GENEVA -- Around 40 people were killed and more than 110 others injured after a fire broke out at a bar in the Crans-Montana ski resort in Valais Canton in southwestern Switzerland, local police said ...

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 1 (Xinhua) -- The United States reported more than 2,000 measles cases in 2025, the highest annual total since 1992, according to the latest data released by the U.S. Centers for ...

VIENNA, Jan. 1 (Xinhua) -- The Vienna Philharmonic held its prestigious annual New Year's Concert on Thursday at the Golden Hall of the Musikverein in Vienna, highlighting the music not only of the ...

At the premiere of his new drama film "Unexpected Family" in Beijing on Dec. 28, kung fu icon Jackie Chan revealed that he ...

QUITO, Jan. 1 (Xinhua) -- Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa has declared a new 60-day "state of emergency" in nine provinces and three municipalities as an increase in criminal violence has caused ...

VIENNA, Jan. 1 (Xinhua) -- The Vienna Philharmonic held its prestigious annual New Year's Concert on Thursday at the Golden Hall of the Musikverein in Vienna, highlighting the music not only of the St ...

"The assessments significantly reduce the provisional rates set on Sept. 4, 2025," the ministry said. It noted that tariffs on Italian producer La Molisana were lowered from 91.74 percent to 2.26 ...

SARAJEVO, Jan. 1 (Xinhua) -- The visa-free regime between Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) and China has significantly boosted people-to-people exchanges in trade, economy, academia and tourism, while str ...

Khattab Daraghmeh, 26, was killed by Israeli army fire in the village of Al-Lubban ash-Sharqiya, south of Nablus, the Ramallah-based Palestinian Health Ministry said in a statement, providing no ...

JERUSALEM, Jan. 1 (Xinhua) -- A new study showed that coral reefs help set daily rhythms for nearby marine microbes, in addition to providing ocean habitat, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem said in ...

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 1 (Xinhua) -- Despite heavy rain, thousands of spectators lined the streets of Pasadena in Los Angeles County on the first day of 2026 to watch the annual Rose Parade, a signature ...

BANJUL, Jan. 1 (Xinhua) -- At least seven people were killed and 96 others rescued after a boat allegedly carrying more than 200 irregular migrants capsized around midnight on Wednesday off the coast ...