TOKYO, Jan. 24 (Xinhua) -- The Bank of Japan (BOJ) on Friday raised its policy interest rate to the highest level in 17 years, marking another step to unwind its long-standing ultra-loose monetary ...

Zhang Tianyi (L top) and Song Guixu (L bottom) of Team China celebrate after the men's 5000m relay final A of the short track speed skating competition at the 2025 FISU Winter World University Games ...

BEIJING, Jan. 24 (Xinhua) -- China is anticipating an average of 1.85 million inbound and outbound passenger trips each day during the upcoming Spring Festival holiday, the National Immigration ...

MANILA, Jan. 24 (Xinhua) -- The Philippines' total external trade in goods fell by 1.9 percent in December 2024 to 15.45 billion U.S. dollars from 15.75 billion dollars in December 2023, the ...

SHENYANG, Jan. 24 (Xinhua) -- Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, said on Thursday that the steel industry is an important basic industry of the country ...

SHENYANG, Jan. 24 (Xinhua) -- Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, visited a food market in Shenyang, capital city of northeast China's Liaoning Province, ...

TOKYO, Jan. 24 (Xinhua) -- The Bank of Japan (BOJ) on Friday raised its policy interest rate to 0.5 percent from 0.25 percent, in line with market expectations and marking another step to unwind its ...

CANBERRA, Jan. 24 (Xinhua) -- Australia's Prime Minister has promised cash incentives for apprentices who work in residential construction as part of a push to build more homes.

A 5.2-magnitude earthquake jolted western Myanmar at about 1:53 a.m. local time on Friday, the country's Department of Meteorology and Hydrology (DMH) reported. According to the DMH, the epicenter was ...

BEIJING, Jan. 24 (Xinhua) -- The central parity rate of the Chinese currency renminbi, or the yuan, strengthened 3 pips to 7.1705 against the U.S. dollar Friday, according to the China Foreign ...

HONG KONG, Jan. 24 (Xinhua) -- Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index once rose 330.27 points, or 1.68 percent, reaching 20,030.83 points in the morning session on Friday. ■ ...

People visit the Dunhuang Art Festival at Wellington College of Technology in Wellington, New Zealand, Jan. 23, 2025. The exhibition was organized by the Chinese Embassy in New Zealand. (Photo by Meng ...