Yuan was the first Chinese player to take the central court, facing Clara Burel of France, the world No. 55, who advanced into the Wuhan Open main draw through two rounds of qualifiers.

HONG KONG, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- The Hong Kong Chamber of Shipping was officially established on Monday with an aim to shore up Hong Kong's status as an international shipping hub.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday condemned the massacre of innocent people by Hamas and mourned the loss of civilian lives in Gaza in a call with Israeli President ...

PHNOM PENH, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia attracted 315 fixed-asset investment projects worth 5.28 billion U.S. dollars in the first nine months of 2024, creating over 250,000 jobs, said the Council for ...

LUSAKA, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- At least 10 miners died while five others sustained injuries when a pit they were conducting mining activities in central Zambia's Mumbwa district collapsed, the police said ...

UNITED NATIONS, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- A Chinese envoy on Monday urged all parties to exercise restraint and avoid inflammatory remarks and provocative actions to prevent the situation in the Middle East ...

"We choose to continue a long and painful war of attrition against Israel," Al-Qassam Brigades spokesman Abu Ubaida said in a video statement marking the first anniversary of Hamas' Oct. 7 assault on ...

DAMASCUS, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Filippo Grandi visited the Jdeidet Yabous crossing on the border between Syria and Lebanon on Monday, Syria's state ...

China is "ready to work with all parties to support the United Nations to be more active and effective, transform the political commitments of the Pact for the Future into concrete actions, jointly ...

The conflict, which began on Oct. 7, 2023 with a Hamas attack on southern Israel that killed 1,200 people, has entered its second year. Israel's subsequent military campaign in Gaza has resulted in ...

CAIRO, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- Egypt has completed the awarding of 5G mobile network licenses to the country's four major telecom operators, with a total value of 675 million U.S. dollars, Minister of ...

GAZA, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- The year-long "brutal" war has turned the Gaza Strip into a graveyard for tens of thousands and a sea of rubble, the UN agency for Palestine refugees said Monday.