CANBERRA, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- Consumption of illicit drugs in Australia hit record-high levels in 2024, wastewater analysis has revealed.

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- Southeast Asian nations are poised to accelerate their adoption of new technologies and the digitalization of their societies, Malaysian Digital Minister Gobind Singh ...

MINSK, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- The Belarusian army has acquired a new batch of Su-30SM2, a modern multi-role military aircraft from Russia, the country's defense ministry said Thursday. The aircraft are ...

MOSCOW, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- One person was killed and 10 others were injured in a Ukrainian drone strike on a residential building in Russia's Kursk region early Friday, regional governor Alexander ...

BEIJING, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- China's fixed-asset investment rose 1.6 percent year on year in the first seven months this year, data from the National Bureau of Statistics showed Friday. ■ ...

BEIJING, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- China's retail sales of consumer goods, a major indicator of the country's consumption strength, expanded 3.7 percent year on year in July, official data showed Friday. ■ ...

BEIJING, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- The surveyed urban unemployment rate on average in China stood at 5.2 percent in July, official data showed on Friday. ■ ...

BEIJING, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- China's value-added industrial output expanded 5.7 percent year on year in July, official data showed on Friday. ■ ...

BAMAKO, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- Mali's transitional government announced Thursday that it had foiled a "subversive plot," detaining several military personnel, civilians and a French national.

RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug. 14 (Xinhua) -- Artur Guimaraes struck early as reigning champions Botafogo clinched a 1-0 home win over Ecuador's LDU Quito in their Copa Libertadores round-of-16 first leg on ...

KAMPALA, Aug. 14 (Xinhua) -- Algeria head coach Madjid Bougherra has reiterated his determination to guide his team to the TotalEnergies CAF African Nations Championship (CHAN) title.

BEIJING, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- The central parity rate of the Chinese currency renminbi, or the yuan, weakened 34 pips to 7.1371 against the U.S. dollar Friday, according to the China Foreign Exchange ...