BEIJING, Aug. 18 (Xinhua) -- The following are the central parity rates of the Chinese currency renminbi, or the yuan, against 24 major currencies announced on Wednesday by the China Foreign Exchange Trade System: Currency Unit Central parity rate in...

ABUJA -- Three persons were killed and another was injured in an attack by gunmen in Nigeria's northwestern state of Kaduna, said a government official on Monday. The attack happened in Goran Gida, a village in the Zangon Kataf local government area ...

MEXICO CITY, Aug. 16 (Xinhua) -- At least 22 people were injured, one of them seriously, after a gas leak explosion ripped through a residential building in Mexico City on Monday, Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum said. Sheinbaum inspected the site of the disa...

The U.S. National Hurricane Center said Monday that Tropical Storm Fred had strengthened slightly on its approach toward the northwestern Florida panhandle region, where it was expected to bring heavy rains and a dangerous storm surge later in the da...

Tropical Storm Grace is crossing the northeastern Caribbean Sea, according to the U.S. National Hurricane Center, threatening to bring heavy rainfall to the Lesser and Greater Antilles over the next few days.Tropical storm warnings and watches are in...