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BEIJING, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- China's new-energy vehicle (NEV) sales in July 2026 accounted for more than 60 percent of the monthly new car sales for the first time, while the cumulative share for the first seven months of the year also surpassed 50 percent, industry data showed on Wednesday.In July alone, NEV output and sales reached over 1.57 million and […]

By By Sahil Pandey New Delhi [India], August 12 (ANI): The Philippines on Wednesday said deliveries of the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile systems acquired from India are progressing well, with Manila describing the weapon as a key source of 'credible deterrence' as it strengthens its territorial defence amid tensions in the South China Sea.Philippines […]

Dharamshala (Himachal Pradesh) [India], August 12 (ANI): The Central Tibetan Administration has remembered Choepa, a 24-year-old Tibetan youth who died after self-immolating in protest against Chinese rule in Tibet in 2012. The CTA shared details of his case on the social media platform X.According to the Central Tibetan Administration, Choepa was from […]

(260812) -- FOSHAN, Aug. 12, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Yang Shuyu (C) of China vies for the ball during a friendly women's basketball match between China and Nigeria in Foshan, south China's Guangdong province, Aug. 12, 2026. (Xinhua/Deng Hua)

A Hong Kong baby food producer has voluntarily recalled several products from store shelves as a precaution after parents and online users raised concerns that they might contain rice weevils. Baby Basic on Wednesday said the recall covered “instant baby congee – konbu salmon”, with an expiry date of June 22, 2027, and three varieties of its […]

BEIJING, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- Each year, surging temperatures put China's power grid to the test at the height of summer. In recent weeks, sweltering heat and high humidity have gripped many megacities, driving electricity demand to record highs.While rolling blackouts in response to a summer crunch are not yet a distant memory, power grid operators across […]

BEIJING, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- China's homegrown C919 large passenger aircraft landed safely at the new Ulan Bator airport in Mongolia on Wednesday afternoon after departing from Beijing Capital International Airport, marking the completion of the aircraft's first scheduled international commercial passenger flight.The C919 is China's first self-developed […]

Retiree Yang Fangxin’s 72 sq ft rooftop home, located on the ninth floor of a 62-year-old building in Sham Shui Po, has become a heat trap under Hong Kong’s scorching hot weather. The temperature in her home was above 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) at around 5pm on Tuesday, higher than the 33 degrees recorded at the Hong Kong Observatory’s […]

Hong Kong’s leader has expressed his profound sorrow over the death of former Chinese premier Zhu Rongji, paying tribute to him for supporting the city in challenging times including the 1997 Asian financial crisis. In a statement late on Wednesday night, Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu said he was sincerely grateful for Zhu’s care and support for Hong […]

by Xinhua writers Li Yue and Wang XiaopengBEIJING, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- "Ne Zha 2," the Chinese animated feature that shattered global box office records, was the biggest winner at the 38th Hundred Flowers Awards, becoming the first animated film in the ceremony's history to claim the Best Picture Award.The award was presented at the 38th edition of the […]

WUHAN, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- Mosquitoes are the bane of summer. They buzz, bite and drive park-goers indoors. Now a growing number of Chinese cities are fighting back with smarter tools.Lakeside parks in Wuhan, capital of central China's Hubei Province, have deployed intelligent traps that mimic human breath, killing more than 70,000 mosquitoes in over 20 […]

(260812) -- LINGSHAN, Aug. 12, 2026 (Xinhua) -- A trial vessel drives into a navigation lock on the Pinglu Canal in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, on Aug. 12, 2026. Pinglu Canal started vessel trials on Wednesday, marking a key step toward the planned opening of this major Chinese waterway in September. The tests will assess navigation […]

The finance director of a private college in Hong Kong has been remanded in custody on suspicion of embezzling HK$41 million (US$5.2 million) over three years, with his wife and an engineering contractor also denied bail for allegedly handling the illicit proceeds. Ray Yip Kam-chun, 49, appeared in Tuen Mun Court on Wednesday to face a count of theft for […]

(260812) -- TUNIS, Aug. 12, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Artists of the China National Peking Opera Company perform at the ancient theatre of Carthage in Tunis, Tunisia, Aug. 11, 2026. The China National Peking Opera Company presented a performance on Tuesday at the "Folklores of the World" event during the 60th Carthage Festival in Tunis. (Photo by Adel Ezzine/Xinhua)

(260812) -- SHANGHAI, Aug. 12, 2026 (Xinhua) -- People visit the 2026 Shanghai Book Fair at the Shanghai Exhibition Center in Shanghai, east China, Aug. 12, 2026. Opening on Wednesday, the ongoing 2026 Shanghai Book Fair features two main venues, the Shanghai Exhibition Center and the Shanghai Book City. The cultural event will last until Aug. 18. […]

London [UK] August 12 (ANI): On the occasion of International Youth Day, Rahima Mahmut, Executive Director of Stop Uyghur Genocide, has raised concerns over the situation of Uyghur children, alleging that hundreds of thousands of children have been separated from their parents and placed in state-run boarding schools and live-in kindergartens.In her […]

Nestled within thick, verdant foliage in Cha Kwo Ling is one of Hong Kong’s last squatter settlements, where a handful of remaining residents are staying until a government deadline to move out for redevelopment of the area for public housing. Mrs Lam, one of the last villagers living among the juxtaposition of makeshift metal dwellings and stone houses […]

(260812) -- ULAN BATOR, Aug. 12, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Passengers are greeted by etiquette staff dressed in traditional Mongolian costumes as they step out of the cabin at the new Ulan Bator airport in Mongolia, Aug. 12, 2026. China's homegrown C919 large passenger aircraft landed safely at the new Ulan Bator airport in Mongolia on Wednesday afternoon after […]

ULAN BATOR, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- China's homegrown C919 large passenger aircraft landed safely at the new Ulan Bator airport in Mongolia on Wednesday afternoon after departing from Beijing Capital International Airport, marking the completion of the aircraft's first scheduled international commercial passenger flight.A grand water salute ceremony was held at […]

Police in Paraguay have launched an investigation into the death of a Hong Kong-born cryptocurrency fund executive as speculation swirled over the case. Experts on Wednesday also warned of a global rise in violent extortion attempts targeting digital asset holders, a phenomenon known as “wrench attacks”. Paraguayan police are investigating the death of […]

(260812) -- SANYA, Aug. 12, 2026 (Xinhua) -- People bid farewell during a ceremony held for the 49th escort fleet of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy at a military port in Sanya, south China's Hainan Province, Aug. 12, 2026. The 49th escort fleet of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy on Wednesday morning departed from a military port in […]

A Hong Kong court has ordered a murder suspect to face a retrial after a jury failed to reach a verdict on whether he committed the crime while suffering from a delusion that authorities were harassing him with electromagnetic waves. The 23-day High Court trial of former software developer Matthew Choi ended with a hung jury on Wednesday. Madam Justice […]

(260812) -- DAR ES SALAAM, Aug. 12, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Wang Hongqing (1st L, back), a traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) physician with the 28th Chinese medical team to mainland Tanzania, delivers a lecture during a training course on TCM for Tanzanian primary healthcare workers and community health practitioners in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Aug. 9, 2026. The […]

Hong Kong police have arrested a 19-year-old university student accused of swindling more than HK$3 million from a man after apparently being hoodwinked by scammers herself. Inspector Wu Kwan-yu of Tseung Kwan O police district’s intelligence section said on Wednesday that officers arrested the female student the previous day on suspicion of impersonating […]

A tech entrepreneur has pledged to rebuild a free database created over nearly three decades by the late Hong Kong corporate governance activist David Webb, bringing it ‘into the modern era” with the help of AI. Keith Li King-wah, co-founder and principal trainer of Allytic AI, announced on his Facebook page on Wednesday that he would rebuild […]

(260812) -- ULAN BATOR, Aug. 12, 2026 (Xinhua) -- China's domestically developed C919 large passenger aircraft lands at Chinggis Khaan International Airport, Mongolia, Aug. 12, 2026. The aircraft landed safely at Chinggis Khaan International Airport on Wednesday afternoon, marking the completion of its first international commercial flight. The flight from […]

(260812) -- BEIJING, Aug. 12, 2026 (Xinhua) -- A staff member helps a CA723 passenger check in at the Beijing Capital International Airport in Beijing, capital of China, Aug. 12, 2026. China on Wednesday launched the first international route featuring its homegrown C919 aircraft, connecting Beijing with Ulan Bator, capital of Mongolia, according to Air […]

A Standard Chartered-led joint venture kicked off institutional use of Hong Kong dollar-backed stablecoins on Wednesday, a year after the city put its stablecoin law into effect as part of an effort to become a global hub for digital assets. Retail use of the regulated cryptocurrency was expected “as early as end-2026”, subject to market conditions, […]

Taipei [Taiwan] August 12 (ANI): Taiwan's top agency on China has strongly condemned Beijing's plan to hold a naval exercise with Indonesia in waters east of Taiwan, calling the planned drills a 'military provocation' that infringes on Taiwan's sovereignty and threatens regional security, according to a report by Central News Agency (CNA).In a statement […]

New Delhi [India], August 12(ANI): Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Wednesday opposed the proposed delimitation exercise, arguing that southern states, including Tamil Nadu, should not lose their political representation for successfully implementing family planning policies over the past 25 years.He argued that the strength of the Lok Sabha should […]

NewsVoirBengaluru (Karnataka) [India], August 12: Lithium batteries keep catching fire. Why do they keep failing - and is there a safer alternative already on the production line? Can a country build a battery industry without depending on China for rare earths? And what would it actually take to build a battery company in India today?In the latest episode […]

BEIJING, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- Former Chinese premier Zhu Rongji died of illness at the age of 98 in Beijing at 11:06 a.m. Wednesday.Zhu had served as a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the 14th and 15th Central Committees of the Communist Party of China (CPC).An obituary, jointly issued by the CPC Central Committee, the Standing […]

(260812) -- URUMQI, Aug. 12, 2026 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Aug. 10, 2026 shows a view of the Muz Taw Glacier in Altay, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. In recent days, a scientific expedition to the Muz Taw Glacier in Altay was carried out by a research team from the Altay Mountains comprehensive observation and research station, […]

(260812) -- BEIJING, Aug. 12, 2026 (Xinhua) -- A file photo of Zhu Rongji. Former Chinese premier Zhu Rongji died of illness at the age of 98 in Beijing at 11:06 a.m. Wednesday. (Xinhua)

Tehran [Iran], August 12 (ANI): Iran's newly appointed head of the Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Mohsen Rezaei warned that Tehran will not fully reopen the strategic Strait of Hormuz until the United States meets 'all the conditions.'In a message posted on X, Rezaei outlined Iran's position on the Persian Gulf shipping route and clarified the […]

The arrival of BTS’s world tour in Hong Kong next year is expected to be a sure-fire hit with the city’s hospitality sector, with hotels likely to see a similar surge in bookings to the one experienced in Seoul earlier this year when the South Korean pop superstars launched their comeback series of concerts, according to analysts. When BTS kicked off […]

A school bus driver died in hospital and a passenger was slightly injured after their vehicle, which was carrying nearly 50 children, crashed inside Hong Kong’s Shing Mun Tunnel on Wednesday afternoon. The coach was travelling towards Tsuen Wan when it suddenly went out of control and hit a kerb at around 3.30pm. Emergency responders found the driver, 71, […]

HANOI, Vietnam: Vietnam has started building what it says will be the country's largest and most advanced domestically produced anti-submarine frigate, according to a military-run newspaper. The warship is being constructed at the Defense Ministry's Song Thu Shipyard in Danang City. Most of the ship's weapons and military systems are also expected to be […]

(260812) -- BEIJING, Aug. 12, 2026 (Xinhua) -- This undated file photo shows Guo Lanying singing the song Nanniwan from the musical "The East is Red". Guo Lanying, one of China's most celebrated opera singers hailed as a "People's Artist," died at the age of 97 on Tuesday, the China National Opera and Dance Drama Theater said in an obituary on Wednesday. […]

AMMAN, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- In a quiet neighborhood north of the Jordanian capital, Amman, Manal Al-Khammash sits with unwavering concentration before a Guzheng, a Chinese traditional musical instrument, carefully plucking its strings and practicing one note after another.Nearby is a collection of books, some of them Chinese classics and contemporary works, […]

BEIJING, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- In 1972, then Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai presented White Rabbit milk candies as a state gift to visiting U.S. President Richard Nixon. More than half a century later, the Shanghai sweet is making another journey abroad -- this time through its wrapper.Earlier this month, an X user posted two photographs. One featured a White […]

The Hong Kong government has demanded that a contractor rectify faulty lifts in a new block at Queen Mary Hospital after multiple glitches delayed the launch of all clinical services at the building. A veteran electrical and building services engineer said it was unusual for 24 out of 28 lifts in a new building to malfunction, while a lawmaker said the […]

US trade adviser Peter Navarro says he faced intense online attacks for comments which many viewed as insultingUS trade adviser Peter Navarro, whose uncouth and culturally insensitive remarks have often irked India, has claimed that he was "firebombed" online amid the backlash over his comments last year.Navarro, who has acted as US President Donald Trump's […]

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations has a role to play in Hong Kong’s plans for its economy. Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu signalled as much when he touched on the city’s first five-year plan in his August 7 meeting with Asean Secretary General Kao Kim Hourn. For businesses, however, the central question is not whether Hong Kong-Asean economic […]

VMPLNew Delhi [India], August 12: Power Brands Institute of Entrepreneurship, with Make Your Own Destiny (MYOD) under Planman Group, today launched The 7 Day 'Swiss Finish Program-- Global Leadership and Savoir-Faire Winter School' (Fees: 9.75 lac). The program is targeted at school students from class 9th to 12th. Previous group initiatives including […]