WUHAN, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) -- Twelve people were killed in an explosion at a fireworks retail store in central China's Hubei Province on Wednesday afternoon, local authorities said.

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GENEVA, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) -- The second day of trilateral talks among Ukraine, the United States and Russia began here on Wednesday. The two-day negotiations, starting on Tuesday, are held behind ...

LONDON, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) -- Britain's annual inflation rate fell to 3.0 percent in January amid easing price pressures, official data showed on Wednesday.

Visitors take a boat trip to enjoy the scenery of kapok flowers on the Changhua River in Changjiang Li Autonomous County, ...

VIENTIANE, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) -- The Lao Ministry of Agriculture and Environment is intensifying efforts to safeguard the livestock industry, develop livestock farming into a more competitive commercial ...

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TEHRAN, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) -- The naval forces of Iran and Russia are scheduled to hold a joint exercise in the Gulf of Oman and northern part of the Indian Ocean on Thursday, according to the ...

Sanae Takaichi, president of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, was elected as the country's 105th prime minister on Wednesday by lawmakers in parliament. #XinhuaNews ...

KABUL, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) -- A gas cylinder explosion has left one person dead and three others injured in eastern Afghanistan's Wardak province, the provincial government said in a statement on ...

KABUL, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) -- A total of 183 development and infrastructure projects have been implemented and put into operation in eastern Afghanistan's Parwan province, the Ministry of Rural ...

BEIJING, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) -- China's 2026 Spring Festival box office, including presales, topped 2 billion yuan (about 290 million U.S. dollars) by Wednesday afternoon, four days into the nine-day ...