Brisbane International on Wednesday announced ...

Located in Ma'anshan City of east China's Anhui Province, the Lingjiatan relics site is a Neolithic settlement site dating back 5,300 to 5,800 years. Since it was discovered in 1985, Lingjiatan has ...

WELLINGTON, Dec. 4 (Xinhua) -- New Zealand scientists called for increased seismometer coverage to prepare for the next big earthquake, according to a study released on Wednesday.