Qingdao: Chinese Super League club Qingdao Hainiu announced on Saturday that Li Xiaopeng has been appointed the club’s new head coach. Prior to the announcement, Li had been put in charge of a training camp of the Qingdao team for several days. “When …
Stanford: The Stanford-Asia Rhinology Forum was held online on Friday to promote expertise exchanges and cooperation in rhinology between the United States and Asia. Rhinologists from the United States, China, and South Korea engaged in in-depth discu…
Yangon: Chinese Ambassador to Myanmar Ma Jia presented Chinese New Year (Spring Festival) packages to representatives of major overseas Chinese groups and Chinese schools in Yangon on Friday, sending blessings from their ancestral country. Ma emphasiz…
Beijing: With improved hospital maternity services, toddler care centers, “mom posts,” and birth subsidies, China is building a more childbirth-friendly society. These measures are part of China’s efforts to boost birth rates, which are in response to…
Melbourne: Defending men’s champion Jannik Sinner and women’s second seed Iga Swiatek advanced to the last 16 of the Australian Open, while fourth seeds Taylor Fritz and Jasmine Paolini faced unexpected exits on Saturday. Alex de Minaur, Australia’s t…
Melbourne: Zhang Zhizhen and Tomas Machac came back from a set down to win their second round Australian Open men’s doubles match. China’s Zhang and the Czech Republic’s Machac outlasted the German duo Jakob Schnaitter and Mark Wallner with scores of …
Niger State: Scores of people were believed to have died and many others sustained injuries early Saturday after a tanker laden with gasoline exploded when it overturned, spilling its content on a busy road in Nigeria’s north-central state of Niger, a…
Tel Aviv: The Israeli government on Saturday approved a ceasefire agreement aimed at the release of hostages held in the Gaza Strip, following a lengthy cabinet meeting, the Prime Minister’s Office said. Israel’s decision to move forward with the ceas…
Colombo: The Sri Lankan government has accepted a recommendation by the Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) to reduce electricity tariffs by an average of 20 percent, effective at midnight on Friday, Minister of Energy Kumara Jayakody tol…
Colombo: The Sri Lankan government has authorized the recruitment of an additional 10,000 policemen, a spokesman for the police announced on Saturday. Senior Superintendent of Police K.B. Manathunga stated that the new recruits will enhance efforts to…
Tsintsabis: The Swapo-led government plans to transform the Tsintsabis settlement in the Guinas Constituency into a village council, the party’s regional coordinator for Oshikoto, Armas Amukwiyu has said. He made the statement after the Electoral Comm…
Beirut: Lebanese President Joseph Aoun met with visiting UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Saturday, urging Israeli forces to withdraw from southern Lebanon within the deadline set by the Hezbollah-Israel ceasefire deal. “Continued Israeli viol…
Ekulo: A woman allegedly died after being run over on the B1 road at Ekulo village in the Oshikoto Region Friday night. The incident occurred around 23h40 and involved a silver station wagon with Oshakati registration, as confirmed by the Namibian Pol…
Eilat: Yemen’s Houthi group said in a statement on Saturday that it launched a ballistic missile earlier in the day targeting the Israeli Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv. “In support for the Palestinian people and their Mujahideen (Hamas), we carried out…
Rundu: Nineteen people were rushed to the Rundu State Hospital with suspected food poisoning on Friday shortly after consuming oshikundu. The Namibian Police Force’s Regional Commander for Kavango West, Commissioner Julia Sakuwa-Neo, said the incident…