LISBON, Portugal -- Half a million young people chanted, cheered and shouted on Thursday as they packed a Lisbon park to give Pope Francis a rock star welcome at the official opening ceremony of a global Catholic youth festival. "I am pleased to see all of you, and also to hear the delightful noise...
WASHINGTON, United States -- Former president Donald Trump pleaded not guilty on Thursday to criminal charges that he conspired to overturn the results of the 2020 election and defraud the American people. Trump, the frontrunner for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, entered his plea...
*By Liu Yao * The Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games will be held in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang province from Sept. 23 to Oct. 8 this year. It is attracting more young people as the first Asian Games with Esports as a medal event. There were seven events under the sport, namely, Arena of Valor Asian...
*By Liang Yanhua * On the vast blue sea, the Maritime Silk Road is a link between different civilizations, bearing witness to the communication and exchanges between the Chinese nation and the world with rich cultural heritage resources. The ruins site of the Shuomen ancient port in Wenzhou, a city...
*By Hang Kan * To protect cultural heritage and pass it down through generations is a shared responsibility of mankind. So far, the number of world heritage sites in China has grown to 56, including the Great Wall and the Summer Palace in Beijing, the Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang, northwest China's...
MENTOUGOU, China - On the banks of the Yongding River west of Beijing on Thursday, Chen Xiaoyuan stared at the remains of a bridge that once led to his village. Cleanup has begun after the region's worst rainfall in years battered northern China, killing at least twenty people, destroying...
SEOUL, South Korea - A man went on a "stabbing rampage" near a South Korean subway station, police said Thursday, with as many as 10 people reported wounded two weeks after a similar attack killed one person. The attack took place near the Seohyeon subway station in Bundang, about 20 kilometres...
BANGKOK, Thailand - Thailand's parliament on Thursday postponed a vote to choose a new prime minister after a Constitutional Court ruling, prolonging the kingdom's political deadlock nearly three months after an election. The reformist Move Forward Party (MFP) won the most seats in May's polls...
KYIV, Ukraine - Ukraine's anti-corruption watchdog said on Thursday that it detained an armed forces official accused of helping draft-age men flee the country in exchange for a cash payment. Since Kyiv introduced martial law after Russia's invasion last year, able-bodied men between 18 and 60...
THE HAGUE, Netherlands - A burnt-out car transport ship was towed to a northern Dutch port on Thursday more than a week after catching fire at sea, averting a feared environmental disaster. The Fremantle Highway arrived at Eemshaven port after a journey from a holding position, with local media...
MOSCOW, Russia - Russia said Tuesday it had downed another wave of Ukrainian drones aimed at vessels in the Black Sea and Moscow, as an office block in the capital's main business district was struck for the second time in a few days. "Two Ukrainian (unmanned aerial vehicles) were destroyed by...
KIRKWALL, United Kingdom - Mail on the Scottish isles of Orkney will be delivered by drones starting Tuesday, the first regular postal service by the aerial devices in the UK. Letters and packages will be transported from Royal Mail's Kirkwall delivery office to Stromness, where the drone...
