ASTANA, June 17 (Xinhua) -- Leaders of China and five Central Asian countries convene Tuesday in Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan, for the second China-Central Asia Summit, with the aim of charting ...

HANOI, June 17 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam's National Assembly on Tuesday passed amendments to the Law on Enterprises, stipulating that civil servants and public employees are not allowed to establish, ...

While the Blue Mountains are recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site for their biodiversity, this discovery strengthens calls to formally protect the region's Aboriginal cultural heritage, said ...

SINGAPORE, June 17 (Xinhua) -- Singapore's non-oil domestic exports (NODX) declined by 3.5 percent year-on-year in May, reversing the 12.4 percent growth recorded in April, according to data released ...

VIENNA, June 17 (Xinhua) -- There has been no additional damage at Iran's Natanz Fuel Enrichment Plant site since Friday's attack, and the radioactivity outside the Natanz site has remained unchanged ...

China renewed weather alerts on Tuesday, warning of rainstorms and high temperatures in several regions. The National Meteorological Center (NMC) continued to issue a blue alert for rainstorms, ...

A participant tries smart glasses capable of real-time translation during the event of "Accessibility for All Exhibition: ...

BEIJING, June 17 (Xinhua) -- China's online literature readership has swelled to 575 million, underscoring the growing dominance of digital storytelling in the country's cultural landscape. The 2024 ...

NSW Health said on Tuesday that death cap mushrooms have recently been detected growing in Sydney and neighboring regions to the south of the city, prompting a warning about the health risks of eating ...

ROME, June 17 (Xinhua) -- Italy's public debt reached a record high of 3.064 trillion euros (3.54 trillion U.S. dollars) in April, the Bank of Italy reported on Monday.

HANOI, June 17 (Xinhua) -- The Vietnamese National Assembly on Tuesday approved a resolution to extend the 2-percent reduction in value-added tax (VAT) on certain categories of goods and services ...

TOKYO, June 17 (Xinhua) -- Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Tuesday that no breakthrough has been made in his tariff talks with U.S. President Donald Trump as they met in Canada during the ...