The Ishiba administration intends to fund about half of the extra budget, or 6.7 trillion yen, through new government bond issuance, fueling fears that Japan's fiscal health, already the worst among ...

LONDON, Nov. 29 (Xinhua) -- Voters are taking to the polls in the Irish general election on Friday, with the incumbent coalition neck-and-neck with opposition party Sinn Fein. Polls opened at 0700 GMT ...

While 76 percent of people living with HIV in the region have access to life-saving antiretroviral therapy. "Experts agree that these disturbing trends show that much more needs to be done to stop the ...

Enrique Mora, EU's deputy foreign policy chief, said on X that he had a "frank exchange" with Iran's deputy foreign minister "on Iran's military support to Russia that has to stop, the nuclear issue ...

VIENTIANE, Nov. 29 (Xinhua) -- Lao authorities have handled a total of 3,395 drug-related cases, arresting 5,168 suspects over the past 11 months. According to the Lao Security News, the figures were ...

LONDON, Nov. 29 (Xinhua) -- British Transport Secretary Louise Haigh has resigned after pleading guilty to a criminal offense related to incorrectly telling police that a work mobile phone was stolen ...

Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, made the remarks in an instruction on the project of studying and ...

JERUSALEM/BEIRUT, Nov. 29 (Xinhua) -- The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) on Friday warned residents of 63 villages in southern Lebanon not to return to their homes until further notice.

China's central bank announced on Friday that it conducted open market government bond transactions in November, resulting in a net purchase of bonds with a face value of 200 billion yuan (about 27.8 ...

BEIJING, Nov. 29 (Xinhua) -- Two recent developments have excited lovers of traditional Chinese culture -- internet sensation Li Ziqi made a comeback after her long hiatus, and the video game hit ...

German Federal Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock will visit China from December 2 to 3, foreign ministry spokesperson Mao Ning announced on Friday.

BEIJING, Nov. 29 (Xinhua) -- China's central bank announced on Friday that it has conducted "outright reverse repo" operations, marking the second use of this monetary policy tool since it was ...