WARSAW -- A gala was held on Friday at the National Opera in Warsaw to mark Poland's inauguration as the presidency of the Council of the European Union (EU).

NEW YORK, Jan. 3 (Xinhua) -- Juan Merchan, a New York judge presiding over U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's hush money case, on Friday set Jan. 10 as the date of sentencing for the case. The ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) reported that 55 patients and 72 companions were evacuated from Gaza on Tuesday for medical treatment in the United Arab Emirates. Since October 2023, more than ...

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 3 (Xinhua) -- The 2025 Consumer Electronics Show (CES), the world's premier tech show, will kick off in the U.S. city of Las Vegas next week.

In the bond market, the 30-year U.S. Treasury yield climbed 1.8 basis points to 4.815 percent, marking its highest level since April 2023. This was the 30-year yield's third consecutive daily increase ...

WASHINGTON, Jan. 3 (Xinhua) -- U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan will travel to India for a "capstone meeting" with his Indian counterpart to highlight the across-the-board partnership ...

WASHINGTON, Jan. 3 (Xinhua) -- Mike Johnson on Friday won re-election for the U.S. House speaker in a slim Republican majority, after swaying two out of the three members of his party who had joined ...

DAMASCUS, Jan. 3 (Xinhua) -- Syria's interim defense ministry on Friday launched meetings with military leaders to begin the process of incorporating various rebel factions into its command, local ...

BEIRUT, Jan. 3 (Xinhua) -- Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati and Ahmed Al-Sharaa, head of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham and Syria's de facto leader, held a phone conversation on Friday to discuss common ...

French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot and German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock met with the de facto leader of Syria, Ahmed al-Sharaa, who leads the coalition that ousted Assad and now ...

VIENNA, Jan. 3 (Xinhua) -- Talks on forming a three-party coalition government in Austria collapsed on Friday after the smallest party NEOS withdrew from negotiations. However, the remaining two ...

WASHINGTON, Jan. 3 (Xinhua) -- Mike Johnson on Friday failed to garner enough votes to secure re-election in the first round of voting for the U.S. House speaker in a slim Republican majority, with ...