Sabalenka is bidding for a third consecutive Australian Open title, a feat that only five women have achieved in history. But she faced a challenge against Denmark's Clara Tauson before prevailing 7-6 ...

Looking ahead, China plans a stronger macroeconomic policy push for 2025. Authorities have pledged to adopt a more proactive fiscal policy and a moderately loose monetary policy, strengthen ...

The report by the China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC) revealed that internet penetration in China reached 78.6 percent in 2024, 30 years after the country was fully connected to the ...

DAMASCUS, Jan. 17 (Xinhua) -- A European Union (EU) delegation, led by Commissioner for Equality and Crisis Management Hadja Lahbib, met on Friday with Ahmad al-Sharaa, Syria's interim leader, vowing ...

JAKARTA, Jan. 17 (Xinhua) -- Indonesia welcomed a World Trade Organization (WTO) ruling that supports the archipelago nation in its dispute over "palm oil discrimination" by the European Union (EU), ...

KINSHASA, Jan. 17 (Xinhua) -- About 237,000 people have been displaced since the beginning of 2025 in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), one of the world's largest hosts of people ...

KAMPALA, Jan. 17 (Xinhua) -- The number of cholera cases in Uganda has risen to 67 since the disease outbreak was announced in the northern part of the country on Jan. 7, the Ministry of Health said ...

SHANGHAI, Jan. 17 (Xinhua) -- French carmaker Renault Group has launched its first research and development (R&D) center in China for electric vehicle (EV) development, CEO Luca de Meo revealed in a ...

XINING, Jan. 17 (Xinhua) -- China's Qinghai Province on the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau, which is often referred to as the "roof of the world," registered the warmest year in 2024, according to information ...

WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 (Xinhua) -- The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Friday slightly upgraded its global growth forecast in 2025 to 3.3 percent, 0.1 percentage point up from its projection in ...

BEIJING, Jan. 17 (Xinhua) -- Chinese and Thai police have arrested 12 suspects in connection with a human trafficking case involving a Chinese actor surnamed Wang, who was deceived into a scam and ...

KAMPALA, Jan. 17 (Xinhua) -- Uganda has received 2,000 doses of mpox vaccine from the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) for a prevention campaign to be launched next month ...