BUCHAREST, Jan. 8 (Xinhua) -- Romania's ruling coalition has agreed to have the first round of the presidential elections on May 4, 2025, with a potential runoff set for May 18. The National Liberal ...

PARIS, Jan. 8 (Xinhua) -- Visiting U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday in Paris that U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's intention to take over Greenland "is not going to happen." ...

ROME, Jan. 8 (Xinhua) -- An Italian reporter detained in Iran was freed and returned home on Wednesday. Cecilia Sala, 29, was brought back on a military plane and landed Wednesday afternoon at Rome ...

VALLETTA, Jan. 8 (Xinhua) -- Malta's government launched a public consultation on Wednesday for a new labor migration policy to address growing challenges in this field. The Malta Labor Migration ...

The educational collapse in Gaza is staggering. According to the United Nations, half of all school-age children are enduring their second consecutive year without formal education. A report from the ...

CAIRO, Jan. 8 (Xinhua) -- Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, and Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides emphasized on Wednesday that the stability and ...

There are five key risk factors that one has to know: age; chronic conditions such as heart and lung disease, obesity, asthma, diabetes and kidney disease; weakened immune function; pregnancy; and ...

WARSAW, Jan. 8 (Xinhua) -- The presidential election in Poland is set to take place on May 18, 2025, said Szymon Holownia, speaker of the Sejm, lower house of the parliament, on Wednesday. If a second ...

NEW YORK, Jan. 8 (Xinhua) -- Squeezing 2,000 lemons a day was such a pain for staff at Chick-fil-A, Inc. that the American fast food restaurant chain and the largest U.S. chain specializing in chicken ...

The ANC, founded on Jan. 8, 1912, has governed South Africa since the country's first democratic elections in 1994, which ended apartheid. In the 2024 general elections, it failed to secure an ...

LUXOR, Egypt, Jan. 8 (Xinhua) -- Archaeologists in Egypt have unearthed significant finds near Luxor, including parts of a temple linked to Queen Hatshepsut, the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities ...

DAR ES SALAAM, Jan. 8 (Xinhua) -- Tanzania's central bank announced on Wednesday that it has decided to maintain the key interest rate at 6 percent for the first quarter of 2025.