CANBERRA, Jan. 24 (Xinhua) -- Australia's Prime Minister has promised cash incentives for apprentices who work in residential construction as part of a push to build more homes.

TOKYO, Jan. 24 (Xinhua) -- The Bank of Japan (BOJ) on Friday raised its policy interest rate to 0.5 percent from 0.25 percent, in line with market expectations and marking another step to unwind its ...

People visit the Dunhuang Art Festival at Wellington College of Technology in Wellington, New Zealand, Jan. 23, 2025. The exhibition was organized by the Chinese Embassy in New Zealand. (Photo by Meng ...

SINGAPORE, Jan. 24 (Xinhua) -- The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) announced on Friday a slight easing of its monetary policy, marking the first such move since 2020 and the first adjustment in ...

MANILA, Jan. 24 (Xinhua) -- The Philippines' total external trade in goods fell by 1.9 percent in December 2024 to 15.45 billion U.S. dollars from 15.75 billion dollars in December 2023, the ...

BEIJING, Jan. 24 (Xinhua) -- The central parity rate of the Chinese currency renminbi, or the yuan, strengthened 3 pips to 7.1705 against the U.S. dollar Friday, according to the China Foreign ...

TOKYO, Jan. 24 (Xinhua) -- A tourist from China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) lost her life in Japan's Otaru, Hokkaido, after being struck by a train on Thursday.

An article in The Wall Street Journal, citing sources close to Trump, reported Tuesday that the U.S. president wants to renegotiate the USMCA by leveraging tariff increases on Mexico and Canada. The ...

HONG KONG, Jan. 24 (Xinhua) -- Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index once rose 330.27 points, or 1.68 percent, reaching 20,030.83 points in the morning session on Friday. ■ ...

Guterres condemned the renewed offensive launched by the M23 at the beginning of the year and its expansion into the provinces of North Kivu and South Kivu, including the recent seizure of Sake, which ...

Japan's consumer price index (CPI) for December 2024, excluding volatile fresh food items, reached 109.6, up 3 percent year-on-year, government data showed Friday. This marks the first time in 16 ...

According to the Sichuan Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism, Sichuan has nearly 50 snow and ice tourism areas and 16 key ski resorts, attracting numerous tourists and snow sports enthusiasts ...