Songs about Tibet are becoming increasingly popular in China. Particularly admired are the songs of Han Hong, a Tibetan-born singer-songwriter whose music incorporates her personal experience and her ...

UNITED NATIONS, Oct. 10 (Xinhua) -- Within minutes of the Gaza ceasefire taking effect, displaced Palestinians resumed movement to the north, UN humanitarians said Friday.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 (Xinhua) -- The Trump administration announced Friday that federal layoffs had begun, as the federal government shutdown entered its 10th day.

SANTIAGO, Oct. 10 (Xinhua) -- The National Seismological Center of the University of Chile reported a 7.8-magnitude earthquake with a depth of 10 km, and tremors were felt in surrounding areas.

The Department of Education has recently sent MIT and eight other universities a proposed "Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education," requiring them to make changes to their grading systems ...

BEIJING, Oct. 11 (Xinhua) -- A 7.6-magnitude earthquake jolted Drake Passage at 04:29 a.m. Saturday (Beijing Time), according to the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC). The epicenter was ...

JERUSALEM -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Friday that Israeli forces will remain in the Gaza Strip to maintain pressure on Hamas until the group disarms and the enclave is demilit ...

NEW YORK, Oct. 10 (Xinhua) -- U.S. stocks ended lower on Friday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 878.82 points, or 1.9 percent, to 45,479.6. The S&P 500 sank 182.6 points, or 2.71 percent, to ...

Following the truce, about 200,000 Palestinians returned to northern Gaza, said Mahmud Bassal, spokesman for the Hamas-run Civil Defense Agency. He said displaced residents began moving north as ...

LONDON, Oct. 10 (Xinhua) -- Britain's competition regulator on Friday officially designated Google as having "strategic market status" (SMS) in online search and search advertising, marking the first ...

Switzerland welcomes China's initiative to establish the International Organization for Mediation (IOMed) and is willing to strengthen cooperation with China in this field, the document said.

NEW YORK, Oct. 10 (Xinhua) -- Nineteen people are dead or missing after a devastating blast destroyed a building at a military explosives plant in the U.S. state of Tennessee on Friday morning, local ...