Zhang Jun, Chinese ambassador to the UN, called on all parties involved in the Ukraine crisis to remain restrained at an UN Security Council urgent session on Feb. 24.The situation in Ukraine is escalating quickly, after Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday authorized a "special operat...
During the Chinese Lunar New Year, in the spirit of celebrating the success of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, the Chinese TV station in Washington hosted the "Love of Overseas Chinese" Lantern Festival Chinese grand ceremony - "2022 Global Overseas Chinese Lantern Festival Party (c...
RIO DE JANEIRO — The landslides that devastated Petropolis this week demolished houses and ripped families apart, scarred hillsides and hearts, left at least 136 dead and more than 200 missing.And it was all largely predictable -- and to some degree, preventable.Rapid urbanization, poor planning, l...
Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz meet on Ukraine at the Kremlin, in Moscow, on February 15, 2022. The Kremlin earlier confirmed a pullback of some Russian forces from Ukraine's borders but said the move was planned and stressed Russia would continue to mo...
A windmill farm is pictured at Osian in Jodhpur district of India's Rajasthan state on October 6, 2021. Photo: AFPA conservationist wants India's government to bury renewable power lines to protect rare birds. Protesting villagers halt a wind energy project to save their local forest. And f...
Tanks at the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant store nuclear-contaminated wastewater. Photo: XinhuaAn International Atomic Energy Agency task force began a mission Monday in Japan to review the controversial planned release of treated water from the Fukushima nuclear plant into the ocean. M...
Students wearing face masks attend class at a school in Bangalore, India, Jan. 1, 2021. The southern state of Karnataka on Friday opened schools for students of grade 10 and 12 after a gap of more than nine months. (Str/Xinhua)Senior schools reopened in the Indian state of Karnataka on Wednesday a...
Lee Jae-myung (left), the presidential candidate of the ruling Democratic Party, and Yoon Suk-yeol, the presidential candidate of the main opposition People Power Party, take part in a meeting at a Seoul hotel, South Korea, December 28, 2021, to discuss a parliamentary bill aimed at boosting balanc...
File picture of Australia PM Scott Morrison. /XinhuaAustralian Prime Minister Scott Morrison's Liberal Party suffered a major upset in New South Wales state's by-elections, preliminary reports indicated on Sunday, presenting a challenge for his ruling coalition ahead of federal elections du...
Visually impaired voters show their inked finger after casting their ballot at a polling station during the Uttarakhand state assembly elections in Haridwar, India on February 14, 2022. The elections will elect 70 members of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly. The votes will be counted and the re...
