WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. House of Representatives on Friday unanimously approved a bill that aims to enhance Secret Service protection for the presidential nominees and their ...

JOHANNESBURG, Sept. 20 (Xinhua) -- The South African Cabinet has welcomed the positive outcomes of President Cyril Ramaphosa's recent state visit to China during the 2024 Summit of the Forum on ...

Felix Kulayigye, Uganda's military spokesperson, told Xinhua over the telephone that investigations will establish the cause of the crash of the Ugandan military transport chopper that went down ...

MOSCOW, Sept. 20 (Xinhua) -- Russian cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub have set a new record for the longest single mission aboard the International Space Station (ISS), Russia's state space ...

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) on Thursday reduced its base interest rate to 5.25 percent, which is widely considered to be conducive to enhancing Hong Kong's business environment and the ...

LISBON, Sept. 20 (Xinhua) -- Housing prices in Portugal surged by 7.8 percent year-on-year in the second quarter of 2024, representing an acceleration compared to the previous quarter, the National ...

XI'AN, China, Sept. 20 (Xinhua) -- China's men's basketball team narrowly defeated Spanish Liga powerhouse Joventut Badalona, 65-62, in a warmup match on Friday evening, avenging their defeat from ...

BEIJING, Sept. 20 (Xinhua) -- The China International Confucius Cultural Festival will open in Qufu, the birthplace of the renowned philosopher Confucius, in east China's Shandong Province, as ...

BEIJING, Sept. 20 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday held talks with Malaysia's King Sultan Ibrahim Sultan Iskandar in Beijing, pledging to work with Malaysia to bring the building of ...

NIS, Serbia, Sept. 20 (Xinhua) -- A new Confucius Institute was inaugurated in Serbia on Friday at the University of Nis' Faculty of Philosophy. The new Institute will provide students and enthusiasts ...

HANGZHOU, Sept. 20 (Xinhua) -- Promising young Chinese player Bu Yunchaokete advanced to the quarterfinals of an ATP Tour event for the first time after a stunning upset of second-seeded Russian Karen ...

JERUSALEM, Sept. 20 (Xinhua) -- Israel announced that its airstrike on Beirut on Friday killed senior Hezbollah official Ibrahim Akil, according to a statement from the Israel Defense Forces (IDF).