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(260319) -- NAROK COUNTY, March 19, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Kenyan President William Ruto unveils the commemorative plaque during the groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of the Naivasha-Kisumu-Malaba Standard Gauge Railway (SGR), in Narok County, Kenya, March 19, 2026. Kenya on Thursday held a groundbreaking ceremony in southwestern Narok County for the […]

Beijing and Moscow are both close partners of Tehran. With the US-Israeli strikes approaching a third week and Iran retaliating across the region, the conflict is poised to possibly -- and significantly -- affect those ties, the broader roles Russia and China play in the Middle East, and their relations with Washington.In an interview with RFE/RL's Georgian […]

Contractors for a renovation project at the site of Hong Kong’s deadliest fire in decades got away with covering up the use of substandard material because of systemic defects in government supervision, a public inquiry into the blaze that claimed 168 lives has heard. In the first of a series of evidential hearings, a judge-led independent committee was […]

New Delhi [India], March 19 (ANI): Two weeks before their opening clash against Japan in Thailand at the AFC U20 Women's Asian Cup, the Indian U20 women's national team skipper Shubhangi Singh believes her young side needs to play some preparatory matches.For Shubhangi, the significance of qualification has already been processed. The celebrations in […]

(260319) -- SHENZHEN, March 19, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Siobhan Bernadette Haughey (2nd R) of China's Hong Kong starts during the women's 100m freestyle final at 2026 China Open Swimming Championship in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province, March 19, 2026. (Photo by Peng Zhigang/Xinhua)

BEIJING, March 19 (Xinhua) -- China will implement revised regulations on the registration of overseas manufacturers exporting food to the country starting from June 1 this year, the General Administration of Customs (GAC) has announced.The GAC will determine, under dynamic management, the catalog of imported food products subject to official recommendation […]

(260319) -- AUCKLAND, March 19, 2026 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on March 19, 2026 shows a performance by the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra at Auckland Town Hall in Auckland, New Zealand. The Shanghai Symphony Orchestra performed in Auckland on Thursday evening after a hiatus of over half a century, resonating with audiences in the largest city in New […]

New Delhi [India], March 19 (ANI): With just two weeks to go before their opening clash against Japan in Thailand, the Indian U20 women's national team stand on the brink of a long-awaited return. Two decades after their last appearance, India are back at the AFC U20 Women's Asian Cup, and leading them out of the tunnel on April 2 will be captain Shubhangi […]

Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], March 19 (ANI): Ahmedabad Crime Branch has busted a major counterfeit currency racket and seized fake notes worth Rs 2.38 crore after arresting seven persons, including one woman, who used AI-based platforms like ChatGPT and security thread paper procured from Chinese sources to manufacture high-quality counterfeit Rs 500 notes, […]

Hong Kong is ready to discuss land, tax incentives and financial support for businesses setting up in the Northern Metropolis, the finance chief has told a trade seminar in Beijing, stressing a “flexible and innovative” approach will be taken with developing the megaproject. Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po on Thursday also met Xia Baolong, […]

A firefighter killed in Hong Kong’s deadliest blaze in decades may have entered the wrong building amid the initial chaos at the scene and fallen from a height, the first day of a public hearing into the inferno has heard. More details surrounding the death of 37-year-old Ho Wai-ho, among the first batch of firefighters sent to tackle the blaze, emerged […]

Hong Kong conglomerate CK Hutchison has said it will pursue “all available legal remedies” through both national and international proceedings to resolve a dispute over its two Panama Canal ports seized by authorities in February. Amid the widening conflict in the Middle East which could further complicate its multibillion-dollar global ports sale, the […]

(260319) -- ZANZIBAR, March 19, 2026 (Xinhua) -- A Chinese health expert provides medical consultation to local residents during a community outreach and free clinic in Zanzibar, Tanzania, March 18, 2026. Chinese health experts on Wednesday organized a large-scale community outreach and free clinic in Tanzania's Zanzibar to promote safe water practices. The […]

(260319) -- ALLADA, March 19, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Shadiya Alimatou Assouman, Benin's minister of industry and trade, speaks at the official launch ceremony for exports of Benin's Sugarloaf pineapples to the Chinese market, in Allada, Benin, March 18, 2026. TO GO WITH "Benin to expand exports to China: trade minister" (Photo by Seraphin Zounyekpe/Xinhua)

Hong Kong customs officers have arrested five people and seized 2,500 pairs of suspected counterfeit eyewear worth about HK$2.2 million (US$280,680) in a citywide operation. Officers from the Customs and Excise Department carried out the special enforcement action on Tuesday and Wednesday, targeting the sale of counterfeit goods. Officers raided five retail […]

Washington DC [US], March 19 (ANI): World Uyghur Congress (WUC) Executive Committee chairwoman Rushan Abbas has accused the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) of orchestrating a global campaign to silence Uyghur voices, using diplomatic channels to discredit activists abroad.In a strongly worded post, Abbas wrote on X, 'Every time I speak in a new country, the […]

BEIJING, March 19 (Xinhua) -- China's recently unveiled development blueprint places building a modern industrial system and consolidating the foundation of the real economy at the top of national strategic tasks to be pursued over the next five years.This grand endeavor, guided by the principles of intelligent, green and integrated development, has been […]

BEIJING, March 19 (Xinhua) -- Shortly after returning to her high school in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Huang Huachun slipped back into her classroom routine, carrying with her a renewed mission from Beijing to push for stronger mental health support for millions of Chinese students.Huang, the school's vice principal, was among nearly […]

Hong Kong police have arrested 16 more people, including paralegals, over traffic accident compensation claims worth more than HK$3.6 million (US$459,290) tied to a wave of “crash-for-cash” scams. The suspects, 11 men and five women aged 28 to 65, included three paralegals at a law firm in Mong Kok that was raided last month, the force said on […]

Tehran and Kiev stand on the brink of a direct conflictTehran has effectively acknowledged Ukraine as a legitimate military target. Ibrahim Azizi, the head of the Iranian Parliament's National Security Commission, made this statement in a post on X. The next day, Iran's Foreign Ministry accused Ukraine's Vladimir Zelensky of involvement in the conflict. In […]

New Delhi [India], March 19 (ANI): India has a significant opportunity to emerge as a global hub for sports equipment manufacturing, but structural challenges continue to limit its export potential, noted a report of NITI Aayog released on Thursday.The report highlights that the global sports equipment market, currently valued at around USD 140 billion, is […]

Looking at the whole picture, the two economies are mutually complementary and structurally deeply interdependent, making Germany and China ideal win-win partners.by Harald BruningRecently, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz paid a highly fruitful official visit to China, his first as the head of government of Europe's largest economy. As I see it, through […]

A recession mindset took hold among global investors after strikes on energy infrastructure in the Middle East heightened fears that disruption to production and distribution would keep oil prices elevated for longer, darkening the global economic outlook. Crude prices staged a comeback on Thursday after Iran attacked a liquefied petroleum gas site in Qatar […]

URUMQI, March 19 (Xinhua) -- On the edge of the Taklimakan Desert, China's largest desert, a technological breakthrough in water management is transforming once-barren saline-alkali land into a productive hub for high-value agriculture.In Payzawat County, located in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, a new generation of agricultural […]

China's 15th Five-Year Plan (2026-2030) focuses on high-quality development, technological self-reliance, green transition, and national security, with goals for modernization and global engagement by 2035.by Robert Lawrence KuhnWith the 2026 "two sessions" concluded and the 15th Five-Year Plan (2026-2030) now underway, China has reached a telling moment in […]

New Delhi [India], March 19 (ANI): The ongoing conflicts around the world are creating uncertainty for economies and energy security, and call for dialogue on a sustainable future, Union Minister Pralhad Joshi said on Thursday.'In the entire world, there is a kind of turmoil... there is so much war going on, and it is affecting economies and energy […]

Hong Kong’s market regulator will soon begin inspection of investment banks to assess their roles as sponsors of listing candidates, in its latest effort to uphold the quality of new listings amid a booming market. The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) said the inspection would focus on whether banks had complied with its January circular, which […]

Geneva [Switzerland], March 19 (ANI): Coinciding with the Spring Session of the Swiss Federal Assembly held from March 2 to 20, 2026, the Tibetan issue once again came into focus as the Swiss Parliamentary Group for Tibet convened a meeting on March 16, according to the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), the Tibetan government-in-exile.The meeting, […]

Washington DC [US], March 19 (ANI): The United States intelligence has classified Pakistan along with major powers such as Russia and China as posing a significant nuclear threat to the US.US intelligence chief Tulsi Gabbard presented the 2026 Annual Threat Assessment (ATA) of the US Intelligence Community, which was released on March 18 by the Office of […]

Sir Anthony Mason, one of Hong Kong’s first and greatest justices to sit on our Court of Final Appeal, passed away on Tuesday at the age of 100. Not only was he a towering jurist in the common law world, but his contribution to Hong Kong’s legal system, particularly in its formative post-1997 years, was both profound and enduring. Sir Anthony served on […]

CK Hutchison Holdings, one of the flagship companies owned by Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-shing’s family, reported a 7 per cent increase in underlying profit for 2025, as the company predicted its businesses would face “new and perhaps unforeseen challenges” in 2026. The ports-to-telecoms conglomerate said on Thursday that underlying profit reached […]

A tower crane collapsed at a construction site for a public housing project in Hong Kong’s Kwai Chung on Thursday afternoon, killing the operator and damaging a truck. The main contractor involved, Woon Lee Construction, was previously fined by authorities over two fatal incidents at its sites in 2009 and 2011. The accident occurred at 4.27pm at the […]

BEIJING, March 19 (Xinhua) -- China is poised to leverage its capital markets to bankroll a new generation of hard-tech startups, rolling out long-term funding, national merger vehicles and an overhaul of its Nasdaq-style board.The moves, anchored in its 15th Five-Year Plan outline released this month, aim to harness financial instruments to bolster its […]

TOKYO, March 19 (Xinhua) -- Seiya Matsuno has spent many years studying modern Japanese history and the darkest chapters within it.A researcher at the International Peace Research Institute of Meiji Gakuin University in Japan, Matsuno has long focused on Japan's history of aggression against China.In a recent interview with Xinhua, he disclosed new details […]

PARIS, March 19 (Xinhua) -- A celebration ahead of the first International Day of Taijiquan, to be observed on March 21, was held on Wednesday at UNESCO headquarters in Paris under the theme "Fit for Life, Go for Taiji."Through demonstrations by practitioners from China and France, the event highlighted the philosophical depth of the traditional Chinese […]

(260319) -- NANJING, March 19, 2026 (Xinhua) -- This aerial drone photo shows a view of a new energy battery production base of South Korean EV battery maker SK On Jiangsu Co,. Ltd. in Yancheng, east China's Jiangsu Province, Oct. 16, 2025. In recent years, Jiangsu, a key automotive manufacturing hub in China, has accelerated its automotive industry growth […]

LANZHOU, March 19 (Xinhua) -- Scientists have recently revealed the formation and evolution mechanisms of megadunes on a global scale, shedding light on the long-standing scientific question of how high loose sand can naturally be piled, according to the Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources (NIEER) under the Chinese Academy of […]

(260319) -- NAIROBI, March 19, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Students practice Taijiquan, a kind of Chinese traditional martial arts, at the Confucius Institute at the University of Nairobi, in Nairobi, Kenya, March 18, 2026. Upon the upcoming first International Taijiquan Day, the Confucius Institute at the University of Nairobi promoted Chinese traditional culture and […]

The UK government has confirmed that stricter English language requirements for immigrants announced earlier this month will not apply to Hongkongers using the British National (Overseas) visa pathway. The clarification from Minister for Migration and Citizenship Mike Tapp came after more than 30 members of parliament sent a letter to the Home Office last […]

China's use of information technology and artificial intelligence to create effective networks and digital platforms not only facilitates communication between people, but also promotes the implementation of national policies, a point that Russia should learn from.VLADIVOSTOK, March 19 (Xinhua) -- China is a reliable and stable partner, and the region of […]

Islamabads evolving program could put American cities within range, the intel chief has saidPakistan's evolving missile program poses a potential threat to the US, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has said.She named the South Asian country along with Russia and others in the 2026 Annual Threat Assessment Report."Russia, China, North Korea, […]

Washingon DC [US]/ Tokyo [Japan], March 19 (ANI): Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Thursday landed in the United States for high-stakes talks with US President Donald Trump in Washington, aiming to cement Japan's position as America's indispensable partner in Asia even as Trump turns his focus to West Asia amid the war with Iran, Japanese state […]

New Delhi [India], March 19 (ANI): Vikram Doraiswami, currently serving as the High Commissioner of India to the United Kingdom, has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to China, the Ministry of External Affairs said in a statement on Thursday.In an official statement, the MEA said, 'Vikram K. Doraiswami (IFS:1992), presently High Commissioner of […]

(Photo credit: Nick Oza/The Republic via Imagn Content Services, LLC)With a 3-0 sweep of G2 Esports in the upper-bracket final, Bilibili Gaming became the first team from Group A to advance to the knockout stage at the First Stand Tournament on Wednesday in Sao Paolo.Also on Wednesday, FEARX swept Secret Whales 3-0 in the Group A lower-bracket semifinal to […]

New posts18:01Israel's Haifa Oil Refinery Hit By Iranian MissileAn oil refinery in the northern Israeli port city of Haifa was hit on March 19 after the country's military warned of missile launches from Iran, Israeli media reported.Israel's public broadcaster Kan 11 aired images showing dark plumes of smoke rising from the refinery area, and said in a post […]