Australia's University of Wollongong (UOW) and Indonesian scientists have uncovered compelling new evidence that severe drought, caused by a changing climate, sparked one of the great mysteries in ...

KABUL, Dec. 9 (Xinhua) -- For the first time, around 500 traditional and handcrafted glass pieces from western Afghanistan's Herat province have been exported to the United States and several European ...

TAIPEI, Dec. 9 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese character "shi," which can mean both "trend" and "momentum," has been voted the 2025 word of the year across the Taiwan Strait, organizers announced Tuesday in ...

TOKYO, Dec. 9 (Xinhua) -- Japan on Tuesday afternoon restarted the ocean discharge of nuclear-contaminated wastewater from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, following the temporary ...

BEIJING, Dec. 9 (Xinhua) -- A cold snap will hit large swaths of China from Wednesday to Saturday, leading to temperature drops, gales, and snow, the National Meteorological Center (NMC) said on ...

All 18 victims were discovered inside the seven-story building after being trapped when flames rapidly engulfed multiple floors. Their bodies, severely burned, were placed into body bags and ...

TOKYO, Dec. 9 (Xinhua) -- A U.S. military parachute used during a training exercise at Yokota Air Base in November fell onto the grounds of a nearby children's community center in Fussa, western Tokyo ...

GUANGZHOU, Dec. 9 (Xinhua) -- The number of deceased organ donors in China had reached 6,744 in 2024, marking a 4.5 percent year-on-year increase, said a report released on Monday.

TOKYO, Dec. 9 (Xinhua) -- A forest fire broke out Tuesday on Mount Hyuga in the Japanese prefecture of Kanagawa, local media reported.

BEIJING, Dec. 9 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Premier Li Qiang has called for greater mutual opening up among markets, and avoiding politicizing and overstretching the concept of security in economic and trade ...

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PRAGUE, Dec. 9 (Xinhua) -- Czech President Petr Pavel on Tuesday appointed Andrej Babis, leader of the ANO party, as the country's new prime minister. Babis' ANO party won October's parliamentary ...