This photo taken on Dec. 31, 2024 shows the silhouette of a boy playing on a trampoline at sunset in northwest Pakistan's ...

People gather to celebrate the new year in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Dec. 31, 2024. (Xinhua/Veri Sanovri) People gather to ...

NEW YORK, Dec. 31 (Xinhua) -- U.S. stocks ended lower on Tuesday, as the U.S. equity market failed to end 2024 on a high note. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 29.51 points, or 0.07 percent, to ...

China's shadow puppetry, a 2,000-year-old "early cinema," is a UNESCO treasure. In Shanxi, artisans like Wu Junli bring this luminous art to life, inspiring new generations. #CulturalHeritage■ ...

NEW YORK, Dec. 31 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.1 jolted 122 km ESE of Kandrian, Papua New Guinea at 20:09:41 GMT on Tuesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The epicenter, with a ...

Set to fully complete its 14th Five-Year Plan in 2025, China will implement more proactive and effective policies, prioritize ...

PARIS, Dec. 31 (Xinhua) -- French President Emmanuel Macron acknowledged on Tuesday night that dissolving the French National Assembly in June created more division than resolution.

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 31 (Xinhua) -- A 29-year-old man was shot and killed across the street from the Harvard Market in Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood early Tuesday. Police responded to sounds of ...

BERLIN, Dec. 31 (Xinhua) -- Several people were injured, including two hospitalized, in a random knife attack in western Berlin on New Year's Eve, German police reported Tuesday. The incident took ...

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 31 (Xinhua) -- An Hawaiian Airlines flight headed toward Honolulu from Seattle turned around shortly after takeoff on Monday because the crew reported smoke in the cockpit of the ...

CAIRO, Dec. 31 (Xinhua) -- "As the new year is approaching, we pray for peace in Gaza," Bassem Medhat, a Palestinian refugee who had fled the war-torn enclave, voiced the sentiments of thousands now ...

NEW YORK, Dec. 31 (Xinhua) -- The year 2024 was already a dispiriting year for Boeing, the American aviation giant, but when one of the company's jets crash-landed in South Korea on Sunday, killing ...