A villager takes part in a traditional Epiphany horse race in Pietrosani, north of Bucharest, Romania, on Jan. 6, 2025.

TOKYO, Jan. 7 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.0 struck the Torishima Island region in southern Japan on Tuesday, the country's weather agency said.

MANILA, Jan. 7 (Xinhua) -- The Philippines' gross international reserves (GIR) settled at 106.84 billion U.S. dollars at the end of December 2024 from 108.49 billion dollars at the end of November ...

Sri Lanka's foreign reserves will reach 7 billion U.S. dollars by the end of 2025, the Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) Nandalal Weerasinghe has said. He said on Monday during a ...

HANOI, Jan. 7 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam's national index of industrial production in 2024 expanded 8.4 percent year on year, the highest growth since 2020, local media Vneconomy reported Tuesday, citing the ...

It also focused on evaluating progress in implementing various plans during 2024 and setting directions for 2025. Key topics discussed included economic and financial challenges, mining and resource ...

PHNOM PENH, Jan. 7 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia's Ministry of Industry, Science, Technology and Innovation (MISTI) has launched seven additional public services online, further enhancing the accessibility, ...

Light installations are seen during a Chinese lantern exhibition at a park in Rome, Italy, Jan. 6, 2025. (Xinhua/Li Jing) ...

MANILA, Jan. 7 (Xinhua) -- The Philippines' debt increased to 16.09 trillion pesos (roughly 277 billion U.S. dollars) as of end-November 2024, 0.4 percent higher than the outstanding debt in October ...

Myanmar authorities have seized over 100 tons of illegal timbers across the country in a week, the state-run daily Myanma Alinn reported on Tuesday. From Dec. 23 to 29, last year, they confiscated ...

HANOI, Jan. 7 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam's GDP per capita income reached 114 million Vietnamese dong (4,700 U.S. dollars) in 2024, up 377 dollars from 2023, local media Thong tin Chinh phu (Government ...

LHASA, Jan. 7 (Xinhua) -- A total of 95 people have been confirmed dead and 130 others injured as of 3 p.m. Tuesday, after a 6.8-magnitude earthquake jolted Dingri County in southwest China's Xizang ...