LHASA, Dec. 29 (Xinhua) -- Lhasa, the capital of southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, has completed 177,200 mu (about 11,813 hectares) of afforestation in the mountains to the north and south ...

SEOUL, Dec. 29 (Xinhua) -- The ruling party of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) has convened a key year-end meeting in Pyongyang, as the country's top leader reassessed the state ...

YANGON, Dec. 29 (Xinhua) -- Myanmar's Yangon Region Investment Committee has approved 60 investment projects for 2024, which will create 29,290 job opportunities, the state-run daily Myanma Alinn ...

SEOUL, Dec. 29 (Xinhua) -- South Korea's transport ministry announced Sunday the retrieval of a flight recorder, one of the two black boxes of the passenger aircraft which crashed earlier in the day.

MOSCOW, Dec. 29 (Xinhua) -- Russia is open to negotiations to resolve the Ukraine conflict, but such talks must address its "root causes" and reflect realities on the ground, Russian Foreign Minister ...

BEIJING, Dec. 29 (Xinhua) -- Chinese authorities have summoned the principal official of the government of Benxi City in northeast China's Liaoning Province, after a local school canteen was accused ...

CAIRO, Dec. 29 (Xinhua) -- A tourist was killed and another injured in a shark attack in Egypt's Red Sea resort of Marsa Alam, the Egyptian Environment Ministry said on Sunday. Both victims are ...

SYDNEY, Dec. 29 (Xinhua) -- One person died and another was seriously injured in a light plane crash north of Sydney on Sunday, police said. Emergency services, including police, ambulance crews and a ...

CANBERRA, Dec. 29 (Xinhua) -- Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced emergency disaster payments for people affected by a major bushfire in the country's southeast. Albanese on ...

PHNOM PENH, Dec. 29 (Xinhua) -- Spring Airlines, a Chinese budget carrier, resumed its direct flights from Xi'an, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, to Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia, on Sunday ...

ISTANBUL, Dec. 29 (Xinhua) -- Türkiye is drawing increasing numbers of Chinese tourists to iconic sites like Cappadocia, Pamukkale, and Ephesus, while also promoting lesser-known treasures such as the ...

COLOMBO, Dec. 29 (Xinhua) -- In the sweltering heartland of Sri Lanka, where sunshine, heat, and abundant water conspire to create a tropical paradise, a seed sown often bursts into life with ...