US President Donald Trump withdrew his threat of further strikes against Iran on Thursday and said a deal with Tehran to end the war could be signed in coming days.

China is steadfastly expanding high-standard opening up and will continue to share development opportunities with other countries and deliver more certainty and stability to the world economy, Chinese Vice Premier Zhang Guoqing said on Thursday.

Fans in Brazil party ahead of national team's World Cup match

Growing number of Americans consider moving abroad

A legal and political dispute over a proposed US-funded Ebola quarantine facility in Kenya is intensifying, with civil society groups now threatening contempt-of-court proceedings against the government over alleged non- compliance with a High Court order demanding disclosure of the agreement behind the project.

Health officials in Burundi are raising concern over a rising number of HIV infections, particularly among young people, as reduced funding, stigma, and declining awareness campaigns weaken prevention efforts.

The South African event will become the eighth race in the series, which includes marathons in London, New York, Boston, Chicago, Berlin, Sydney and Tokyo.

The first and second volumes of Selected Works of Xi Jinping on Diplomacy have recently been published and are now available for distribution both in China and overseas.

New challenges to global security in the AI era

Former Iraqi president praises China, calls for shared stability

Iran's Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) said Thursday it had launched missile attacks on US military bases in Jordan, Kuwait and Bahrain in retaliation to US strikes.

Record slump in aid: UN official warns

The 10th China-South Asia Expo kicked off on Thursday in Kunming, capital of southwest China's Yunnan Province.

China and New Zealand have agreed to jointly promote negotiations on the negative list for trade in services under the China-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement (FTA), China's Ministry of Commerce said on Thursday.

In Uganda, an East African country known for its favorable climate and abundant rainfall, agricultural modernization is changing lives.

5.3-million-year-old whale graveyard hotspot found in Indian Ocean

Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) announced on Thursday that it had resumed discharging wastewater from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant after operations were automatically halted the previous day due to a system alarm.

On the occasion of the 2026 Forum on Global Human Rights Governance, CGTN, in partnership with Renmin University of China, launched a global survey through the New Era International Communication Research Institute, which found that respondents worldwide view China's human rights achievements positively.

China on Thursday urged the international community to remain vigilant against any resurgence of militarism in Japan, saying Tokyo has already torn off the mask of a so-called "peaceful nation."

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi will visit Mongolia from June 13 to 15 at the invitation of Minister of Foreign Affairs of Mongolia Battsetseg Batmunkh, the Chinese Foreign Ministry announced on Thursday.

May 2026 was the world's second-warmest May on record, with Western Europe experiencing an unusually early heatwave, the European Union's climate monitoring service said on Wednesday.

Mexico and South Africa set to kick off historic 2026 FIFA World Cup

CMG warns against unauthorized 2026 FIFA World Cup broadcasts in China

A Chinese-developed intelligent driving operating system has officially become part of the core baseline for the global public code repository of intelligent driving systems, marking the first time China's automotive foundational software technology has been incorporated into a global industry standard.

The 2026 Forum on Global Human Rights Governance opened in Beijing on Thursday, bringing together hundreds of officials, experts and representatives from around the world to discuss the role of development in advancing human rights.

China on Thursday released a new national human rights action plan at the opening of the 2026 Forum on Global Human Rights Governance, aiming to ensure the principal position of the people is respected and the people's fundamental interests are safeguarded.

A book written by Italian scholars on China's vision for global governance is generating unusual interest across European academia, sparking debates about the future of the international order and whether traditional Western theories are still capable of explaining a rapidly changing world.

How can we make thousands of years of history accessible today? From catchy dynasty songs to the China Biographical Database (CBDB), Harvard Professor Peter K. Bol shares how global academic collaboration transcends data-sharing to protect humanistic values in a digital world.

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) said recently that airline profits are set to fall sharply this year as the conflict involving Iran disrupts air traffic in the Middle East and increases fuel prices.

US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that the US military had carried out a secret mission to support commercial shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, claiming the effort enabled more than 100 million barrels of oil and over 200 commercial ships to travel through the strait.

US military announces completion of latest attacks on Iran

China tops Nature Index rankings in high-quality research

The 2026 World Cup across Canada, Mexico and the US is the most technology- drenched tournament in football history. The beautiful game has never been this quantified, this monitored or this engineered.

USCENTCOM denies Iran's claims that Strait of Hormuz is closed

Kick off for the 2026 FIFA World Cup is fast approaching, but it's not just the players and the fans who have been building up to this moment.

The 2026 FIFA World Cup will be the second time the tournament has been hosted by the United States. Football has changed significantly since the country welcomed the tournament in 1994, becoming a major sports franchise.

Uruguay has just signed an agreement with a Chinese university to create a Joint Pasture Agriculture Laboratory, designed to drive progress in Genetic Improvement and Plant Biotechnology for pasture and forage production.

In the age of AI, FIFA is going more hi-tech than ever to improve the overall experience of this year's World Cup.

Apple held its annual Worldwide Developers Conference, WWDC26, where its making clear it intends to go all-in on AI.