KATHMANDU, Jan. 3 (Xinhua) -- Nepali farmers are expected to harvest a record of 5.95 million tons of paddy rice in 2024 as good monsoon rains and the availability of chemical fertilizers helped boost ...

Tensions had been escalating between Ethiopia and Somalia after Ethiopia and Somaliland reportedly signed an agreement earlier in 2024, allowing Ethiopia access to the Red Sea in exchange for its ...

NEW DELHI, Jan. 3 (Xinhua) -- Air quality in and around Delhi plummeted from "Poor" to "Very Poor" category over the past couple of days, prompting the city authorities to once again implement ...

Models wearing traditional Tibetan costumes take part in a parade on Barkhor Street in Lhasa, southwest China's Xizang ...

A woman buys a red lantern at a street stall selling Chinese New Year decorations in Glodok Chinatown of Jakarta, Indonesia, ...

Daruma dolls are pictured at a Daruma Market in Saitama, Japan, Jan. 3, 2025. Daruma Market is a traditional Japanese event ...

ISLAMABAD, Jan. 3 (Xinhua) -- Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Friday that the country's economic progress hinges on achieving complete peace in the face of the prevailing security ...

GUANGZHOU, Jan. 3 (Xinhua) -- More than 27 million inbound and outbound passenger trips were recorded through the Zhuhai port of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge in 2024, an increase of 72 percent ...

SEOUL, Jan. 3 (Xinhua) -- South Korean investigators with the anti-corruption investigative unit on Friday failed to arrest the impeached President Yoon Suk-yeol and left the presidential residence ...

DAMASCUS, Jan. 3 (Xinhua) -- Syria's interim Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani on Friday described his just-concluded visit to Saudi Arabia, his first official trip abroad in his current capacity, as ...

In addition to emergency medical assistance, at the request of the Vanuatu government, China has also sent four engineering experts to assist with post-earthquake recovery in the country. PORT VILA, ...

Md Bazlur Rashid, a meteorologist of the Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD), said that the country's lowest temperature on Thursday was recorded at 9.8 degrees Celsius in Chuadanga district, ...