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 ...

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, ...

YANGON, Jan. 24 (Xinhua) -- 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

BERLIN, Jan. 23 (Xinhua) -- Tottenham Hotspur withstood Hoffenheim's comeback effort in a 3-2 victory in the UEFA Europa League on Thursday. The visitors caught Hoffenheim flat-footed three minutes ...

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 ...

According to the Sichuan Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism, Sichuan has nearly 50 snow and ice tourism areas and 16 key ski resorts, attracting numerous tourists and snow sports enthusiasts ...

SINGAPORE, Jan. 24 (Xinhua) -- The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) announced on Friday a slight easing of its monetary policy, marking the first such move since 2020 and the first adjustment in ...

An article in The Wall Street Journal, citing sources close to Trump, reported Tuesday that the U.S. president wants to renegotiate the USMCA by leveraging tariff increases on Mexico and Canada. The ...

MADRID, Jan. 23 (Xinhua) -- FC Barcelona has announced that Uruguayan central defender Ronald Araujo has signed a new contract until the end of June 2031.