VIENNA, July 5 Xinhua -- OPEC and its allies, collectively known as OPEC+, announced the decision on Saturday to increase oil output by 548,000 barrels per day bpd in August, a faster move compared with July. In July, the OPEC+ countries saw an oil output increase of 411,000 bpd amid a plan to grad...
HOUSTON, July 6 Xinhua -- Eleven children remained missing on Sunday, three days after a major flash flood killed at least 59 people in central Texas, the second largest U.S. state, authorities said. Rescue teams are still searching for the children and one counselor missing from Camp Mystic in Ker...
The Marine Corps is sending about 200 service members to assist Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Florida, in the Trump administration's latest use of the military to boost its immigration operations. U.S. Northern Command announced the move Thursday, saying the 200 Marines — from the Marine W...
UNITED NATIONS, July 3 Xinhua -- The killing of civilians trying to get food and in displacement sites in Gaza shocks UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, a UN spokesman said Thursday. "The secretary-general is appalled by the deepening humanitarian crisis in Gaza," said spokesman Stephane Dujarr...
US President Donald Trump's budget mega-bill is set to become law after it passed a final vote in the House of Representatives. The president is now poised to sign the bill into law during a ceremony on Friday. Its advancement has not been easy. The legislation has stoked disputes among lawmakers ...
Photo taken on July 3, 2025 shows the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C., the United States. The U.S. House of Representatives passed President Donald Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill with a vote of 218 to 214 on Thursday. XinhuaHu Yousong NEW YORK, July 3 Xinhua -- The U.S. House of Represe...
Tourists cool off in front of a fan near the Colosseum in Rome, Italy, June 27, 2025. [PhotoXinhua] A group of middle-school students first waved at me and then stopped me late on Monday afternoon while I was taking a walk in the Parc du Cinquantenaire in Brussels. They were working on a school p...
Siemens: 'We have resumed sales and support to Chinese customers' Semiconductor chips are seen on a circuit board of a computer in this illustration picture. [PhotoAgencies] Three key chip companies said on Thursday that the US had lifted export restrictions on chip design software for China and...
A lawsuit was filed against President Donald Trump's administration claiming masked agents have been targeting "individuals with brown skin" in Southern California, arresting them without probable cause and keeping them in "dungeon-like" conditions in efforts to deport them. The claim, filed in the...
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella speaks at Microsoft Build AI Day in Jakarta, Indonesia, on April 30, 2024. Adek Berry | AFP | Getty Images Microsoft said Wednesday that it will lay off about 9,000 employees. The move will affect less than 4% of its global workforce across different teams, geographies...
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian speaks during a meeting in Ilam, Iran, June 12, 2025. [PhotoAgencies] Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian on Wednesday signed into law a bill passed by parliament last month to suspend cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency. The move came amid ...
Indian pilgrims cross Nathu La Pass, which is more than 4,000 meters above sea level between Dromo county of China's Xizang autonomous region and India's northeastern state of Sikkim, on June 20. The pass is a major passageway for Indian pilgrims to Xizang. TENZIN NYIDAXINHUA A group of 39 Indian...
Injured people are seen near a beachfront cafe destroyed in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City, on June 30, 2025. Photo by Rizek AbdeljawadXinhua GAZA, July 2 Xinhua -- Hamas said on Wednesday that it is conducting consultations to discuss Gaza ceasefire proposals put forward by mediators. The Pa...
Six people accused of witchcraft were killed, burned alive, stoned or beaten by a militia in Burundi, a local official told AFP on Wednesday. The official and witnesses, who all asked for anonymity, said the incident happened on Monday after accusations made by members of the ruling party's powerfu...
A Florida Native American leader spoke out against a new migrant detention facility in the Florida Everglades, nicknamed "Alligator Alcatraz," raising environmental and safety concerns for local tribal communities. President Trump, visiting the site Tuesday, said the facility will hold "some of the...
An Israeli military convoy manoeuvres near the Israel-Gaza border, as seen from Israel, July 1, 2025. [PhotoAgencies] HOUSTON - US President Donald Trump said Tuesday that Israel has agreed to the necessary conditions to finalize a 60-day ceasefire to end the conflict in Gaza, and also urged Hama...