NEW YORK, Jan. 23 (Xinhua) -- Former New York mayor and media mogul Michael Bloomberg announced Thursday that his philanthropy will offer funding to help cover the U.S. contribution to the UN climate ...

Mahmoud Basal, a spokesperson for Gaza's Civil Defense, said Israeli forces targeted a group of Palestinians in the Tel Al-Sultan neighborhood west of Rafah. He confirmed two deaths and several ...

MINSK, Jan. 23 (Xinhua) -- The Belarusian Central Election Commission (CEC) said Thursday 27.15 percent of eligible voters have cast their ballots after three days of early voting in the presidential ...

SEOUL, Jan. 24 (Xinhua) -- The 12th session of the 14th Supreme People's Assembly of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) was held in Pyongyang on Jan. 22 and 23, the official Korean ...

DAMASCUS, Jan. 23 (Xinhua) -- A car bomb exploded Thursday in the city of Manbij in Aleppo province in northern Syria, killing three people and wounding five others, a war monitor reported. The car ...

ROME, Jan. 23 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) hosted a celebration at its headquarters on Thursday to mark the upcoming Chinese Year of the Snake, which begins ...

TUNIS, Jan. 23 (Xinhua) -- Tunisian President Kais Saied met with visiting Mauritanian Minister of Economy and Finance Sid Ahmed Ould Aboh on Thursday to discuss bilateral relations, according to a ...

KUWAIT CITY, Jan. 23 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese embassy in Kuwait hosted a celebration Thursday evening to mark the upcoming Chinese Lunar New Year, also known as the Spring Festival.

TEHRAN, Jan. 23 (Xinhua) -- Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei has condemned the U.S. moves to re-add Cuba to its list of state sponsors of terrorism and re-designate Yemen's Houthi ...

HELSINKI, Jan. 23 (Xinhua) -- OP Financial Group of Finland on Thursday downgraded its forecast for Finnish economic growth, citing increased global political uncertainty.

SACRAMENTO, the United States, Jan. 23 (Xinhua) -- Fear of deportation has led to a sharp drop in farm worker attendance across California's agricultural heartland, leaving crops unharvested following ...

"Protecting cultural roots requires joint efforts to generate brilliance," said Yu Hao, chairman of Beijing Qianmen Culture ...