BEIJING, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- The box office takings for the 2024 National Day holiday have exceeded 2 billion yuan (about 285 million U.S. dollars), according to the movie data platform Maoyan. Leading ...

A ceremony is held to commemorate the 2,575th anniversary of the birth of Confucius in Quzhou, Zhejiang province, on Sept. 28 ...

STOCKHOLM, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- Two scientists, Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun, won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Medicine for the discovery of microRNA and its role in post-transcriptional gene regulation, ...

The new generation FCB, Amarco S1, has been delivered to Bruneian offshore operator Amarco Sdn Bhd. The vessel is powered by advanced engines and is equipped with an external firefighting system and ...

TOKYO, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- Tokyo stocks ended higher on Monday, as financial issues were bought on hopes for improved profits and exporters on the yen's weakness. Japan's benchmark Nikkei stock index, ...

MANILA, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- The Asian Development Bank (ADB) said Monday that it has approved a 42-million-U.S.-dollar loan to protect coastal and riverbanks and increase the resilience of local ...

MANILA, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Monday said it has approved a financing package of 125 million U.S. dollars to provide long-term sustainable solutions to increase ...

MADRID, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- Spain coach Luis de la Fuente has called Osasuna winger Bryan Zaragoza and Girona's Bryan Gil into his squad for the forthcoming UEFA Nations League games against Denmark ...

Ali Maksoud, a Syrian political and military expert, said the recent Iranian missile attack on Israel signaled that Tehran has moved from a phase of "strategic patience" to a phase of direct ...

HONG KONG, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- Hong Kong stock market ended higher on Monday with the benchmark Hang Seng Index up 1.60 percent to close at 23,099.78 points. The Hang Seng China Enterprises Index ...

TOKYO, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- Japan's ruling and opposition party lawmakers on Monday agreed to extend the planned debate of party leaders in the Diet, the nation's parliament, from the standard length of ...

JERUSALEM, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- A barrage of rockets fired from the Gaza Strip toward central Israel on Monday triggered sirens in Tel Aviv, and explosions were heard, said Israeli authorities. Enditem ...