People participate in a traditional long boat race or well known as Pacu Jalur during Pacu Jalur Festival at kuantan Batang ...

A staff member inspects the Hangzhou-Shaoxing-Taizhou intercity railway in east China's Zhejiang Province on early Aug. 20, ...

People dry grain at a government compound in Yongchuan District of southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, Aug. 20, 2025.

Couples participate in a group wedding ceremony during a folk culture activity in Dongbaihu Town of Zhuji City, east China's ...

BEIJING, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) -- Chinese stocks closed higher on Wednesday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index up 1.04 ...

A staff member introduces local red-brick artworks in Wulin Village of Jinjiang, southeast China's Fujian Province, Aug. 19, ...

Trainees from Bangladesh practice at Hebei Wuqiao Acrobatic Art School in Wuqiao County, north China's Hebei Province, Aug.

Contestants are pictured in an innovative electronics design competition during the finals of the China Youth Electronic & ...

LONDON, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) -- Britain's annual consumer price inflation (CPI) rose to 3.8 percent in July, the highest since January 2024, when it was 4 percent, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) ...

GAZA, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) -- Palestinians in the Gaza Strip have voiced urgent calls for the reopening of border crossings to ease deteriorating humanitarian conditions, as Israel's war on the enclave ...

Friendship with China is the cornerstone of Afghanistan's foreign policy, Muttaqi said, noting that Afghanistan attaches great importance to China's security concerns and will never allow anyone or ...

DAMASCUS, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) -- U.S.-led coalition forces carried out an airborne raid on a house in the northwestern Syrian province of Idlib on Wednesday, killing a man, reportedly an Islamic State ...