UNITED NATIONS, July 26 (Xinhua) -- Fu Cong, China's permanent representative to the United Nations, said on Friday that negotiations over the Gaza conflict "must not go on indefinitely." The conflict in Gaza has been going on for over nine months, causing an unprecedented, ever-worsening humanitarian catastrophe, with nearly 40,000 innocent civilian lives lost, Fu said in remarks at the UN Security Council brie ..read more

by sportswriter He Leijing PARIS, July 26 (Xinhua) -- After a century-long wait, Paris welcomes back the Olympic Games with a splashy and "Seine-sational" opening ceremony, making itself a truly moveable feast. French President Emmanuel Macron declared the Games open before the waterborne ceremony reached its climax when Teddy Riner and Marie-Jose Perec lit the cauldron with the Olympic flame. The ..read more

© Provided by Xinhua The boat carrying members of the delegations from Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chile and China passes by the Eiffel Tower during the ope ..read more

From July 19 to 21, the Zhaotong Dashanbao (Loop) Wingsuit Flight Show was held in Zhaotong, featuring thrilling wingsuit flights by six elite pilots from China, Norway, the U.S., and the UK ..read more

PARIS, July 26 (Xinhua) -- After a century-long wait, Paris welcomed back the Olympic Games with a rainy yet historic ceremony held on the River Seine. French President Emmanuel Macron declared the Games open before the waterborne ceremony reached its climax when Teddy Riner and Marie-Jose Perec lit the cauldron with the Olympic flame. Han Zheng, Chinese vice president and President Xi Jinping's Special R ..read more

BEIJING, China - Three suspected drug traffickers wanted by Chinese police, who have been on the run in northern Myanmar have been arrested, and deported back to China. The dramatic event took place due to a joint collaboration between Myanmar and China police. The extradition took place on Wednesday night with Chinese police escorting the prisoners on to a plane bound for China. The fugitives, Zha ..read more

TEHRAN, July 26 (Xinhua) -- Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Nasser Kanaani on Friday said the recent China-mediated reconciliation meeting among different Palestinian factions in Beijing was a "valuable move." "The recent meeting of Palestinian groups in Beijing was a valuable move in the right direction in line with achieving an agreement and national reconciliation," he said in a post on social media platfo ..read more

(Photo credit: Angelika Warmuth) PARIS -- Lady Gaga sang a French cabaret song near Notre-Dame cathedral, a giant plume of blue, white and red smoke was sent high above a bridge over the Seine and a winged man played accordion as the Olympics' opening ceremony marked the official start of the Summer Games in Paris on Friday. A fleet of barges took athletes on a six-kilometer stretch of the river alongside some of the Fre ..read more

FUZHOU, China, 26th July, 2024 (WAM) - Chinese provinces have activated emergency responses and taken measures including evacuating residents to battle Typhoon Gaemi, the third typhoon of this year. With a maximum wind speed of 118.8 km per hour at its center, the typhoon made its second landfall in the country on Thursday evening, at Xiuyu District in the city of Putian, east China's Fujian Province. At 6 a.m. F ..read more

Moscow and Beijing said the patrols were in line with international law and did not violate foreign airspace Russian and Chinese bombers jointly operating in international airspace near the coast of Alaska is a sign of their expanding military cooperation, US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has said, adding that Washin ..read more