Urban heat islands are often linked to increased heat-related deaths. However, they may also help reduce cold-related deaths, particularly in colder cities, according to the Queensland University of ...

China has set a target of maintaining the surveyed urban unemployment rate at around 5.5 percent in 2025, while aiming to create over 12 million new urban jobs this year. The average surveyed urban ...

Earth Day 2025, which falls on Tuesday, promotes the use of renewable energy to "triple clean electricity." China has been decarbonizing its power system by not only increasing consumption of ...

CHANGSHA, April 22 (Xinhua) -- Representatives from governments and enterprises and industry experts from over 60 countries, as well as distributors and buyers from Chinese provinces have gathered in ...

TASHKENT, April 22 (Xinhua) -- Uzbekistan plans to attract 200 million U.S. dollars to build modern schools across the country, the press service of the Uzbek president said Monday.

Filmmakers and distributors gathered at an industry forum during the 15th Beijing International Film Festival on April 19 to ...

HONG KONG, April 22 (Xinhua) -- Hong Kong's stock market ended higher on Tuesday, the first day of trading after the Easter break, with the benchmark Hang Seng Index up 0.78 percent to close at 21,562 ...

TOKYO, April 22 (Xinhua) -- Japan's key stock index fell on Tuesday, following a dip in U.S. stock markets after U.S. President Donald Trump urged the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates. The ...

BEIJING, April 22 (Xinhua) -- The China Development Bank said on Tuesday that it has issued loans totaling 369.1 billion yuan (about 51 billion U.S. dollars) for infrastructure development in the ...

In Jiangsu's Suzhou Industrial Park, a joint China-Singapore zero-energy building fitted with rooftop photovoltaic panels, small wind turbines and an AI-controlled lighting and climate system ...

KATHMANDU, April 22 (Xinhua) -- A child and 14 others were killed in 1,321 fire incidents in Nepal between March 14 and April 13, police said on Tuesday. Altogether 96 people were injured, with 354 ...

BEIJING, April 22 (Xinhua) -- China has been steadily promoting grassland restoration in recent years, with an annual restoration of over 46 million mu (about 30,667 square kilometers) of grassland, ...