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Hangzhou: Eleven people were dead after a fire broke out at a factory building in the city of Jinhua, east China's Zhejiang Province, on Monday afternoon.The casualties were trapped on the third floor of the building in an industrial...

Dhaka: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Bangladeshi government on Monday signed agreements on provision of 230 million U.S. dollars in loans to help reconstruct northeastern Bangladesh affected by devastating floods last year.The assistance will help in the...

Washington:The US House of Representatives passed a bill to hold China accountable for the transit of an alleged surveillance balloon over the United States earlier this year, calling for export controls and sanctions on Beijing in response to the...

Geneva: Argentina will host the 2023 Under-20 World Cup, taking the place of Indonesia, which was removed by FIFA, the world football governing body announced.The Bureau of the FIFA Council confirmed the decision after the Argentinian Football Association (AFA)...

Tokyo: The G7 foreign ministers consider the grain deal critically important, and urge Russia not to limit its validity period, according to a joint statement after the meeting."We recognize the critical importance of the "Solidarity Lanes", the "Black Sea...

Hong Kong: An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.5 jolted south of the Fiji Islands at 04:31:42 GMT on Tuesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.The epicenter, with a depth of 602.3 km, was initially determined to be at 22.287...

Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Chinese State Councilor and Minister of National Defense Li Shangfu here on Sunday.Asking Li to convey his sincere greetings and best wishes to Chinese President Xi Jinping, Putin recalled Xi's recent fruitful...

Tokyo:Foreign ministers of G7 called for China to act responsibly during a working dinner within the top diplomats' meeting in Karuizawa, the Japanese Foreign Ministry said."Minister Hayashi emphasized the importance of continuing dialogue with China, working together with China...

Khartoum: Clashes in Sudan's capital Khartoum raged for a third day, raising the death toll to 97, said a Sudanese doctors' union in a statement early Monday.Hundreds of civilians were wounded in the violence, the statement added.The tense situation...

The Hague: Belgian athlete Bashir Abdi captured the crown in the 42nd edition of the Rotterdam Marathon on Sunday, while Eunice Chumba triumphed in the women's race.34-year-old Abdi finished on Coolsingel Street in a time of two hours, three...