Chinese research vessel KEXUE, or Science, returned to its homeport in Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province, on Sunday after finishing its longest research mission in the western Pacific Ocean.
A group of scientists from China, Australia, the United States and Britain say they have made a precise calculation of the first mass extinction that occurred on Earth more than 400 million years
The Shanghai Tower, a 632-meter skyscraper, is surrounded by thick fog in east China's Shanghai, April 19, 2019. (Xinhua/Shen Chunchen)The winners stood out based on th
AUCKLAND, New Zealand, Jan. 6 (Xinhua) -- The heavy smoke from devastating Australian bushfires cloaked Auckland, turning the city's skyline into eerie orange color on Sunday afternoon. It is the se
OSTEND, Jan. 6, 2020 (Xinhua) -- Wanna do something special during the winter? Nearly 1,000 people braved the cold North Sea with a wish to have a new healthy year during the annual New Year's Dive i
The smoke from bushfires has been affecting the lives of Canberrans, who are beginning to take measures for their health. The Australian capital has been blanketed in bushfire smoke since the end of
Xinhua file photos of Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (R) and Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut CavusogluLavrov and Cavusoglu expressed deep concern about the poss
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani speaks during a press conference in Tehran, Iran, January 17, 2017. /Xinhua Editor's Note:Seymur Mammadov is the director of the international expert club EurA
Women of the Tibetan ethnic group bring highland barley wine to be blessed at the Jokhang Temple for the Fairy's Day celebration in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's
Four mortar rounds on Sunday landed on the heavily fortified Green Zone in central Baghdad, an Iraqi Defense Ministry official said. The incident took place in the eve
With a history dating back 2,500 years, the ancient eastern Chinese city of Suzhou now thrives with over 400 projects invested by 156 foreign enterprises on the Global
Artificial intelligence (AI) will be front and center at the upcoming 2020 Consumer Electronics Show (CES), said Gary Shapiro, president and CEO of the Consumer Technology Association (CTA), in an e
03:09 Leftist former prime minister Zoran Milanovic, who has pledged to make Croatia a tolerant country, turning a page on its wartime past, won Sunday's presidential run-off vote, def
Ethiopian policeman in afambo lake, Afar Region, Afambo, Ethiopia./Getty Images Police in northern Ethiopia's Amhara regional state intercepted 62 children in a suspected case of human traffic
The tech world will soon be celebrating one of its biggest feasts of the year.The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2020 will be held from January 7 to 10 in Las Vegas, with over 4,500 exhibitors la
Chile's President Sebastian Pinera on Sunday presented a bill designed to improve the public health system, potentially benefiting some 14.5 million people.Improving the public health sector is one o
A man passes by a signboard for Shanghai E-port in Shanghai, east China, August 12, 2018. /Xinhua Photo Editor's Note: Zhu Zheng is an assistant professor focusing on constitutional law and po