UNITED NATIONS, Dec. 10 (Xinhua) -- UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Tom Fletcher on Wednesday warned of a severe humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan ...

UNITED NATIONS, Dec. 10 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations launched its first-ever Decade of Sustainable Transport (2026-2035) and the associated Implementation Plan on Wednesday.

UNITED NATIONS, Dec. 10 (Xinhua) -- Heavy winter rains and high winds are pounding flimsy temporary shelters of tents and tarps in the Gaza Strip, putting more vulnerable people at risk, UN ...

UNITED NATIONS, Dec. 10 (Xinhua) -- The UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) launched its Humanitarian Action for Children 2026 appeal on Wednesday, seeking 7.66 billion U.S. dollars to provide life-saving ...

OTTAWA, Dec. 10 (Xinhua) -- The Bank of Canada on Wednesday announced it is holding its key policy rate at the current level of 2.25 percent.

ROME, Dec. 10 (Xinhua) -- Italian cuisine has been recognized by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) as part of the world's intangible cultural heritage, ...

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 (Xinhua) -- The Pentagon has activated the U.S. Army Western Hemisphere Command (West-Hemcom) after the White House issued a document outlining the National Security Strategy, ...

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 10 (Xinhua) -- A total of 51 infant botulism cases have been reported across 19 U.S. states as of Wednesday amid a nationwide recall of potentially contaminated infant formula, ...

The video conversation, which involved U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, U.S. President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner, and BlackRock CEO Larry Fink, as well as top Ukrainian officials, ...

BEIRUT -- The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) said on Wednesday that Israeli forces fired on peacekeepers patrolling the Blue Line in southern Lebanon on Tuesday, calling the incident ...

HELSINKI, Dec. 10 (Xinhua) -- The 2025 Nobel Prizes in physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature and the 2025 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel were ...

According to the ruling by U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer in San Francisco, the Trump administration still retains control of approximately 300 California National Guard members six months after ...