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Xinhua Headlines: China's resilient foreign trade expands in 2025 amid global headwinds
Xinhua Headlines: China's resilient foreign trade expands in 2025 amid global headwinds

(260114) -- BEIJING, Jan. 14, 2026 (Xinhua) -- An aerial drone photo taken on Nov. 17, 2025 shows a China-Europe freight train departing...

Column: China, ASEAN enjoy greater economic integration, technological, green energy cooperation
Column: China, ASEAN enjoy greater economic integration, technological, green energy cooperation

China-ASEAN cooperation now spans nearly every dimension of economic life -- trade, technology, supply chains, sustainability and innovation....

(Hello Africa) Echoes of care: Chinese doctors restore hearing and hope for children in Zanzibar
(Hello Africa) Echoes of care: Chinese doctors restore hearing and hope for children in Zanzibar

For Zuhura Khamis, a kindergarten teacher and mother of six on Pemba Island in Tanzania's Zanzibar, relief came when her 13-year-old...

China's record-breaking smart train convoy transforms heavy freight transport
China's record-breaking smart train convoy transforms heavy freight transport

by Yi Ling and Ha Lina HOHHOT, Jan. 14 (Xinhua) -- The vast grasslands of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region in north China is witnessing...

Update: China's auto output, sales reach new highs in 2025, building global win-win ecosystem
Update: China's auto output, sales reach new highs in 2025, building global win-win ecosystem

BEIJING, Jan. 14 (Xinhua) -- China's automobile production and sales both exceeded 34 million units last year, setting a new record...

(SP)INDIA-NEW DELHI-BADMINTON-INDIA OPEN
(SP)INDIA-NEW DELHI-BADMINTON-INDIA OPEN

(260114) -- NEW DELHI, Jan. 14, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Hong Dongping (front)/Feng Yanzhe of China compete during the mixed doubles 1/16 final...

International

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Can’t give Peace Prize to Trump, Nobel Institute tells Machado
Can’t give Peace Prize to Trump, Nobel Institute tells Machado

WASHINGTON, D.C.: The Norwegian Nobel Institute has dashed any hope that Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado would give...

Outings to Italy’s Mount Etna restricted as volcanic eruptions begin
Outings to Italy’s Mount Etna restricted as volcanic eruptions begin

MOUNT ETNA, Italy: Guides in Sicily's Mount Etna are upset with the local authorities over tougher restrictions imposed by them after...

Four-runway Bishoftu project aims to become Africa’s largest hub
Four-runway Bishoftu project aims to become Africa’s largest hub

BISHOFTU, Ethiopia: Ethiopia has kicked off construction of a vast new airport near its capital, a project officials say will transform...

Breather for Trump as US top court delays tariffs ruling to January 14
Breather for Trump as US top court delays tariffs ruling to January 14

WASHINGTON, D.C.: President Donald Trump's decision on global tariffs received an unexpected breather when the U.S. Supreme Court postponed...

Iran shuts down internet, phone services after protests erupt
Iran shuts down internet, phone services after protests erupt

DUBAI, U.A.E: As a nighttime demonstration called by Iran's exiled crown prince saw protesters shout from their windows and storm the...

US walks out of 66 international organizations, calling them wasteful
US walks out of 66 international organizations, calling them wasteful

WASHINGTON, D.C.: U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on January 7, suspending U.S. support for the 66 organizations,...