Germany should not extend the life of its remaining nuclear power plants, two ministries said on Tuesday, as Europes largest economy wrestles with its dependence on Russian energy imports following the invasion of Ukraine.A view shows a cooling tower of the nuclear power plant Emsland in Lingen, wes[More]
NEW YORK, March 7 (Xinhua) -- Market turmoil continued on Monday with investors dumping risk assets and moving to safe havens, on fears about the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict and the potential economic fallout.All the three major U.S. stock indexes suffered massive losses, which saw the Dow plung[More]
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday held a phone conversation with his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron, during which they discussed the situation in Ukraine.[More]
Americans have lost millions of years of potential life to firearm deaths, overtaking car crashes as the single largest cause of traumatic deaths in 2017 and 2018, according to a new study.[More]
File photo: XinhuaNew South Wales (NSW) has decided to scrap mask mandate rules for students at schools while the COVID-19 infections continue to increase in the state.From Feb. 28, masks will no longer be required in high schools for students or staff in NSW. Schools will be able to welcome more vi[More]
Photo: CGTNBEIJING, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- The Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and Chinas State Council have sent a congratulatory message to the Chinese delegation for its "best in history" performance at the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games, scheduled to be conclud[More]
Srinivas Yanamandra ('Srini') is the Chief Compliance Officer at the New Development Bank (NDB), the only multilateral organisation based in Shanghai.[More]
A team from the International Atomic Energy Agency on Monday began its review of Japans plan to begin releasing more than a million tons of treated radioactive water into the sea from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant — a review that Japan hopes will instill confidence in the plan.The 15-member te[More]
China ranked second globally as home to 171 "gazelle companies," or startups with high-growth potentials, according to the Hurun Global Gazelle Index list for 2021.[More]
BEIJING, Jan. 23 (Xinhua) - Chinas crude oil output reached nearly 199 million tonnes last year, up 2.4 percent from the previous year, official data showed.(File photo: CFP)The volume represented a 4-percent increase from the 2019 level, according to data from the National Bureau of Statistics.In D[More]