The 2025-26 season introduces a pivotal regulation change: matches will now be played in four 10-minute quarters, replacing the previous 12-minute format. The move is designed to align the domestic ...

NEW YORK, Dec. 10 (Xinhua) -- U.S. stock indices closed higher on Wednesday, after the Federal Reserve decided to implement its third consecutive interest rate reduction of the year, which brought the ...

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday evening passed the 2026 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), authorizing 901 billion U.S. dollars in defense ...

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Dec. 11 (Xinhua) -- Brunei will corporatize its national postal services effective on Jan. 1, 2026, under a new entity, PosBru Sdn Bhd, marking the first major step in the country ...

BEIJING, Dec. 11 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng has expressed the hope that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will continue to exert a positive influence, support the multilateral trad ...

GENEVA, Dec. 11 (Xinhua) -- The International Olympic Committee's (IOC) Executive Board (EB) announced Wednesday that Asuncion of Paraguay, Bangkok of Thailand and Santiago of Chile have been invited ...

In recent years, China has significantly bolstered its support for the development of innovative drugs, accelerating the ...

HANOI, Dec. 11 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam's total auto sales reached 328,669 units in the first 11 months of 2025, up 6.5 percent year on year, Vietnam News Agency reported Thursday.

Tax revenue ran into 330.7 trillion won (about 224.81 billion U.S. dollars) in the January-October period, up 37 trillion won from a year earlier, according to the Ministry of Economy and Finance.

CANBERRA, Dec. 11 (Xinhua) -- Australia's unemployment rate remained steady at 4.3 percent in November, according to official data released on Thursday.

The Chinese character "ba," which means both "dismiss" and "stop," was chosen as Taiwan's most representative word of 2025 in a poll that drew over 78,000 votes.

With Kylian Mbappe sidelined due to injury, Rodrygo took advantage of his chance to net his first goal in 33 matches and put Real Madrid ahead, but Nico O'Reilly equalized in the 35th minute after ...