ZHENGZHOU, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) -- Chinese archaeologists have reported a significant breakthrough in their research on the Xia Dynasty (2070-1600 B.C.), China's earliest known dynasty. They discovered ...

GUANGZHOU, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) -- China's Guangzhou Futures Exchange on Thursday began trading polysilicon futures, with the trading of polysilicon options to open on Friday. Polysilicon is a key raw ...

MOSCOW, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) -- Temporary restrictions have been introduced on four Moscow airports and the Kaluga Airport southwest of the Moscow region, a representative of Russian Federal Air Transport ...

TEHRAN, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) -- Iran's intelligence forces have arrested an individual on charge of spying for a neighboring country in the northwestern province of Ardabil, the semi-official Tasnim news ...

BANGKOK, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) -- Commemorations were held across Thailand along its Andaman coast on Thursday to mark the 20th anniversary of the devastating Indian Ocean tsunami.

KABUL, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) -- Afghanistan exported 3,960 tons of hand-woven carpets in 2024, spokesman for the Ministry of Commerce and Industry Akhundzada Abdul Salam Jawad told local media. Quoting ...

Türkiye has been grappling with rising inflation for years. From June 2023 to March this year, the central bank raised its key interest rate from 8.5 percent to 50 percent to tighten monetary policy ...

MOSCOW, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) -- Russia expects to resume economic and investment cooperation with the new Syrian leaders, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Thursday.

BEIJING, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) -- China has been stepping up the integrated development of domestic and foreign trade since the beginning of the year, the country's commerce ministry said Thursday.

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday sent messages of condolence to Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev over the ...

BEIJING, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) -- Since joining the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) in 1994, China has grown into a global leader in innovation, with the number of patent applications rising from just 98 ...

The purpose of communication and exchanges between the Chinese and U.S. militaries is not a political show to the world, said a spokesperson for China's Ministry of National Defense on Thursday.