Tourists select nuts and dried fruit at the Grand Bazaar in Urumqi, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Aug. 21, 2025. Scenic areas across China have entered peak season for tourism.

ISLAMABAD, Aug. 21 (Xinhua) -- At least 30 people were injured after a blaze erupted in a fireworks factory in Pakistan's southern port city of Karachi on Thursday, rescue and police officials said.

Fishermen unload the catches at a fishing port in Wenchang, south China's Hainan Province, Aug. 21, 2025. Abundant fish ...

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New Zealand's goods exports rose 10 percent from a year earlier to 6.7 billion NZ dollars (3.9 billion U.S. dollars) in July 2025 compared with July 2024, led by higher shipments of dairy, beef, and ...

JERUSALEM, Aug. 21 (Xinhua) -- An Israeli citizen who had been held in Lebanon for about a year was returned to Israel on Thursday, said Coordinator for the Captives and the Missing Gal Hirsch.

BERLIN, Aug. 21 (Xinhua) -- A Ukrainian national, identified as Serhii K., has been arrested in Italy in connection with the alleged sabotage of the Nord Stream gas pipelines in September 2022, ...

LHASA, Aug. 21 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday left Xizang after attending celebrations for the autonomous region's 60th founding anniversary.

LONDON, Aug. 21 (Xinhua) -- A total of 111,084 people applied for asylum in Britain in the year to June 2025, the highest figure recorded for any 12-month period since current records began in 2001, ...

Yang Huafeng, a 92-year-old Chinese veteran of the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, grew up listening to his parents' stories about the Northeast Anti-Japanese United Army, which was a ...

TEHRAN, Aug. 21 (Xinhua) -- Iran's Navy on Thursday kicked off a two-day missile drill codenamed "Sustainable Power 1404" in the Gulf of Oman and northern Indian Ocean, according to a statement ...

BEIJING, Aug. 21 (Xinhua) -- China urges relevant agency in New Zealand to stop spreading lies and stop creating misperception, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson said on Thursday.