YINCHUAN, May 30 (Xinhua) -- A court in northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region on Friday sentenced 15 individuals for their roles in a gas explosion at a barbecue restaurant in 2023, which ...

TOKYO, May 30 (Xinhua) -- Japan's unemployment rate came in at 2.5 percent in April, unchanged from the previous month as many sectors continue to face worker shortages, government data showed Friday.

BEIJING, May 30 (Xinhua) -- China and Japan held a new round of technical talks in Beijing on Wednesday over the safety of Japanese aquatic products, with the two sides achieving "substantive progress ...

CANBERRA, May 30 (Xinhua) -- Australia's Health Minister has said that the federal government has "no plan" to introduce a sugar tax despite a poll finding strong support for the proposal.

The upcoming Dragon Boat Festival, or Duanwu in Chinese, is set to energize China's domestic tourism market as it overlaps ...

VIENTIANE, May 30 (Xinhua) -- Laos' Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism held a signing ceremony for the terms of reference for the Lao Tourism Representative in China, aiming to more ...

BEIJING, May 30 (Xinhua) -- The following are news items about China to be covered or pursued by Xinhua on Friday: -- China Focus: Amid tobacco control push, China takes aim at lingering problem of ...

The timing of the drought is concerning. China's summer grains, including wheat, are in a crucial growth period. Last year, the summer grain harvest totaled nearly 150 million tonnes, accounting for ...

SMG's Great Sports television network will screen live coverage of the Formula 1 Aramco Spanish Grand Prix 2025 in select ...

Research icebreaker Xuelong 2 has returned from its 208-day, 40,000-nautical mile journey, marking China's longest ...

​A day after the U.S. Court of International Trade invalidated U.S. President Donald Trump's reciprocal tariffs and other ...

MANILA, May 30 (Xinhua) -- The Philippines' total external trade in goods decreased by 2 percent in April 2025 to 16.99 billion U.S. dollars from 17.34 billion dollars in April 2024, the Philippine ...