749 arrested in Venezuela for rioting
CARACAS — Venezuelan authorities have arrested 749 people for participating in violent riots following Sunday’s presidential elections, Attorney General Tarek William Saab said Tuesday. Those arrested face charges of “incitement,…
Israel’s military claims killing top Hezbollah commander in Beirut airstrike
JERUSALEM/BEIRUT — Israel’s army announced on Tuesday that it killed Hezbollah’s top military commander, Fouad Shokor, in an airstrike in Beirut, saying the assassination was a retaliation for a cross-border…
Ballet competition for youth concludes
Winners of Ailian Youth Grand Prix perform in Beijing on Sunday. The third edition of Ailian Youth Grand Prix concluded with a grand gala at Beijing’s Tianqiao Theater on Sunday.…
UK doctors’ union may call end to strikes
This file photo taken on Sept 14 shows the National Health Service (NHS) logo on St Thomas’ Hospital in London, Britain. Months of industrial action by junior doctors in England’s…
Visa-free policy to invigorate tourism cooperation between HK, Hainan: HKSAR gov’t
HONG KONG, July 30 (Xinhua) — The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government on Tuesday welcomed a new visa-free policy issued by the National Immigration Administration, saying that the…
Solutions to be searched as robotaxis gain in popularity
A robotaxi operated by Baidu runs in Wuhan, Hubei province, on July 11. CHINA DAILY Robotaxis from Baidu’s Apollo Go are sparking discussions in China, as they automatically navigate into…
Olympics | China’s Wang/Sun win table tennis mixed doubles gold at Paris 2024
PARIS, July 30 (Xinhua) — China’s Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha took gold in table tennis mixed doubles at the Paris Olympics here on Tuesday, beating Ri Jong Sik and…
Paris 2024: men’s 80kg preliminaries round of 16 of boxing
Chang Yuan (R) of China competes against Jennifer Lehane of Ireland during the women’s 54kg preliminaries round of 16 of boxing at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France,…
U.S. consumer confidence edges up in July amid concerns about higher prices
Customers select goods at a supermarket in Foster City, California, the United States, May 15, 2024. (Photo by Li Jianguo/Xinhua) “Even though consumers remain relatively positive about the labor market,…
China’s breakthrough in treating hypertrophic heart disease garners global attention
WUHAN, July 30 (Xinhua) — Chinese researchers have pioneered a beating-heart myectomy system and developed a minimally invasive procedure to treat hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy (HOCM), attracting global attention. The study…