JERUSALEM, Dec. 28 (Xinhua) -- Israel's air defense system on Saturday afternoon intercepted two rockets fired from the northern Gaza Strip, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said in a statement. The ...

BEIJING, Dec. 28 (Xinhua) -- An online education platform dedicated to promoting lifelong learning accessibility has been officially launched to the public, the Ministry of Education said on Saturday.

Actor Xiao Yang in a still image from "Octopus with Broken Arms." [Photo courtesy of As One Production] In one pivotal scene, ...

MEXICO CITY -- At least eight people were killed and 27 others injured after a passenger bus collided with a semi-trailer truck early Friday in eastern Mexico, local authorities said.

ADDIS ABABA, Dec. 28 (Xinhua) -- The China Foundation for Rural Development (CFRD), a national social organization dedicated to poverty alleviation, handed over much-needed water cellar facilities to ...

NEW DELHI, Dec. 28 (Xinhua) -- Heavy snowfall hit plains and upper reaches of Indian-controlled Kashmir Saturday, disrupting normal life and leading to the closure of roads and cancellation of flights ...

SHANGHAI, Dec. 28 (Xinhua) -- A 95-year-old survivor of the Japanese army's "comfort women" system during World War II, passed away on Saturday in central China's Hunan Province, leaving only eight ...

Chinese miniature art, with its uninterrupted centuries-old tradition, could play a key role in revitalizing this ancient craft in modern Türkiye, said Turkish miniature artist Zeynep Tug. Tug has ...

GUANGZHOU, Dec. 28 (Xinhua) -- Guangdong Province, China's economic powerhouse, handled a record-breaking 600 million passenger trips in 2024, including a surge in trips to and from Hong Kong, ...

MOSCOW/BAKU, Dec. 28 (Xinhua) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin apologized for the "tragic incident" in Russian airspace during a phone talk with his Azerbaijani counterpart Ilham Aliyev on Saturday ...

LHASA, Dec. 28 (Xinhua) -- Southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region was home to 523,900 private sector entities at the end of the third quarter of 2024, making up 97.4 percent of the region's total ...

COLOMBO, Dec. 28 (Xinhua) -- Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has asked officials of Airport and Aviation Services and Sri Lanka Customs to establish a unified monitoring division to curb ...