NEW DELHI, May 9 (Xinhua) -- The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), the sport's national governing body, announced Friday it will suspend the remainder of the Indian Premier League (IPL) ...

In April, more than 250,000 Afghan refugees returned to their homeland from Pakistan and Iran, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). Nearly 7 million Afghan refugees, ...

NEW DELHI, May 9 (Xinhua) -- India's foreign exchange (forex) reserves fell by 2.07 billion U.S. dollars to 686.06 billion dollars during the week ended May 2, official data released by the country's ...

MOSCOW, May 9 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping attended here on Friday celebrations marking the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Soviet Union's Great Patriotic War. Leaders from more ...

The relending facility quota for service consumption and elderly care is 500 billion yuan (about 69.35 billion U.S. dollars), and features an annual interest rate of 1.5 percent and a term of one year ...

BEIJING, May 9 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese government has issued a set of guidelines on strengthening welfare support for children experiencing hardship. These guidelines, released by the General Office ...

The municipality's water quality has also made notable progress. Among Beijing's five major water systems with a total length of rivers reaching 2,551.6 km, 87.2 percent were rated as having good ...

MADRID, May 9 (Xinhua) -- Girona coach Michel Sanchez has been taken to hospital a day before his side plays a vital match in its efforts to avoid relegation to the Spanish second division.

Bolstered by fervent home support, China's Wang Yan and Li Jiaman split the first two sets (37-37, 38-38) with Türkiye's reigning world champion Mete Gazoz and partner Dünya Yenihayat. The Chinese duo ...

KABUL, May 9 (Xinhua) -- Afghan authorities have launched development projects in eastern Afghanistan's Ghazni and Logar provinces, the state-run Bakhtar news agency reported on Friday. The ...

BEIJING, May 9 (Xinhua) -- China congratulated Cardinal Robert Prevost on his election as the new pope, foreign ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said on Friday. Lin made the remarks at a regular press ...

TASHKENT, May 9 (Xinhua) -- Six people were killed in a gas explosion in the Uzbek city of Samarkand, the regional emergency department reported on Friday.