HONG KONG, Aug. 1 (Xinhua) -- The Stablecoins Ordinance officially took effect on Friday, establishing a licensing regime for fiat-referenced stablecoins (FRS) issuers in Hong Kong. This initiative ...

For its part, Hezbollah mourned the four members in separate statements, saying they "rose as martyrs on the path to Jerusalem," without providing further details. The group identified the fallen as ...

KIGALI, Aug. 1 (Xinhua) -- Officials from Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have convened the first meeting of a joint oversight committee established under the United ...

JAKARTA, Aug. 1 (Xinhua) -- Indonesia saw a sharp rise in exports of two of its key commodities, crude palm oil and its derivative products, as well as iron and steel, in the first half of this year, ...

KATHMANDU, Aug. 1 (Xinhua) -- Nepal welcomed 70,193 foreign tourists in July, up 8.7 percent over the same month of last year, the Nepal Tourism Board said on Friday. Total foreign arrivals in the ...

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 1 (Xinhua) -- Malaysia's 13th Malaysia Plan (13MP) growth goals of 4.5 percent to 5.5 percent are achievable with the right policy mix, economists said.

Zhang also urged enhanced coordination in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region in flood prevention and disaster mitigation, and special attention to vulnerable groups such as the elderly, the sick, and ...

The government has set a target of 610,000 barrels per day (bpd) for oil lifting in 2026, slightly higher than this year's target of 605,000 bpd. Bahlil noted that current production has already ...

ANKARA, Aug. 1 (Xinhua) -- Turkish authorities detained 940 suspects in anti-drug operations carried out across 70 provinces over the past 10 days, Türkiye Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said Friday.

TOKYO, Aug. 1 (Xinhua) -- Japan recorded dangerous heat of over 40 degrees Celsius for the third straight day on Friday, according to the country's weather agency. The mercury soared to 40.4 degrees ...

JUBA, Aug. 1 (Xinhua) -- South Sudan has reached an agreement with joint oil operating companies to scale up exploration and drilling activities in prospective oil fields, as the country aims to ...

MAPUTO, Aug 1 (Xinhua) -- Mozambican President Daniel Chapo officially launched the "Infrastructure Land Project" on Thursday in Faiquete, Vilankulo District, Inhambane Province, marking the start of ...