• Poland urges EU nations to bolster armies
    2025-01-17

    [PhotoAgencies] Poland has called on fellow European Union member nations to take the bloc's security more seriously, now Donald Trump is returning to the White House. With the billionaire entrepreneur back in power in the United States on Monday, Poland, which took over the rotating six-month p...

  • Telecom fraud fight intensified
    2025-01-17

    China will work together with the member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations to combat online gambling and telecom fraud, Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Thursday, during a meeting in Beijing with diplomatic envoys from the 10 ASEAN countries. A series of severe cases of online ga...

  • SpaceX loses Starship spacecraft during seventh test flight
    2025-01-17

    LOS ANGELES, Jan. 16 Xinhua -- SpaceX launched the seventh test flight of its giant Starship rocket on Thursday, but lost communication with its spacecraft shortly after launch. Starship took off from the company's Starbase facility near Brownsville in the U.S. state of Texas at about 4:37 p.m. Cen...

  • Fire risk still high in Southern California as firefighters continue to battle multiple major wildfires
    2025-01-16

    Firefighters continue to battle multiple major wildfires on Wednesday in Southern California as parts of the region are braced for extremely critical fire conditions caused by a new round of dangerous Santa Ana winds.

  • Greenland open to more access for US
    2025-01-16

    Incoming United States president Donald Trump looked to be reaping rewards for his verbal assault on Greenland this week when the semi-autonomous territory that belongs to Denmark indicated it may let Washington beef up its military presence on the island and also allow US companies more access to i...

  • New oil reserves identified in Xinjiang's Tarim Basin, signaling vast potential
    2025-01-16

    China has identified newly proven oil equivalent reserves of 55.56 million tons in the Tarim Basin, located in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, the China Geological Survey said Wednesday.

  • Reviewing cases of missing and trapped Chinese citizens abroad, coordinating rescue efforts: Ministry of Public Security
    2025-01-16

    The Ministry of Public Security (PBS) has prioritized cases of Chinese citizens lured abroad and subsequently being lost or trapped after families of those concerned have sought help through various channels, including social media, reported CCTV.

  • Explainer: What's driving American "TikTok refugees" to China's RedNote?
    2025-01-16

    The logo of TikTok is seen on the screen of a smartphone in Arlington, Virginia, the United States, March 13, 2024. XinhuaLiu Jie The sudden migration of U.S. TikTok users to RedNote has created a platform for Chinese and American users to directly interact with each other. BEIJING, Jan. 16 Xinh...

  • Israel, Hamas reach deal on Gaza ceasefire
    2025-01-16

    Israel and Hamas have agreed to a Gaza ceasefire-for-hostages deal after intensive mediation efforts by Qatar, Egypt, and the United States, the Qatari prime minister announced on Wednesday.

  • Biden's eulogy to his alliance-building efforts reveals how out of touch he was with reality: China Daily editorial
    2025-01-16

    In his swan-song speech on foreign policy on Monday, US President Joe Biden's audience was actually his successor that will take office in less than a week.

  • Media outlets sign cooperation agreement
    2025-01-16

    China Daily website and facts.org.cn signed a cooperation agreement on Jan 9 in Beijing. The two outlets will collaborate in areas such as platform development, content creation, channel expansion, and international talent cultivation.

  • 82 miners rescued, 36 dead in South Africa mine operation
    2025-01-15

    A total of 118 illegal miners were brought to the surface during rescue operations at an abandoned gold mine on Monday and Tuesday in Stilfontein in South Africa's North West Province, with 36 confirmed dead, according to the police.

  • S. Korean president arrested in residence over martial law imposition
    2025-01-15

    South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol was arrested in presidential residence Wednesday, becoming the country's first sitting president to be kept in custody over his short-lived martial law imposition.

  • China adds 7 U.S. companies to unreliable entity list
    2025-01-15

    China's Ministry of Commerce (MOC) said Tuesday that seven U.S. companies have been added to the unreliable entity list for selling arms to China's Taiwan region.

  • China welcomes foreign tourists to enjoy Chinese New Year: FM spokesperson
    2025-01-15

    A traveler from Poland takes photos at the Yuyuan shopping center in Shanghai on Dec 4. [PhotoXinhua] China welcomes foreign tourists to join China's celebration of the Spring Festival and experience the joy of the Chinese New Year, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun said on Tuesday. Guo m...