People gather to celebrate the new year in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Dec. 31, 2024. (Xinhua/Veri Sanovri) People gather to ...

NEW YORK, Dec. 31 (Xinhua) -- U.S. stocks ended lower on Tuesday, as the U.S. equity market failed to end 2024 on a high note. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 29.51 points, or 0.07 percent, to ...

China's shadow puppetry, a 2,000-year-old "early cinema," is a UNESCO treasure. In Shanxi, artisans like Wu Junli bring this luminous art to life, inspiring new generations. #CulturalHeritage■ ...

NEW YORK, Dec. 31 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.1 jolted 122 km ESE of Kandrian, Papua New Guinea at 20:09:41 GMT on Tuesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The epicenter, with a ...

Set to fully complete its 14th Five-Year Plan in 2025, China will implement more proactive and effective policies, prioritize ...

GENEVA, Dec. 31 (Xinhua) -- Israeli attacks on hospitals in Gaza have pushed the region's healthcare system to "the brink of ...

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 31 (Xinhua) -- A 29-year-old man was shot and killed across the street from the Harvard Market in Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood early Tuesday. Police responded to sounds of ...

PARIS, Dec. 31 (Xinhua) -- French President Emmanuel Macron acknowledged on Tuesday night that dissolving the French National Assembly in June created more division than resolution.

TASHKENT, Jan. 1 (Xinhua) -- Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev has announced 2025 as the year of environmental protection and green economy for the country, according to the president's press service ...

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 31 (Xinhua) -- An Hawaiian Airlines flight headed toward Honolulu from Seattle turned around shortly after takeoff on Monday because the crew reported smoke in the cockpit of the ...

Six nations -- El Salvador, Panama, the Dominican Republic, Mexico, Venezuela, and Uruguay -- held elections. The ruling parties triumphed in four countries, while Panama and Uruguay saw power shifts.

CAIRO, Dec. 31 (Xinhua) -- "As the new year is approaching, we pray for peace in Gaza," Bassem Medhat, a Palestinian refugee who had fled the war-torn enclave, voiced the sentiments of thousands now ...