KABUL, Dec. 27 (Xinhua) -- The Afghan caretaker government began a green tea plantation in eastern Khost province to bolster local products, reported the state-run Bakhtar news agency on Friday.

ZHENGZHOU, Dec. 27 (Xinhua) -- If you think learning kung fu is difficult, meet Mohammad Ullah, an American lawyer who can switch between at least seven forms of Chinese martial arts. At 30, Ullah is ...

BEIJING, Dec. 27 (Xinhua) -- A meeting of the Communist Party of China (CPC) leadership has stressed strengthening Party discipline and urged senior leaders to set an exemplary and leading role in ...

Thursday's airstrike marks the fourth Israeli strike on Houthi-controlled targets this year. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reaffirmed his resolve to dismantle the Houthis' military ...

SEOUL, Dec. 27 (Xinhua) -- Minister of Economy and Finance Choi Sang-mok, who doubles as deputy prime minister for economic affairs, vowed the stable management of state affairs on Friday after ...

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.

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 ...

ZHENGZHOU, Dec. 27 (Xinhua) -- Shang Liguang, former deputy secretary of the Communist Party of China Shanxi Provincial Committee, was on Friday sentenced to life imprisonment for accepting bribes.