TIRANA, May 3 (Xinhua) -- The euro's value against the lek fell to 100.31 on the local currency exchange market on Thursday, the lowest value ever recorded, according to the Bank of Albania.

JUBA, May 3 (Xinhua) -- The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said on Friday that the ongoing conflict in Sudan has put pressure on the fragile health system in South Sudan due to an ...

TAIYUAN, May 3 (Xinhua) -- A brick tomb dating back to the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) has been discovered in Hexitou Village, north China's Shanxi Province, according to the cultural relics and ...

PARIS, May 3 (Xinhua) -- More than 100 scholars from China and France gathered in Paris on Friday for a cross-cultural dialogue at a symposium aiming to deepen exchanges between different ...

MOMBASA, Kenya, May 3 (Xinhua) -- Four African transport ministers agreed on Friday to expedite the completion of the remaining sections of the high-speed Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) from Naivasha, ...

JUBA, May 3 (Xinhua) -- Central bank chiefs from the East African Community (EAC) said on Friday that ongoing conflicts and the effects of climate change in the region have dampened the economic ...

LUSAKA, May 3 (Xinhua) -- The Zambian government on Friday urged citizens to make hand hygiene a habit, saying it is crucial to preventing disease. Minister of Health Sylvia Masebo said during a press ...

Data showed that average precipitation in China stood at 61.1 millimeters in April this year -- 51.8 percent higher than the overall average and the second highest level since 1961.

COLOMBO, May 3 (Xinhua) -- Up to 33 people, including 25 schoolchildren, were injured when two buses collided in Ampara in the Eastern province of Sri Lanka on Friday afternoon, the police said in a ...

Since last November, the Houthis began to launch anti-ship ballistic missiles and drones targeting what they said were Israeli-linked ships transiting the Red Sea to show solidarity with the ...

HARARE, May 3 (Xinhua) -- More than 7 million Zimbabweans require food aid following an El Nino-induced drought this year, a senior government official has said.

GENEVA, May 3 (Xinhua) -- When the name Orient Express could still conjure up the famed adventures depicted by writer Agatha Christie during a leisurely eight-hour journey between Hungary and Serbia, ...