SAO PAULO, June 15 (Xinhua) -- An unlicensed hot air balloon carrying tourists crashed Sunday in southeast Brazil's Sao Paulo state, killing one person and injuring 10 others, the military police said ...

China issued 10.68 trillion yuan (about 1.5 trillion U.S. dollars) in new yuan-denominated loans in the first five months of 2025, central bank data showed on Friday.

KINSHASA, June 16 (Xinhua) -- At least 29 people were killed over the weekend by heavy rains in the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), local authorities said Monday. Unusual ...

The outstanding amount of China's deposits in yuan climbed 8.1 percent to 316.96 trillion yuan (about 44.16 trillion U.S. dollars) at the end of May from the same period last year, central bank data ...

The Lowy Institute, a Sydney-based think tank, on Monday published the results of its flagship annual survey for 2025, revealing that 52 percent of Australians say they are either "optimistic" or ...

The fourth China-Africa Economic and Trade Expo, themed "China and Africa: Together Toward Modernization," opened on Thursday ...

LONDON, June 15 (Xinhua) -- German qualifier Tatjana Maria defeated American world No. 15 Amanda Anisimova 6-3, 6-4 to be crowned at the Queen's Club Championships here on Sunday.

TEHRAN -- Iran's Health Ministry spokesman Hossein Kermanpour said on Sunday that 244 people have been killed in Israeli airstrikes on Iran over the past 65 hours. In a post on the social media ...

NEW DELHI, June 16 (Xinhua) -- Both the black boxes of Air India flight 171, including the flight data recorder (FDR) and cockpit voice recorder (CVR), have been found, P.K. Mishra, principal ...

Host China lost to Turkey 3-0 at the 2025 FIVB Men's Volleyball Nations League Xi'an leg on Sunday, wrapping up the opening ...

Former AC Milan midfielder Gennaro Gattuso has been appointed head coach of Italy's national football team, the Italian ...

In a post on the social media platform X, Kermanpour noted that women and children were among the dead, and that 1,277 people had been hospitalized. (Iran-Israeli Airstrikes-Casualties) ...