ZAGREB, July 7 (Xinhua) -- Croatian football legend Ivan Rakitic announced his retirement from professional football on Monday in an emotional farewell video, reflecting on a decorated career that ...

LONDON, July 7 (Xinhua) -- Striker Callum Wilson confirmed on Monday that he is leaving Newcastle United after five seasons with the club. Wilson scored 49 goals in 130 appearances for Newcastle ...

JERUSALEM, July 7 (Xinhua) -- Israeli marine researchers have found that 75 percent of the bacteria in sea turtles off the country's Mediterranean coast are resistant to antibiotics, raising concerns ...

MANILA, July 7 (Xinhua) -- The Philippines continues to expand the use of digital payments, with electronic transactions accounting for 57.4 percent of monthly retail payments by volume and 59.0 ...

SANAA, July 7 (Xinhua) -- Yemen's Houthi armed group in a statement on Monday claimed responsibility for launching attacks and damaging the Liberian-flagged commercial vessel "MAGIC SEAS" in the Red ...

KIGALI, July 7 (Xinhua) -- Celebrations for the 4th World Kiswahili Language Day kicked off Sunday in Kigali, Rwanda's capital, highlighting Kiswahili's role as a catalyst for regional integration, ...

According to a statement issued by the WFP, these distributions mark the first access in over four months to deliver life-saving food and nutrition assistance to more than 40,000 people facing ...

MANILA, July 7 (Xinhua) -- The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Monday announced that it has approved a financing package of 65.8 million U.S. dollars for the Sustainable Agrifood Systems Sector ...

ULAN BATOR, July 7 (Xinhua) -- Mongolia's foreign trade turnover declined by 8.7 percent year-on-year to 12.1 billion U.S. dollars in the first half of this year, local media reported Monday, citing ...

MANILA, July 7 (Xinhua) -- The Philippines' gross international reserves (GIR) rose to 105.3 billion U.S. dollars in June from 105.2 billion in May, the Philippine central bank said Monday.

COLOMBO, July 7 (Xinhua) -- Accidents hospitalize one in seven Sri Lankans each year, said a minister on Monday, which marked the beginning of the national accident prevention week.

Chi Chia-lin, honorary chairman of the Reunification Alliance Party in Taiwan, said that the anniversary of whole Chinese nation's resistance against Japanese aggression served as a reminder for ...