JAKARTA, Dec. 16 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake of 5.6-magnitude struck off Indonesia's eastern Maluku province on Monday, according to the country's meteorology and geophysics agency. The tremor occurred ...

SYDNEY, Dec. 16 (Xinhua) -- An emergency warning has been issued for a bushfire burning west of Melbourne in Australia's second-most populous state.

BEIJING, Dec. 16 (Xinhua) -- China's Ministry of Commerce (MOC) on Monday reiterated its opposition to the U.S. Section 301 tariff hikes on some Chinese goods.

"China's policy on the ROK remains consistent and stable," said Lin, adding that it is hoped that the ROK will work with China to make active efforts to deepen the friendly cooperation and strategic ...

BEIJING, Dec. 16 (Xinhua) -- China's fiscal revenue dipped 0.6 percent year on year in the first 11 months of 2024, according to data from the Ministry of Finance on Monday. The figure narrowed from a ...

JAKARTA, Dec. 16 (Xinhua) -- Indonesian police and soldiers will jointly deploy 141,443 personnel to secure Christmas and New Year's Eve celebrations nationwide, National Police Chief General Listyo ...

NEW DELHI, Dec. 16 (Xinhua) -- Ustad Zakir Hussain, the Indian-born legendry tabla (Indian drums) player, died at the age of 73 at a hospital in San Francisco, the United States on Sunday. According ...

HANOI, Dec. 16 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam's garment-textile export value was expected to reach 44 billion U.S. dollars in 2024, marking an 11.26 percent increase from 2023, local media reported.

SINGAPORE, Dec. 16 (Xinhua) -- Singapore businesses were approaching 2025 with cautious optimism, according to the latest Business Optimism Index released by the Singapore Commercial Credit Bureau ...

Airplanes fly in the morning light in Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 16, 2024. (Xinhua/Chen Yehua) This photo taken on Dec.

SEOUL, Dec. 16 (Xinhua) -- A South Korean military court on Monday issued an arrest warrant for Lee Jin-woo, chief of Capital Defense Command, in a probe of a short-lived emergency martial law ...

SEOUL, Dec. 16 (Xinhua) -- South Korea's constitutional court picked Cheong Hyung-sik, widely seen as conservative, as a presiding justice for President Yoon Suk-yeol's impeachment case, multiple ...