Overseas niche destinations popular among tourists
Chinese tourists take photographs in front of the Sydney Opera House and Harbour Bridge. Chinese tourists have shown an ever increasing enthusiasm for traveling abroad, embarking on trips during this…
Caring for health, beyond boundaries
Yu Yongliang, 57, chief physician at the Xi’an Central Hospital in Shaanxi, spent a total of eight years attending medical aid missions in Sudan. For Yu Yongliang, chief physician at…
Israel claims ground raids in Lebanon
Israeli members of the military stand next to armored vehicles in northern Israel on Monday amid cross-border hostilities between Hezbollah and Israel. BEIRUT — Israel said its troops had launched…
Ishiba elected Japanese PM by parliament
Japan’s new Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks during a press conference at the prime minister’s office in Tokyo, Japan October 1, 2024. Shigeru Ishiba, leader of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic…
Inflation rate down to 1.8% in Germany
Inflation has fallen to its lowest level in Germany since February 2021, while inflation in the eurozone is down to 1.8 percent, dropping below the European Central Bank’s target for…
New French government faces first test
French Prime Minister Michel Barnier delivers his general policy speech at the National Assembly in Paris, France on Oct 1. France’s newly appointed Prime Minister Michel Barnier faced the first…
UK repeats its call for immediate ceasefire
British Foreign Secretary David Lammy speaks at the Ministerial Meeting on Transforming Humanitarian Response for the 21st Century in New York City, US on Sept 23. The United Kingdom’s foreign…
WikiLeaks founder Assange says he chose “freedom over unrealizable justice”
WikiLeaks’ founder Julian Assange attends a hearing on his detention and conviction, and their effect on human rights before the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights of the Parliamentary…
UN chief condemns broadening of conflict in Middle East
This file photo shows United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres addressing the 79th United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York, the US on Sept 24. UNITED NATIONS —…
US “actively supporting” Israel’s defense against imminent Iran attack: White House
WASHINGTON — The United States is “actively supporting” Israel’s defense against what Washington assesses to be an imminent ballistic missile attack from Iran, the White House said Tuesday. “The United…