- Thursday, 20 November 2025
Xinhua
China's foreign trade of goods up 10.4 pct in first 7 months
China's foreign trade of goods jumped 10.4 per cent year on year to 23.6 trillion yuan (about 3.5 trillion U.S. dollars) during the first seven months of the year, official data showed Sunday.
India's daily COVID-19 caseload breaches 20,000 mark again
India's daily COVID-19 caseload Friday again surpassed the 20,000 mark after remaining below it for the past five days, officials said.
Delhi reports first woman Monkeypox case, India's total rises to 9
A woman of foreign origin tested positive for Monkeypox in New Delhi on Wednesday evening, confirmed a health department official on Thursday. Her recent travel history is now known yet.
Wreckage of military helicopter found in SW Pakistan, 6 confirmed dead
The wreckage of a missing Pakistani military helicopter has been found in the country's southwest Balochistan province, the military said on Tuesday.
Death toll from Pakistan's monsoon rains, floods reaches 478
The death toll from the monsoon rains and flash flooding across Pakistan has reached 478 in the past seven weeks, the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) said Tuesday.
Newly developed vaccine patch can fight variants more effectively: Researchers
Researchers from Australia's University of Queensland (UQ) believe that a new COVID-19 vaccine patch would be more effective against the latest COVID-19 variants compared with traditional injected vaccines.
Japan executes man over 2008 frenzied attack in Tokyo
Japan on Tuesday executed a man over a frenzied attack in the Akihabara district of Tokyo in 2008, which left seven people dead and 10 injured, the country's justice minister said.
Three dead, two wounded in university campus shooting in Philippine capital
Three people were killed and two others injured in a shooting incident Sunday afternoon on a university campus in Metro Manila, the Philippine police said.
At least 21 killed, 3 missing in south Iran floods
The death toll from Friday's flash floods in the southern Iranian province of Fars has risen to 21, and three others are still missing, rescue sources told state media on Saturday.
Sri Lanka's new cabinet of ministers sworn in
Eighteen ministers including Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena were sworn into Sri Lanka's new cabinet before President Ranil Wickremesinghe here on Friday.
Ranil Wickremesinghe elected as new president of Sri Lanka
Acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe was elected as the new President of Sri Lanka in an election held in parliament on Wednesday. Soon after winning the election, Wickremesinghe addressed the parliament, calling on all legislators including the opposition parliamentarians to unite and work together with him to lead Sri Lanka out of the current economic crisis.
Eid-al-Adha festival marked across world
Eid-al-Adha festival has been marked across world today.
At least 300 inmates escape after armed attack on jail in Nigerian capital
At least 300 inmates were on the run while one inmate died and three others were injured during an attack on Tuesday by unidentified gunmen on a prison in Abuja, Nigeria's capital city, a senior official said on Wednesday.
Hong Kong's future will surely be brighter: Xi
Chinese President Xi Jinping said here on Thursday that the future of Hong Kong will surely be brighter if "one country, two systems" is firmly upheld and implemented.
Pakistan's daily cases of COVID-19 surpass 500
An uptick in new COVID-19 cases in Pakistan consistently continues as the country reported over 500 new daily cases for the first time in three months, according to the figures released by the National Institute of Health on Wednesday.
