YANGON -- A 5.1-magnitude earthquake struck Yangon, Myanmar at about 9:28 a.m. local time on Thursday, the country's Department of Meteorology and Hydrology (DMH) reported. According to the DMH, the ...

ADDIS ABABA, Aug. 21 (Xinhua) -- A readers' forum on the book titled "Xi Jinping: On Respecting and Protecting Human Rights" was held here on Thursday. In his address at the forum, Jiang Jianguo, ...

FRANKFURT, Aug. 21 (Xinhua) -- The German economy may stagnate in the third quarter of 2025, the country's central bank Bundesbank warned on Thursday, citing U.S. policy uncertainty, weak global trade ...

Emergency services were called to reports that a car had entered the Macdonald River near the small town of St Albans, 70 km northwest of Sydney, at around 11:50 p.m. on Wednesday. (Australia-Car ...

PRAGUE, Aug. 21 (Xinhua) -- Czech Post said on Thursday that it will stop accepting selected parcels bound for the United States starting Friday. The company said in a statement that the move follows ...

LHASA, Aug. 21 (Xinhua) -- Chinese leader Xi Jinping outlined the course for Xizang's development during a two-day visit to the plateau region, where he joined locals in celebrating six decades of ...

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 21 (Xinhua) -- A Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) jet was involved in a runway accident at an airport in Malaysia's Pahang state on Thursday. The jet, an F/A-18D Hornet, was ...

At Yiwu Danasi Import & Export Co., Ltd., Chairman Wen Congjian showed reporters several fan jerseys designed for the 2026 World Cup, which will be co-hosted by the United States, Canada and Mexico, ...

ISLAMABAD, Aug. 21 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Thursday said the 21st century should be an era of accelerated development and revitalization for Asia, especially South Asia.

CAIRO, Aug. 21 (Xinhua) -- Israel's "arrogance of power" and persistent violation of international law in pursuit of narrow political interests or "baseless beliefs" is a grave miscalculation, the ...

PHNOM PENH, Aug. 21 (Xinhua) -- The number of suspects arrested in crackdown operations on online scam centers in Cambodia has increased to 3,170, said a press release from the Ad-Hoc Committee to ...

COLOMBO, Aug. 21 (Xinhua) -- The Maldivian government has collected biometric data from over 174,000 migrant workers in the country, state-owned PSM News reported on Thursday. Biometric data for ...