BEIJING, Sept. 9 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese team, once brimming with confidence to face top Asian teams before the third stage of Asia FIFA World Cup qualification started, has been brought down to earth after losing to Australia and Japan in their firs...

Since the September 11 terror attacks, there has been no hiding from the increased militarisation of the United States. Everyday life is suffused with policing and surveillance. This ranges from the inconvenient, such as removing shoes at the airport...

HANOI, Sept. 8 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam reported 12,680 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, including 12,663 locally transmitted and 17 imported, according to the country's Ministry of Health. The new infections brought the country's total tally to 563,676, ...

Kabul [Afghanistan], September 8 (ANI): China is eyeing the former US airbase of Bagram in Afghanistan in order to expand its influence in the region and embarrass America. Paul D Shinkman, writing in US News said that China has secured friendly rela...

DOHA, Sept. 8 (Xinhua) -- Chinese ace forward Wu Lei saw a telling contrast between Chinese and Japanese football at the Doha airport on Wednesday, one day after China lost to Japan 1-0 in a World Cup qualifier. The Espanyol striker, the only oversea...

BEIJING, Sept. 8 (Xinhua) -- The following are the updates on the global fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. - - - - NEW DELHI -- India's COVID-19 tally rose to 33,096,718 on Wednesday, as 37,875 new cases were registered during the past 24 hours ac...

TOKYO -- Japan's economy grew at an annual rate of 1.9 percent from April to June, increased from the preliminary growth of 1.3 percent, reflecting stronger capital investment in areas such as digitalization, government data showed Wednesday. Real gr...

VIENTIANE, Sept. 8 (Xinhua) -- Pharmaceutical producers in Laos are to begin the production of herbal treatments for COVID-19 in capsule form. Director General of the Department of Communicable Disease Control under the Lao Ministry of Health, Rattan...

BEIJING, Sept. 8 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results of the Asian 2022 World Cup qualifying matches played on Tuesday (home team first): Group A South Korea 1 Lebanon 0 Syria 1 United Arab Emirates 1 Iraq 0 Iran 3 Group B Vietnam 0 Australia 1 Chin...

DOHA, Sept. 7 (Xinhua) -- Yuya Osako's first-half goal helped Japan beat China 1-0 in the final round of the FIFA World Cup Asian Zone qualifiers here on Tuesday. China came into the game on the back of a 3-0 defeat to Australia, while Japan was stun...

© Provided by Xinhua DOHA, Sept. 7 (Xinhua) -- Yuya Osako's first-half goal helped Japan beat China 1-0 in the final round of the FIFA World Cup Asian Zone qualifiers here on Tuesday.China came into the game on the back of a 3-0 defeat to Australia,...

HANOI, Sept. 7 (Xinhua) -- Australia won 1-0 over Vietnam on Tuesday in the final round of the 2022 FIFA World Cup Asian qualifiers in the Vietnamese capital Hanoi. The Socceroos dominated possession but struggled to open up the disciplined Vietnames...

DOHA, Sept. 7 (Xinhua) -- Yuya Osako's first-half goal helped Japan beat China 1-0 in the final round of the FIFA World Cup Asian Zone qualifiers here on Tuesday. China came into the game on the back of a 3-0 defeat to Australia, while Japan was stun...

HANOI, Sept. 7 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam reported 14,208 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, including 14,193 locally transmitted and 15 imported, according to the country's Ministry of Health. The new infections brought the country's total tally to 550,996, wi...

BEIJING, Sept. 7 (Xinhua) -- China's top anti-graft official Zhao Leji met with Tran Cam Tu, a member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee, and head of the Committee's Inspection Commission, in Beijing via video ...

VIENTIANE, Sept. 7 (Xinhua) -- Lao health officials will beef up screening and quarantine procedures for Lao nationals returning from Thailand, in a bid to stem the spread of COVID-19 infections. As COVID-19 spread in Thailand, Laos is at greater ris...

Nine alleged members of an international network of rhino horn and ivory traffickers went on trial in France this Monday after an investigation shed light on illicit trade links between Europe and east Asia.French prosecutors started their probe afte...