This Tuesday also marks the 2026 China Tourism Day. Perched 4,718 meters above sea level, Nam Co means "Heavenly Lake" in the Xizang language. "The lake sits so high that it seems floating in the sky; ...

An An-2 aircraft with eight passengers onboard made an emergency landing in a forest in Russia's Yakutia, local emergency services said Tuesday. ■ ...

The China-Europe jointly developed Solar wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer (SMILE) was launched into orbit on Tuesday, expected to usher in a new era in space weather forecasting and mark a ...

To be "offered a cup of coffee" by Hong Kong's Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) used to be code for "busted." Now the anti-graft body serves actual lattes and runs crime-solving ...

Three people, including a woman and a child, were killed and another seriously injured when a powerful storm triggered the collapse of their home in eastern Afghanistan's Nangarhar province on Monday ...

Earnings of South Korea's listed companies surged in triple digits in the first quarter due to a boom in semiconductor exports, Yonhap news agency said Tuesday, citing data from the Korea Exchange.

The U.S. Coast Guard said it is responding to an oil spill at Ala Wai Harbor in Honolulu, Hawaii, on Monday, together with local authorities. Pollution responders with Pacific Environmental ...

The foreign ministers of 10 countries, including Indonesia, on Monday condemned in the strongest terms renewed Israeli assaults on the humanitarian Gaza-bound Global Sumud Flotilla. In a joint ...

The Solar wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer (SMILE), a joint mission between the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and the European Space Agency (ESA), was successfully launched Tuesday ...

New Zealand electronic card spending fell in April, led by declines across retail categories amid softer consumer activity, official data showed on Tuesday. Seasonally adjusted retail spending dropped ...

TOKYO, May 19 (Xinhua) -- Japan's economy expanded an annualized real 2.1 percent in the first quarter of 2026, driven by growth in consumption and exports, government data showed Tuesday.

The U.S. Coast Guard said on Monday that it is responding to an oil spill at Ala Wai Harbor in Honolulu, Hawaii. The volume of the spill and the source of the leak remain unknown. No injuries or ...