DPRK top leader calls S. Korea "foreign country and apparent hostile country"

2024/10/18 15:47

SEOUL, Oct. 18 (Xinhua) -- The top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) called South Korea "a foreign country and an apparent hostile country," and stressed "useless awareness ...

Japanese civic groups protest against Japan-U.S. joint drills

2024/10/18 15:45

TOKYO, Oct. 18 (Xinhua) -- Multiple civic groups across Japan have submitted protest letters and joint petitions to local governments, opposing the joint military exercises planned between Japan and the United States,...

DPRK confirms complete block of road, railway connections to S. Korea

2024/10/17 14:10

SEOUL, Oct. 17 (Xinhua) -- The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) said on Thursday that the roads and railways connecting South Korea in the eastern and western parts of the DPRK southern border have bee...

2 Indian flights receive hoax bomb threats

2024/10/17 14:09

NEW DELHI, Oct. 16 (Xinhua) -- Two domestic flights in India received bomb threats on Wednesday, which were later found to be hoaxes, confirmed airlines.A Bengaluru-Delhi flight belonging to Akasa Air and a Delhi-Mumb...

News Analysis: Hurricane-induced IV fluid shortage exposes U.S. supply chain vulnerabilities

2024/10/16 16:32

SACRAMENTO, the United States, Oct. 14 (Xinhua) -- A severe shortage of intravenous (IV) fluids affected hospitals across the United States, forcing healthcare providers to ration supplies and postpone non-emergency p...

Political settlement of peninsula issue urged

2024/10/16 16:31

China has taken note of the current situation on the Korean Peninsula and urged relevant parties to work actively for a political settlement of the issue, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said on Tuesday."As...

UN peacekeepers to stay in positions in Lebanon: peacekeeping chief

2024/10/15 13:40

"The decision was made that UNIFIL (UN Interim Force in Lebanon) would currently stay in all its positions in spite of the calls that were made by the Israel Defense Forces to vacate the positions that are in the...

Bangladesh records highest daily spike of 9 dengue deaths this year

2024/10/14 13:32

DHAKA, Oct. 13 (Xinhua) -- Bangladesh on Saturday reported nine more deaths from dengue, the highest daily spike this year, bringing the death toll to 210 since January.The deaths include 47 so far this month after 80...

U.S. imposes sanctions on Iran over missile attack against Israel

2024/10/12 14:28

U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said in a statement that the above measures "will help further deny Iran financial resources used to support its missile programs and provide support for terrorist gro...

1 dead, 12 trapped underground in U.S. Colorado gold mine

2024/10/11 13:46

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 10 (Xinhua) -- One person is dead and 12 others are trapped 1,000 feet (305 meters) underground inside a gold mine in the U.S. state of Colorado due to an equipment failure, local officials confirmed...

China still largest source of Thai tourism

2024/10/10 13:40

China has been the top source of foreign tourists to Thailand during the Golden Week holiday thanks to the multiple stimulating measures, as the numbers have risen sharply, bringing an estimated revenue of nearly 5 bi...

Biden postpones foreign trip as Hurricane Milton expected to hit Florida

2024/10/09 13:58

WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Joe Biden has postponed a planned trip overseas that will bring him to Germany and Angola later this week and will instead focus on the preparations for the expected landi...

Thousands rally in New York in solidarity with Palestinians on anniversary of Israel-Hamas conflict

2024/10/08 16:48

NEW YORK, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- On the first anniversary of Hamas' assault on Israel which falls on Oct. 7, thousands of protesters took to the streets of New York City to express solidarity with the Palestinians and...

Hezbollah confirms leader Nasrallah killed in Israeli airstrikes on Beirut's southern suburbs

2024/09/30 14:49

BEIRUT/GAZA, Sept. 28 (Xinhua) -- Hezbollah confirmed on Saturday that its leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah was killed in the Israeli airstrikes targeting the militant group's command headquarters a day earlier in D...

Hezbollah confirms leader Nasrallah killed in Israeli airstrikes on Beirut's southern suburbs

2024/09/29 16:20

BEIRUT/GAZA, Sept. 28 (Xinhua) -- Hezbollah confirmed on Saturday that its leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah was killed in the Israeli airstrikes targeting the militant group's command headquarters a day earlier in D...

Shigeru Ishiba elected Japan's ruling party leader

2024/09/27 15:39

TOKYO, Sept. 27 (Xinhua) -- Former Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba won Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) presidential election on Friday, virtually ensuring that he will become the country's next p...

U.S. judge rules Infowars' assets to be auctioned off to help pay Sandy Hook families

2024/09/26 13:40

HOUSTON, Sept. 25 (Xinhua) -- A U.S. bankruptcy judge ruled on Wednesday in the state of Texas that the assets of Infowars, run by far-right conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, will be auctioned off to help pay for the se...

U.S. sees uptick in breast cancer, pancreatic cancer diagnoses since COVID-19: study

2024/09/25 14:14

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 24 (Xinhua) -- The United States has seen an uptick in diagnoses of advanced-stage breast cancer and pancreatic cancer since the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new study of the U.S. National Inst...

World leaders hail adoption of pact at UN Summit of the Future

2024/09/24 16:02

President of Angola João Lourenço said that the adoption of the Pact for the Future represents "a real turning point" for a more dynamic, engaged and assertive approach to the issues that are of concern to t...

Sri Lankan PM resigns following new president elected

2024/09/23 15:21

COLOMBO, Sept. 23 (Xinhua) -- Sri Lanka's Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena submitted his resignation on Monday morning following Anura Kumara Dissanayake's election as the country's new president.In his r...