GENEVA/KINSHASA, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has become the second-largest on record, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned Wednesday, as ...

People queue to dive at Kolovare Beach as the moon partially covers the sun during a solar eclipse in Zadar, Croatia, Aug. 12, 2026. (Zvonimir Barisin/PIXSELL via Xinhua) People queue to dive at ...

Campers take a walk at a RV (recreational vehicles) camping base in Bijie City, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Aug. 11, ...

SYDNEY, Aug. 13 (Xinhua) -- The state government of Australia's New South Wales (NSW) on Thursday revealed a blueprint for Sydney to accommodate an extra 1.3 million residents by 2046. Under the ...

MOSCOW, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday cautioned that NATO's plans to deploy new weapons in the Asia-Pacific region pose a threat to Russia.

GAZA, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu recently rejected a U.S.-backed 15-point plan for ending the Gaza conflict, insisting that Israeli forces would not withdraw from ...

JAKARTA, Aug. 13 (Xinhua) -- A total of 211 people were rescued after an Indonesian passenger ferry caught fire near the tourist island of Bali on Wednesday, local authorities said Thursday. One ...

MELBOURNE, Aug. 13 (Xinhua) -- The Australian island state of Tasmania on Thursday reported its first confirmed case of H5N1 avian influenza, meaning the deadly strain has now been detected in every ...

BEIJING, Aug. 13 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.0 jolted Banda Sea at 1858 GMT on Wednesday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said. The epicenter, with a depth of 166.9 ...

GAZA/JERUSALEM, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- A Palestinian was killed and several others were injured on Wednesday in an Israeli airstrike on the Gaza Strip, the first reported airstrike in about a week, ...

If approved by the NBA, the transaction would establish a new record for the most expensive sale of a professional sports franchise, surpassing Dodgers owner Mark Walter's purchase of the Lakers from ...