The establishment of the bank aims to drive economic growth by serving as a national gold reserve hub, developing a standardized gold industry, and positioning Laos as a regional and international ...

MANILA, May 5 (Xinhua) -- The uncertainties facing Asia and the Pacific are also an opportunity to build a more resilient and sustainable future, said Asian Development Bank (ADB) President Masato ...

The Gusii Stadium stampede is the biggest football stadium mass casualty incident in Kenya since October 2010, when seven fans, including a young woman, perished in a highly-charged Nairobi derby ...

ANKARA, May 5 (Xinhua) -- Türkiye's annual inflation rate dipped slightly in April to 37.86 percent, down from 38.1 percent in March, according to the latest data released by the Turkish Statistical ...

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).

ISLAMABAD, May 5 (Xinhua) -- Pakistan on Monday conducted a successful training launch of its surface-to-surface FATAH Series missile with a range of 120 km, the military said in a statement.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 5 (Xinhua) -- Malaysia's state-owned agency Center for Technology Excellence Sarawak (CENTEXS) announced Monday an expanded skills training collaboration with Amazon Web Services ...

For some international tourists, the Chinese countryside has become a retreat where they return time and again. Jerry Grey, a 67-year-old Australian, is one such regular visitor to Yakou Village, ...

JERUSALEM, May 5 (Xinhua) -- Israel's security cabinet has approved a plan to escalate the offensive in Gaza, including the occupation of the Gaza Strip and continued control over captured areas, a ...

PHNOM PENH, May 5 (Xinhua) -- Fermented fish paste "Prahok" in northwestern Cambodia's Siem Reap province was recognized as a new Geographical Indication (GI) product on Monday, said a joint press ...

DHAKA, May 5 (Xinhua) -- Bangladesh's foreign exchange reserves surged past 22 billion U.S. dollars by the end of April this year, the latest central bank data showed. The Bangladesh Bank reported ...

NEW DELHI, May 5 (Xinhua) -- Five members of a family were killed early Monday in a major fire that broke out inside a multi-storey building in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, police said.