The world No. 1, who is chasing a third straight Australian Open title, defeated Denmark's Clara Tauson 7-6, 6-4 in two hours and six minutes at Rod Laver Arena, which extends the Belarusian's winning ...

BEIJING, Jan. 17 (Xinhua) -- The number of internet users in China hit 1.1 billion by December 2024, up 16.08 million from the previous year, according to an industrial report on the country's ...

BEIJING, Jan. 17 (Xinhua) -- China's gross domestic product (GDP) grew 5 percent year on year in 2024, meeting the government's full-year target, official data showed on Friday. China's GDP reached a ...

BEIJING, Jan. 17 (Xinhua) -- Zhang Tianfeng, former deputy chief of China's State Tobacco Monopoly Administration, has been placed under investigation for suspected severe violations of Party ...

GAZA, Jan. 17 (Xinhua) -- At least 86 Palestinians, including 23 children, were killed in Gaza following Wednesday's announcement of the Israel-Hamas ceasefire agreement, the Palestinian Civil Defense ...

Shanghai-based Dragon TV has begun re-airing the iconic sci-fi series "Man from Atlantis," which holds significant cultural ...

COLOMBO, Jan. 17 (Xinhua) -- A bus carrying a group of foreign tourists collided with a cement truck on the Southern Expressway of Sri Lanka on Friday morning, killing the bus driver and injuring ...

The country's per capita disposable income stood at 41,314 yuan (about 5,747 U.S. dollars) in 2024, up 5.3 percent year on year in nominal terms, while representing an increase of 5.1 percent after ...

OTTAWA, Jan. 16 (Xinhua) -- The Canadian federal government will unveil proposed retaliatory tariffs on an initial round of U.S. imports Monday if incoming U.S. president Donald Trump uses his ...

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said Friday that China recorded 9.54 million newborns last year, an increase of 520,000 compared with 2023. The birth rate for 2024 reached 6.77 per 1,000 ...

ISTANBUL, Jan. 17 (Xinhua) -- Once a vibrant ecological gem teeming with corals, diverse marine life and unique underwater ecosystems, the Sea of Marmara in northwestern Türkiye now faces a growing ...

JIUQUAN, Jan. 17 (Xinhua) -- China on Friday sent a Pakistani satellite into space from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China. The satellite, named PRSC-EO1, was launched at 12:07 p.m ...