The World Games 2025 opening ceremony took place Thursday against the stunning backdrop of Qinhuang Lake and the city skyline. Spanning 90 minutes, the spectacle captivated audiences with water screen ...

LONDON, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- Tottenham Hotspur's England international midfielder James Maddison faces missing nearly all of the coming season after the club confirmed he has suffered a ruptured ...

MADRID, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- Former Real Madrid and Olympique Lyon striker Mariano Diaz has signed a two-year contract with Spanish La Liga side Deportivo Alaves. The club from the city of ...

As the ceremony neared its close, 12 young Chinese singers joined children from the U.S. group OneVoice, Italy's Piccolo Coro dell'Antoniano, Shanghai's Xiuqiuhua (Hydrangea) Choir, the Chengdu City ...

BEIRUT, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- A U.S. congressman said Thursday that the United States will push Israel to withdraw from the five remaining occupied points in southern Lebanon if the Lebanese army asserts ...

Rockets from the embattled enclave, where famine has been unfolding, have become rare as Israeli forces continue their offensive, leaving Gaza in ruins. Israeli strikes have killed more than 61,000 ...

Running from August 7 to 17 under the slogan "Boundless Sports, Countless Wonders," the 12th World Games marks the first time the event is hosted on the Chinese mainland. It follows Chengdu's ...

BEIJING, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- China welcomes the understanding reached between Cambodia and Thailand on the implementation arrangements, monitoring mechanism and follow-up matters of the ceasefire, a ...

The test, completed on Wednesday, represents a key step in the development of China's manned lunar exploration program, and also marks the first time that China has carried out a test of ...

Experts from Australia's Charles Sturt University (CSU) studied cockatoo dance behavior through online videos and a zoo playback experiment, identifying new moves such as head-banging, sidestepping, ...

Book restorer Geng Ning restores a book at Anhui Provincial Library in Hefei, east China's Anhui Province, June 17, 2025. The ...

BANGKOK, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- Thailand's consumer confidence dropped for a sixth straight month in July, slipping to the lowest rate in 31 months due to concerns over local political instability, border ...