COLOMBO, May 12 (Xinhua) -- Sri Lanka has approved development projects worth 23 billion rupees (about 71.4 million U.S. dollars) under a national rural poverty alleviation program, the President's ...
No table? No problem! 80-year-old former world champion Zheng Minzhi is bringing "Ping-Pong Workout" to Shanghai's tight alleyways. It solves the space squeeze, helping beginners master footwork ...
PHNOM PENH, May 12 (Xinhua) -- The National Assembly of Cambodia on Tuesday adopted a draft law on military conscription, which will require young male adults to fulfil military obligation for two ...
WELLINGTON, May 12 (Xinhua) -- New Zealand has opened a competitive process for a fourth petroleum exploration permit application since the government lifted a ban on new exploration late last year, ...
An Australian soldier died during a parachuting training course at Jervis Bay Airfield on the South Coast of New South Wales, the Australian Department of Defence said on Tuesday. The Australian ...
TOKYO, May 12 (Xinhua) -- Japan's leading snack maker Calbee is set to change some of its product packaging to stripped-down black-and-white designs due to a tighter supply of crude oil-derived ...
Participants attend the Africa Forward Summit 2026 in Nairobi, Kenya, May 11, 2026. Co-hosted by Kenyan President William ...
TOKYO, May 12 (Xinhua) -- Japan's household spending fell 2.9 percent in inflation-adjusted real terms year-on-year in March, marking the fourth consecutive monthly decline, government data showed ...
Launched in 2023 by the Institute of Crop Sciences of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS) and China's digital-tech giant Tencent, the "Tian Shu" initiative aims to decode the genetic ...
BEIJING, May 12 (Xinhua) -- The following are the central parity rates of the Chinese currency renminbi, or the yuan, against 25 major currencies announced on Tuesday by the China Foreign Exchange ...
MANILA, May 12 (Xinhua) -- Ronald Dela Rosa, a Philippine senator and former chief of the Philippine National Police, on Monday sought judicial protection and asked the Supreme Court to immediately ...