At least 261 dead in India's worst rail accident in over two decades At least 261 people have died and 650 injured in India's worst rail accident in over two decades, officials said on Saturday, after a three-train collision in the easte
APD | Weekly top 10 hot news (May 27- Jun 02) Every weekend, Asia Pacific Daily will provide you with a run-down of the latest hot news.This week, the following hot news you should know:Top 1 | More Oath Keeper def
UN Security Council urges ceasefire, humanitarian access in Sudan The United Nations (UN) Security Council on Friday urged parties concerned in Sudan to immediately cease hostilities and facilitate humanitarian access.In a press state
Xi calls for cultural confidence to build modern Chinese civilization Chinese President Xi Jinping has called for shouldering the new cultural missions of continuing to promote cultural prosperity and strengthen cultural confidence to bui
More Oath Keeper defendants sentenced for Jan. 6 seditious conspiracy A federal judge sentenced two Oath Keeper defendants Thursday for their roles in disrupting the certification of the 2020 election on Jan. 6, 2021.Edward Vallejo was se
Biden speaks of 'crisis averted' in Oval Office address on debt ceiling deal President Joe Biden addressed the nation in a prime-time speech Friday after Congress averted an economically disastrous default with just days to spare by passing legi
Peng Liyuan, OAFLAD initiate event to care for African orphans' health Ahead of International Children's Day, Peng Liyuan, wife of Chinese President Xi Jinping, and the Organization of African First Ladies for Development (OAFLAD) jointly
House moves closer to vote on debt ceiling deal as lawmakers race to prevent default A deal to raise the nation's debt ceiling is heading to a crucial vote in the House on Wednesday night, the next step in averting a potential default now just days away
The world's first C919, China's first domestically made large passenger jet, completed its inaugural commercial flight on Sunday.The flight, identified as MU9191, depar
China's foreign trade has shown a relatively stable growth trend, with total imports and exports expanding 5.8 percent year on year to 13.32 trillion yuan ($1.94 trilli
A Chinese special envoy has stressed the need to build trust among all the parties to the Ukraine crisis and create conditions for peace talks during a two-day visit to
A mainland spokesperson said Wednesday that Taiwan's Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) authorities have fabricated and continued to spread false information, thereby s
Two Iranian border guards and one Taliban fighter were killed during armed clashes near a border police station between Iran and Afghanistan, according to Iran's offici
The Greater Bay Area (GBA) Science Forum unveiled the first-ever "High Quality Development of the Belt and Road Initiative" sub-forum in Guangzhou on Monday. A remarkab
Uzbekistan plans to lift half of its impoverished population out of poverty by the end of 2026. Uzbek officials were keen to learn from China's experiences in poverty a
Chinese Vice Premier Ding Xuexiang on Saturday called for solid efforts to strengthen the country's brand building, as China has rolled out a series of measures on bran
The United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) announced in a recent report that global tourism, in terms of tourist arrival numbers, has rebounded to 80 percent
This year marks the 72nd anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties between Pakistan and China, as well as the first China-Pakistan Year of Tourism Exchange.
Recent bank failures in the U.S. are combining with the Fed's continued rate hikes to cause volatility in the country's financial sector. That's according to leading ec
Turks will vote on Sunday in one of the most consequential elections in modern Türkiye's 100-year history, with pre-election polls indicating President Recep Tayyip Erd
G7's accusations against China's nuclear policy are complete false narratives, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said on Monday during a regular press brie
The man accused of shooting and killing eight people at a Texas mall appeared to have embraced white supremacist and neo-Nazi ideologies, multiple media outlets reporte
Author: Prof. Engr. Zamir Ahmed Awan, Founding Chair GSRRA, Sinologist (ex-Diplomat), Editor, Analyst, and Non-Resident Fellow of CCG (Center for China and Globalizatio
Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes will begin serving her prison sentence on May 30 for defrauding investors in the failed blood-testing startup once valued at $9 billio
The Sudanese Army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on Monday agreed to a five-day extension of a ceasefire agreement they signed on May 20 after negotiations in the S
The G7 summit starts on May 19 in Hiroshima, Japan. Recently, U.S. President Joe Biden announced that there would be investment curbs proposed to the G7 against China.
Syria's President Bashar al-Assad cemented his return to the Arab League (AL) Tuesday when leading Middle Eastern power Saudi Arabia, which long supported Syria's oppos