Lisbon, May 29 (Xinhua) -- The Portuguese president on Thursday nominated Luis Montenegro as prime minister, following the legislative election results and talks with parties represented in Parliament ...

MADRID, May 29 (Xinhua) -- Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez and Robert Golob, the prime minister of Slovenia made a joint declaration here on Thursday, asking for an end to the ongoing violence in ...

JOHANNESBURG, May 29 (Xinhua) -- South Africa's central bank cut its benchmark repo rate by 25 basis points to 7.25 percent on Thursday, citing subdued inflation and slowing growth, while lowering its ...

JUBA, May 29 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) on Thursday marked the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers with pleas for lasting peace in the country.

The number of large families in Russia increased from 2.4 million in January 2024 to 2.65 million in January 2025, according to the country's ministry of labor and social protection. Russia has ...

LUSAKA, May 29 (Xinhua) -- Zambia's annual inflation rate slowed to 15.3 percent in May, down from 16.5 percent recorded in April, the Zambia Statistics Agency (ZamStats) said on Thursday.

RIYADH, May 29 (Xinhua) -- Saudi Arabia launched on Thursday the Saudi-Chinese Cultural Relations Research Grant, an initiative aimed at supporting academic research that promotes mutual understanding ...

NAIROBI, May 29 (Xinhua) -- In western Kenya, maize farmer Josephat Ouma walked through rows of green, leafy stalks with a smartphone in hand. He paused and bent down before snapping a picture of a ...

Health Minister Ruth Aceng officially unveiled the third round of the Uganda Population-Based HIV Impact Assessment (UPHIA) 2025 in Kampala, the capital. The survey seeks to evaluate the effectiveness ...

WASHINGTON, May 29 (Xinhua) - A U.S. federal judge on Thursday extended a Temporary Restraining Order on Trump Administration's policy that aimed to prevent Harvard University from enrolling ...

ADDIS ABABA, May 29 (Xinhua) -- The Ethiopian government announced Thursday that it has repatriated more than 700 nationals who were stranded in Myanmar.

ASTANA, May 29 (Xinhua) -- The launch ceremony for the Kazakh editions of Volumes I through IV of Xi Jinping: The Governance of China was held on Thursday in Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan.