COLOMBO, Dec. 21 (Xinhua) -- Sri Lanka's Secretary to the Treasury Mahinda Siriwardana said on Saturday that the country officially exited sovereign default.

BEIJING, Dec. 21 (Xinhua) -- In a dramatic 20th round of the 2024-2025 Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) season, the Beijing Ducks staged a stunning comeback to edge the Liaoning Flying Leopards ...

TASHKENT, Dec. 21 (Xinhua) -- Uzbekistan's foreign trade turnover reached 59.4 billion U.S. dollars in January-November, up 3.6 percent year-on-year, according to the country's statistics agency.

KINSHASA, Dec. 21 (Xinhua) -- The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is grappling with a deadly illness of unknown origin that has claimed dozens of lives in a province, prompting investigations ...

FRANKFURT, Dec. 21 (Xinhua) -- China's recent stimulus measures came at the right time to boost investor confidence worldwide, a leading German economist has said.

In October, Munoz attended the 6th World Media Summit held in Urumqi, the capital of Xinjiang, and was deeply impressed with the region's rich cultural heritage and rapid development, which he ...

KAMPALA, Dec. 21 (Xinhua) -- Ugandan president Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has thanked the head of Confederation of African Football (CAF) for his efforts in promoting football in East Africa. CAF ...

In a statement, ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei extended condolences for the "martyrdom" of the embassy's staff member, who was killed on Dec. 15 after "terrorists" fired on his car. The victim was ...

KAMPALA, Dec. 21 (Xinhua) -- Somalia beat Sudan 1-0 to book a place in the semifinals of the CAF Under-17 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) Central-East zone qualifiers. The reigning zonal champions ...

NEW DELHI, Dec. 21 (Xinhua) -- India's forest and tree cover has increased by 1,445 sq km since 2021, reaching a total of 827,357 sq km, or 25.17 percent of the country's geographical area, an ...

The world's largest ice-and-snow theme park, the 26th edition of the Harbin Ice-Snow World, officially opened at 10 a.m. in Harbin, the capital of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province also known as ...

BERLIN, Dec. 21 (Xinhua) -- At least five people were killed and over 200 others injured after a car rammed into a large crowd at a Christmas market in the central German city of Magdeburg Friday ...