CAPE TOWN, Oct. 21 (Xinhua) -- South Africa has lowered its economic growth forecast for 2026 to 1.2 percent and announced ...

CANBERRA, Oct. 22 (Xinhua) -- A 46-year-old man has been charged after Australian police seized firearms, drugs and multiple prohibited weapons from his home in Canberra, police said on Thursday.

It projected that more frequent major bushfires driven by climate change will cost the nation an average of 6 billion Australian dollars (4.2 billion U.S. dollars) annually over the next 30 years.

On the athletics field, 33-year-old Zhou Feifei settled the men's javelin throw F55 contest with his opening attempt, earning the Chinese delegation its 100th gold medal of the Games. His throw of ...

An aerial drone photo taken on Oct. 20, 2026 shows the scenery of Jifeng Mountain in Chengxian County of Longnan, northwest ...

UNITED NATIONS, Oct. 21 (Xinhua) -- United Arab Emirates (UAE) diplomat Lana Nusseibeh has joined the race for the next UN secretary-general. Her name appeared on the United Nations' official webpage ...

In Jinyun County, east China's Zhejiang Province, young people can stay in unused staff rooms at participating care homes and earn rent reductions by volunteering 10 to 30 hours a month. One home has ...

Xingfu Town in China's Shandong accounts for more than 40% of China's commercial kitchenware market, and local manufacturers are actively expanding into global markets. In this town, more than 2,800 ...

BEIJING, Oct. 22 (Xinhua) -- China held a gathering in Beijing on Thursday to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the victory of the Red Army's Long March.

The Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) said in a warning issued on Thursday morning that a very dangerous slow-moving thunderstorm was detected north of Brisbane and could bring dangerous and ...

NIAMEY, Oct. 21 (Xinhua) -- Twelve people, including a soldier, were killed and around 10 others injured in an armed attack on two passenger buses along the Arlit-Agadez road in northern Niger on ...

It noted that house prices fell in the capital cities of all eight Australian states and territories for the first time in 15 years. In Sydney, Australia's most expensive property market, the median ...