BEIJING, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) -- China made headways in ecological and environmental protection in 2024, with notable improvements in air and water quality, according to the Ministry of Ecology and ...

ISTANBUL, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) -- Authorities in Istanbul, Türkiye's largest city, will hike public transport and taxi fares by 35 percent, state-run Anadolu news agency said on Wednesday.

SANAA, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) -- Yemen's Houthi group announced on Wednesday that it had launched a new attack on the USS Harry Truman aircraft carrier in the Red Sea, using cruise missiles and bomb-laden ...

TEHRAN, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) -- Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian left Tehran on Wednesday for visits to Tajikistan and Russia, aiming to strengthen ties with both nations.

TUNIS, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) -- Tunisia has welcomed 10.25 million foreign tourists in 2024, surpassing pre-pandemic figures, local radio station Mosaique FM reported on Wednesday. According to Tourism ...

About 85.1 percent of credit institutions expect their pre-tax profits to grow positively in 2025 compared to 2024. Only 9.6 percent of credit institutions are still concerned about negative profit ...

In the preface to the report, WEF managing director Saadia Zahidi said that due to the situation in Ukraine, the Middle East and Sudan, geopolitical crises and armed conflicts have jumped to the top ...

BANGKOK, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) -- Thailand has announced updates to a long-term resident visa program to broaden its appeal to foreign experts, investors and executives in an effort to strengthen the ...

JAKARTA, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) -- Indonesia is targeting to build 66 state hospitals in some rural regions which have no type C hospitals with 32 of which to be completed by the end of 2025, said the ...

MELBOURNE, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) -- Chinese tennis star Zheng Qinwen crashed out of the Australian Open on Wednesday, but women's defending champion Aryna Sabalenka and men's third seed Carlos Alcaraz ...

JERUSALEM, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) -- Israeli and American archaeologists have uncovered a rare late-Roman-era boundary stone with a Greek inscription, dating back approximately 1,720 years, the Hebrew ...

In terms of supply, OPEC said that liquids supply from countries outside OPEC+, a producer alliance comprising OPEC and its allies, is expected to grow at 1.1 million bpd in 2026, the same as 2025 and ...