Criminal investigation directors and security experts from member states of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) began a three-day meeting in Tanzania on Monday to discuss the challenges ...

HELSINKI, April 29 (Xinhua) -- Finland's total fertility rate fell to 1.25 in 2024, the lowest since records began in 1776, Statistics Finland announced on Tuesday. A total of 43,720 babies were born ...

Mark Carney, who took over as prime minister after Justin Trudeau stepped down earlier this year, has beaten the leader of the Conservative Party Pierre Poilievre, according to Canadian Broadcasting ...

Under the partnership, the UNHCR and Tecno will promote access to quality education among refugee children and youth in the East and Horn of Africa and the Great Lakes region, epicenters of conflicts ...

BAGHDAD, April 29 (Xinhua) -- Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia' al-Sudani and Jordanian King Abdullah II emphasized on Tuesday the need to halt the aggression against Gaza.

While mammals commonly evolve from land to water, such as whales, dolphins, dugongs, seals, walruses, otters and beavers, it is "extremely rare" for the process to reverse, said the study's lead ...

NAIROBI, April 29 (Xinhua) -- Most parts of the Horn of Africa are expected to be wetter than usual between May and July 2025, the Climate Prediction and Applications Center (ICPAC) of the ...

A higher education delegation from southwest China's Sichuan Province visited Laos from Sunday to Tuesday to promote deeper academic and educational cooperation. The visit aims to promote the building ...

South Sudan peace monitors said intensifying political and security tensions do not bode well for the sustaining of durable peace in the country. The Reconstituted Joint Monitoring and Evaluation ...

BANGKOK, April 29 (Xinhua) -- Thailand's auto production continued to contract in March but at a slower pace due to higher output of electric vehicles (EV) for the domestic market, data from the ...

ISLAMABAD, April 29 (Xinhua) -- Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday welcomed investment commitments totaling over 700 million U.S. dollars in the country's digital sector, describing ...

"Around 167,000 dunams (16,700 hectares) of farmland have been destroyed or damaged," he told Xinhua, estimating direct agricultural losses at 326 million U.S. dollars.