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China's President Xi Jinping congratulated Greece on the founding of the Center of Chinese and Greek Ancient Civilizations, Xinhua News Agency reports. The Chinese leader has replied to a letter from Professor Stelios Virvidakis of the University of Athens and...

The three UFOs shot down by the US in the past week likely had merely a "benign purpose,” the White House acknowledged Tuesday. The US is drawing a distinction between them and the massive Chinese balloon that earlier traversed the...

A portion of the suspected Chinese spy balloon shot down over the US has been recovered from the Atlantic Ocean, the US military says. Search crews found "significant debris from the site, including all of the priority sensor and electronics...

A new study published in the journal Nature Communications warns that catastrophic flooding from glacier lakes formed by the effects of climate change threatens millions of people around the world. According to the findings of the research, there are over...

US intelligence sources insisted on Tuesday that the balloon shot down on Saturday was used by the Chinese military for spying. Unnamed officials told the Washington Post they believed such balloons were used to collect intelligence on strategically relevant territories. They...

The US shot down on Saturday a giant Chinese balloon that it says has been spying on key military sites across America for several days. The Department of Defence confirmed its fighter jets brought down the balloon over US territorial...

Some Americans are taking aim at the Chinese spy balloon with their own rifles ignoring advice that such an approach is dangerous and ineffective. US President Joe Biden and national security team officials have discussed options including shooting the balloon...

The government in Hong Kong has unveiled plans to give away 500,000 free airline tickets as part of an initiative to boost tourism and draw visitors back to the city. The "Hello Hong Kong" initiative was revealed for the first...

Last week, Bolivia picked a consortium that includes China's battery giant CATL to develop its largely untapped lithium reserves. A report by Reuters said the deal would see the consortium partner direct lithium extraction from Bolivia's Uyuni and Oruro salt...

China has reported its first population decline in decades. On Tuesday, the National Bureau of Statistics said that, compared to the end of 2021, the population of the nation had decreased by 850,000. This number does not include the...