MACAO, June 1 (Xinhua) -- China eased past Thailand 25-23, 25-17, 25-18 in the FIVB Women's Volleyball Nations League (VNL) here on Saturday. Thailand dropped from 12th to 13th in the world rankings after the match with China. China's outside hitter Li Yingying scored a game-high 23 points, followed by Zhu Ting with 17 and Yuan Xinyue with 13. Thailand's Kokram Pimpichaya collected a team high 15 points ..read more

Georgetown [Guyana], June 1 (ANI): Star all-rounder Mitchell Santner admitted that New Zealand had a "chaotic start" to the T20 World Cup 2024 as the squad chose extra training sessions over an actual warm-up game due to logistical constraints and with players arriving in three batches due to Indian Premier League (IPL) commitments. However, after a few days of training in Trinidad, Santner claimed New Zealand can "really ..read more

UNITED NATIONS, May 31 (Xinhua) -- The first UN aid cargo flight in three months landed Thursday in the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince, UN humanitarians said Friday. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said the UN Humanitarian Air Service flight from Panama carried medical supplies to support the efforts of the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the World Health Organization (WHO) a ..read more

by Xinhua writers Wang Meiqi, Cao Pengyuan, Ren Liying SHIJIAZHUANG, May 31 (Xinhua) -- For many years, veteran Cuban cultural anthropologist Jesús Guanche Perez viewed China as a distant and intriguing country, but it was only in 2018 that he was able to explore it for himself, thanks to an invitation from a private university. His opportunity came when the Hebei International Studies University i ..read more

PORT AU PRINCE/NEW YORK, 28 May 2024 - As armed violence continues to drive the deteriorating conditions across Haiti, the UN has estimated that 30 to 50 per cent of armed group members are children who are subject to coercion, abuse and exploitation stemming from persistent social, economic and political fragility caused by ongoing violence that has spiraled parts of the country into chaos. The ..read more

Port of Spain [Trinidad and Tobago], May 31 (ANI): The West Indies, led by a ferocious assault from Nicholas Pooran and skipper Rovman Powell showed some ominous signs as the ICC Men's T20 World Cup co-hosts registered an impressive 35-run victory over Australia in their warm-up fixture in Trinidad on Thursday. Nicholas Pooran was the star of the show with a superb 75 as the West Indies posted a massive total of 257/4 at ..read more

May 30, 2024 - Ottawa, Ontario - Global Affairs Canada The Honourable Melanie Joly, Minister of Foreign Affairs, today issued the following statement: "On behalf of the Government of Canada, I commend the Transitional Presidential Council (TPC) for the nomination of the new Prime Minister-designate of Haiti and for moving toward achieving this important transition of power. "We encourage Pr ..read more

Italy and Greece will reportedly take in some of the Latin American asylum-seekers Some of the migrants applying for asylum at US outposts in Latin America may be sent to Italy or Greece instead, CBS News reported on Thursday, citing anonymous sources and documents from the US Department of Homeland Security. Washington set up "Safe Mobility Offices" (SMO) in Colombia, Cost ..read more

The United States will step into sporting history on June 1 by co-hosting a major cricket tournament for the first time. The opening game in Dallas, Texas, between the U.S. and Canada will start the monthlong ICC Men's T20 World Cup, which will be co-hosted by the West Indies. The U.S. was an unlikely choice to co-host a cricket World Cup, as not many beyond the expatriates in America play or follow the gam ..read more

UNITED NATIONS, May 29 (Xinhua) -- China's permanent representative to the United Nations Fu Cong on Tuesday called for efforts to protect the safety of women and youth at a Security Council meeting on the subject. The international community should make efforts to "promote a ceasefire and cessation of violence so as to protect the safety of women and youth," Fu said at a United Nations (UN) Security Council Hig ..read more