The Yemeni government and the Houthi group implemented a UN-mediated major prisoner swap in 2023, exchanging around 900 prisoners. Another major exchange took place in 2020, with approximately 1,000 ...

ISTAT, Italy's National Statistics Institute, now projects the country's gross domestic product (GDP) to grow 0.6 percent this year. This marks a decrease from the 0.8-percent estimate in December and ...

As part of the visit, the foreign ministers of both countries signed two memoranda of understanding focused on digital cooperation. Under the agreements, Estonia will support Vietnam in advancing its ...

Across the alliance, economic headwinds and tight national budgets pose further obstacles. The Netherlands estimates it will need to spend an additional 16 to 19 billion euros (18.24 to 21.66 billion ...

NEW YORK, June 6 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.9 jolted 285 km WSW of Houma, Tonga at 19:28:31 GMT on Friday, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said.

Dubbed the "Tiangong Classroom," the event was co-hosted by the China Manned Space Agency, the Chinese Embassy in Hungary, and the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. It aimed to deepen growing cooperation ...

SANTIAGO, June 6 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.4 struck northern Chile on Friday, causing power outages in several areas but no immediate reports of casualties, local authorities ...

NEW YORK, June 6 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.0 jolted the Fiji Islands region at 19:28:32 GMT on Friday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said. The epicenter, with a ...

Meanwhile, Russia's largest bank Sberbank announced it will lower rates on its main deposits by 1 percentage point to a maximum of 19 percent per annum for all terms from June 11. The central bank had ...

BELGRADE, June 6 (Xinhua) -- Serbia has developed one of the most intensive and dynamic partnerships with China in Central and Eastern Europe over the past decade, Serbian Prime Minister Djuro Macut ...

JAKARTA, June 6 (Xinhua) -- Chinese shuttlers delivered convincing performances on Friday, advancing to the semifinals in four events at the 2025 Indonesia Open badminton tournament held at Istora ...

BUCHAREST, June 6 (Xinhua) -- Romanian President Nicusor Dan signed into law on Friday new regulations tightening control over pyrotechnic materials, introducing prison sentences ranging from one to ...