BEIJING, July 9 (Xinhua) -- China's Ministry of Water Resources on Wednesday activated a Level-IV emergency response to flooding in south China's Guangdong Province, hindered by the impact of Typhoon ...

SINGAPORE, July 9 (Xinhua) -- Singapore will recruit 1,000 new teachers annually over the next few years, Education Minister Desmond Lee announced on Wednesday. This represents an increase from the ...

URUMQI, July 9 (Xinhua) -- A silver-gray drone hovered over a vast cotton field at the edge of the Taklimakan Desert, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, spraying a fine mist of ...

CANBERRA, July 9 (Xinhua) -- Australian scientists have developed an eco-friendly technique to extract valuable materials, such as lithium for batteries, from brine deposits. Unlike conventional ...

JINAN, July 9 (Xinhua) -- The 11th Nishan Forum on World Civilizations kicked off on Wednesday with the theme of "Beauty in Diversity: Nurturing Understanding Among Civilizations for Global ...

Over 600 years ago in China's Ming Dynasty (1368-1644 AD), Zheng He led fleets on seven maritime voyages, bringing silk, porcelain and tea and sowing seeds of friendship and trust. The tides rise and ...

At the wheat field planting base in Jiamatu Town, Kezuozhong Banner of China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, a ...

CHENGDU, July 9 (Xinhua) -- A rain-triggered landslide buried a house in Shizhuang Village, Xuyong County in southwest China's Sichuan Province, on Wednesday morning, leaving five people missing, ...