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, ...

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

This aerial drone photo taken on Aug. 21, 2025 shows a load testing on the Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge in southwest China's Guizhou Province. Engineers on Thursday launched a load testing on the ...

KIEV, Aug. 21 (Xinhua) -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that Ukraine has successfully test-fired a domestically made long-range Flamingo missile, the Interfax-Ukraine news agency ...

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 21 (Xinhua) -- Malaysia's labor productivity per hour worked grew 3.4 percent in the second quarter of 2025, registering 43.2 ringgit (10.23 U.S. dollar) per hour, official data ...

WUHAN, Aug. 21 (Xinhua) -- The China Petrochemical Corporation (Sinopec), one of the country's three biggest oil companies, on Thursday announced the discovery of more than 165 billion cubic meters of ...

Alongside its role in driving economic growth, the China-Laos Railway is bringing people closer and improving community infrastructure. Somhak, a 41-year-old resident of Vientiane province, ...

MADRID, Aug. 21 (Xinhua) -- The second round of the new La Liga season features last season's top three teams facing newly-promoted sides, with FC Barcelona and Real Madrid playing away to Levante and ...

TOKYO, Aug. 21 (Xinhua) -- Tokyo stocks extended their losing streak on Thursday, pressured by weakness in exporters and pharmaceutical stocks. The benchmark Nikkei stock index, the 225-issue Nikkei ...

Adli can play as an attacking midfielder or on either flank. He moves to the Premier League after making 143 appearances for Leverkusen, with whom he won the 2023-24 Bundesliga and German Cup. However ...

VIENTIANE, Aug. 21 (Xinhua) -- The Lao government, in partnership with development partners, has launched a feasibility study to develop a national Payment for Forest Environmental Services (PfES) ...

BEIJING, Aug. 21 (Xinhua) -- China is confident and well-prepared to continue promoting steady growth in and improving the quality of foreign trade, the Ministry of Commerce said Thursday.