Israel claimed its first athletics medal of the meet as Jonathan Kapitolnik won men's high jump with a 2.27m clearance.

WARSAW, July 24 (Xinhua) -- Japan secured a place in the semifinals of the FIVB Women's Volleyball Nations League (VNL) after edging past Türkiye 3-2 (25-21, 16-25, 25-20, 22-25, 15-9) in a thrilling ...

YAOUNDE, July 25 (Xinhua) -- Chadian President Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno and President of Guinea-Bissau Umaro Sissoco Embalo held talks on Thursday to discuss bilateral relations, said a statement by ...

BEIJING, July 25 (Xinhua) -- The following are the central parity rates of the Chinese currency renminbi, or the yuan, against 25 major currencies announced on Friday by the China Foreign Exchange ...

SYDNEY, July 25 (Xinhua) -- A man has died after being crushed under a forklift at his workplace in southwest Sydney. Emergency services were called to reports of a workplace incident at a business in ...

BEIJING, July 25 (Xinhua) -- The central parity rate of the Chinese currency renminbi, or the yuan, weakened 34 pips to 7.1419 against the U.S. dollar Friday, according to the China Foreign Exchange ...

Editor's note: Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday met with President of the European Council Antonio Costa and ...

BOCHUM, Germany, July 24 (Xinhua) -- Long jumper Shu Heng leaped 8.09 meters to claim China's first track and field gold medal, while South Africa's teenage sprinting sensation Bayanda Walaza won his ...

BEIJING, July 25 (Xinhua) -- Chinese stocks opened mixed on Friday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index down 0.04 percent to open at 3,604.45 points. About | Contact | Careers ...

In the message, Xi said he was shocked to learn that a Russian passenger plane had crashed in Russia's Amur Region, causing ...

HONG KONG, July 25 (Xinhua) -- Hong Kong Hang Seng Index lost 135.59 points, or 0.53 percent, to open at 25,531.59 points on Friday. Enditem ...

HANOI, July 25 (Xinhua) -- At least nine people were killed and 16 others severely injured when a sleeper bus overturned in Vietnam's central province of Ha Tinh early Friday morning, Vietnam News ...