"The bus is partially underwater. So far, three fatalities have been confirmed, and four people are seriously injured," said Bent Are Eilertsen, chief of staff at the Nordland Police District.

CAIRO, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) -- Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi said Thursday that the Suez Canal revenues fell more than 60 percent year-on-year in 2024 amid regional challenges, according to a ...

BEIJING, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) -- Chinese scientists have successfully assembled the chromosomal-level genome of the critically endangered Ochetobius elongatus, a rare fish species from the Yangtze River.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said in a Christmas day social media post that Wayne Gretzky, an ice hockey legend from Canada, should run for prime minister of his ...

BELGRADE, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) -- The Serbian government announced on Thursday the adoption of the Belgrade Declaration, a pivotal initiative under the Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence. The ...

JERUSALEM -- Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir said on Thursday that he visited East Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque compound and "said a prayer," which appeared to have breached the ...

COLOMBO, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) -- The Maldivian government plans to increase tourism revenue to 5 billion U.S. dollars in 2025, PSM News, the official state media of the Maldives, reported on Thursday ...

ADDIS ABABA, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) -- The Ethiopian government said that recent efforts to tackle the challenges facing the country's manufacturing sector have significantly enhanced its production ...

LUSAKA/HARARE, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) -- The Zambezi River Authority (ZRA) said Thursday that a spate of earthquakes has struck the area around the Kariba Dam since Dec. 1 but assured the public that the ...

A key magnet is China's industrial system, which is the most comprehensive on a global scale and offers unparalleled supply ...

BAGHDAD, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) -- Iraq exported about 98.8 million barrels of crude oil in November, the country's Oil Ministry announced Thursday.

China's gross domestic product (GDP) in 2023 reached nearly 130 trillion yuan (about 18.08 trillion U.S. dollars). As the world's second-largest economy, the country's average contribution to global ...