On Oct. 3, 2023, former Speaker Kevin McCarthy, a California Republican, was ousted due to opposition from the party's far-right conservatives, leaving the House in a state of paralysis. After three ...

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 4 (Xinhua) -- California's egg prices have continued to rise due to ongoing outbreaks of the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) or bird flu, according to a latest report from ...

WELLINGTON, Jan. 5 (Xinhua) -- New Zealand recorded a total of 71 preventable drownings in 2024, down from 90 in 2023, which was well below the 10-year average of 83, according to Water Safety New ...

WARSAW, Jan. 4 (Xinhua) -- Speed climber Aleksandra Miroslaw was awarded the Polish Sports Personality of the Year in Warsaw on Saturday. With her gold medal at the Paris Olympics, Miroslaw ...

SYDNEY, Jan. 5 (Xinhua) -- Two people have died in a light plane crash off Australia's east coast north of Sydney.

Logrones went into the penalty shootout full of confidence after knocking Girona out on penalties in the previous round, but Athletic goalkeeper Julen Agirrezabala, who hadn't made a save all night, ...

Quadrantids meteor shower in Vladivostok, Russia. (Photo by Guo Feizhou/Xinhua) This photo taken on Jan. 4, 2025 shows ...

BEIRUT, Jan. 4 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) on Saturday accused the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) of destroying its property and a Lebanese army's infrastructure in ...

JERUSALEM, Jan. 4 (Xinhua) -- The Israeli police on Saturday arrested two Israelis who had crossed into Syrian territory by vehicle before being detained by the Israeli army. According to Israel's ...

ISLAMABAD, Jan. 4 (Xinhua) -- At least four people were killed and 32 others injured in an explosion in Pakistan's southwestern Balochistan province on Saturday, local media and officials said.

BEIJING, Jan. 4 (Xinhua) -- A senior official of the Communist Party of China (CPC) has called for thoroughly studying and implementing Xi Jinping Thought on Culture.

BEIJING, Jan. 4 (Xinhua) -- Chinese mainland official Song Tao on Saturday stressed advancing cross-Strait ties and opposing "Taiwan independence" during a meeting with a delegation led by Taitung ...