According to Wiest, the United States could have approached the issue collaboratively by engaging allies and partners in constructive dialogue. But instead, it chose to open negotiations in a very ...

New Zealand's national sheep flock stood at 23.6 million as of June 2024, down 21 percent from 2014. Dairy cattle numbers also fell by 13 percent to 5.8 million. Deer herds recorded the steepest ...

PHNOM PENH, May 5 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia exported 282,315 tonnes of milled rice in the first four months of 2025, earning a gross revenue of 209 million U.S. dollars, the Cambodia Rice Federation (CRF) ...

ISLAMABAD, May 5 (Xinhua) -- The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) announced on Monday a cut in the policy rate by 100 basis points to 11 percent with effect from May 6, citing easing inflation and improve ...

KATHMANDU, May 5 (Xinhua) -- A photo exhibition was held in the Nepali capital on Monday to mark the 70th anniversary of Nepal-China diplomatic relations.

YANGON, May 5 (Xinhua) -- Zaw Min Htut, 53, lives in Dedaye, Ayeyarwady region in Myanmar. For the past seven months, his home has been fully powered by solar energy, from lighting to air-conditioning ...

MILAN, May 5 (Xinhua) -- Finance ministers and central bank governors from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), China, Japan and the Republic of Korea (ASEAN Plus Three or 10+3) ...

BERLIN, May 5 (Xinhua) -- Leaders of Germany's conservative CDU/CSU and center-left Social Democratic Party (SPD) signed a coalition agreement on Monday, paving the way for the formation of a new fede ...

BERLIN, May 5 (Xinhua) -- Germany's Social Democratic Party (SPD) on Monday announced nominations for key positions in the federal Cabinet to be led by Friedrich Merz of the Christian Democratic Union ...

The Bundestag, Germany's lower house of parliament, is scheduled to elect Friedrich Merz, leader of the CDU, as chancellor on Tuesday. Once Merz is elected, his government will take office, ending the ...

BEIJING, May 5 (Xinhua) -- A 5.7-magnitude earthquake jolted the waters off Hualien County, Taiwan, at 6:53 p.m. Monday, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC). The epicenter was ...

BEIJING, May 5 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese mainland's top Taiwan affairs official on Monday extended condolences to the family of veteran Taiwan pro-reunification advocate Hsu Li-nung, who passed away ...