Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Thursday that ceasefire is an urgent priority in settling the conflict in the Middle ...

HARARE, June 19 (Xinhua) -- Zimbabwe is steadily building its gold reserves to support the Zimbabwe Gold (ZiG) currency introduced in April last year, with reserves now standing at 3.4 metric tons, ...

CAPE TOWN, June 19 (Xinhua) -- South Africa's Eastern Cape Province observed a provincial Day of Mourning on Thursday to honor the victims of last week's devastating floods, with the death toll rising ...

In the capital, Yaounde, Wilmosolar prides itself as one of Cameroon's biggest solar engineering firms. The company imports two to four containers of solar products a year from China, said Arnaud Igor ...

KATHMANDU, June 19 (Xinhua) -- Nepal's information technology (IT) firms can now invest abroad for the first time as the central bank has fixed the maximum amount for overseas investments.

CHANGSHA, June 19 (Xinhua) -- The Wulingyuan scenic area of Zhangjiajie, situated in central China's Hunan Province, will suspend operations on Friday due to heavy rainfall -- the first ...

FUZHOU, June 19 (Xinhua) -- Under the dappled canopy of east China's lush woodlands, Yang Shuiming gently inspected the Polygonatum cyrtonema Hua, a prized herb in traditional Chinese medicine, which ...

HARARE, June 19 (Xinhua) -- A light aircraft made a crash landing at an airstrip in northern Zimbabwe Wednesday night, and 10 people escaped, state-owned broadcaster Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation ...

LAUSANNE, June 19 (Xinhua) -- Kirsty Coventry, poised to become the first woman and the first African to lead the International Olympic Committee, has laid out her vision for the future of the Olympic ...

Cheikh Tidiane Ndiaye, former editor-in-chief of the Senegalese Press Agency, said that China's policy represents concrete support for exporting African products with higher added value. It gives ...

KAMPALA, June 19 (Xinhua) -- As the world commemorated the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict on Thursday, the UN Refugee Agency called for an end to sexual violence ...

KAMPALA, June 19 (Xinhua) -- Uganda's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced the start of evacuations of its citizens from Iran, amid escalating tensions in the Middle East.