BEIJING, Aug. 9 (Xinhua) -- The Ministry of Water Resources activated a Level IV flood-control emergency response on Saturday for five provincial-level regions, as heavy to torrential rains are ...

China's Tan Ran and Zhou Xinning advanced to the semifinals and finished 10th overall, matching the country's best-ever result in standard dance at The World Games, first achieved by Shen Hong and ...

China's winning score of 29.230 secured the gold medal ahead of the U.S., with the trio embracing emotionally, draped in the national flag. Israel earned the bronze with 28.480, while Germany narrowly ...

CHENGDU, Aug. 9 (Xinhua) -- Dragon boat made its debut as an official sport at the World Games on Saturday, with Indonesia claiming the first gold medal in the open 8-seater 2,000m pursuit race.

Zhengding is making headway in this direction. Beyond the culinary delights of its night market, the historic county is also inviting tourists to dress in traditional Chinese attire and savor its ...

BEIJING, Aug. 9 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.1 jolted east of Kuril Islands at 1404 GMT on Saturday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said. The epicenter, with a depth ...

NEW YORK, Aug. 9 (Xinhua) -- Three people were injured in a shooting at Times Square early Saturday, said the New York City Police Department (NYPD). All the injured were hospitalized and in stable ...

LANZHOU, Aug. 9 (Xinhua) -- Mountain torrents in Yuzhong County, northwest China's Gansu Province, had left 13 dead and 30 missing as of noon on Saturday, provincial emergency authorities said.

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Aug. 9 (Xinhua) -- The expansion project of Brunei's Muara Port container terminal is progressing steadily, and is expected to be completed as scheduled by the end of 2027, the ...

ULAN BATOR, Aug. 9 (Xinhua) -- Mongolia's inflation, as measured by the consumer price index, eased to 8.1 percent in July, data from the country's National Statistics Office (NSO) showed Saturday. Th ...

BEIRUT, Aug. 9 (Xinhua) -- Six Lebanese Army soldiers were killed and an unspecified number of others injured on Saturday when a weapons depot exploded during an inspection and dismantling operation ...