The Hang Seng Index gained 155.47 points, or 0.65 percent, to open at 23,941.26 points on Friday. ■ ...

GENEVA -- The World Trade Organization (WTO) said on Thursday that global merchandise trade is expected to grow by 3.9 percent in 2026, up from its March forecast of 1.9 percent, driven by supply ...

The Premier League returns from the international break this weekend, with Sunday's clash between Liverpool and Manchester City at Anfield taking center stage amid continuing uncertainty over City's ...

Authorities have begun extracting salt from a salt mine in Afghanistan's western Farah province, the provincial director of mines said Friday. Covering 13 hectares in Qalakah and the neighboring Pusht ...

VIENTIANE, Oct. 9 (Xinhua) -- Laos is stepping up efforts to address labor shortages. Speaking at the second ordinary session of the 10th National Assembly, Lao Minister of Labor and Social Welfare ...

Citizens jog and stride at Nanhu Park in Nanning, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Oct. 9, 2026. Located in the very heart of Nanning, Nanhu Park is widely known as the city's "green ...

BEIJING, Oct. 9 (Xinhua) -- A symposium was held in Beijing on Friday to study the first and second volumes of selected works on culture by Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of ...

Qilou Old Street in Haikou, south China's Hainan Province. Hainan saw 4.754 million tourist trips during the National Day holiday, marking a year-on-year increase of 13.1 percent. Total tourist ...

Hong Kong's stock market rallied on Friday, with the benchmark Hang Seng Index up 1.79 percent to close at 24,211.35 points. The Hang Seng China Enterprises Index gained 1.71 percent to 8,147.87 ...

XI'AN, Oct. 9 (Xinhua) -- For the first time, Li Fuping traded his usual National Day in the fields for a new adventure.

TOKYO, Oct. 9 (Xinhua) -- Tokyo stocks ended mixed Friday, as losses in technology shares weighed on the benchmark Nikkei index amid concerns over the outlook for artificial intelligence-related ...

Shawan is a major cotton-producing area in northern Xinjiang. According to the local bureau of agriculture and rural affairs, ...