DUSHANBE, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- Tajikistan's population stood at about 10.72 million as of Jan. 1, 2026, up 2 percent from the same date last year, the country's Agency on Statistics reported Friday.

CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- Switzerland swept Norway 9-1 to claim the bronze medal in the men's curling competition at the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics on Friday. Switzerland, who ...

SACRAMENTO, United States, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- California Governor Gavin Newsom on Friday demanded that U.S. President Donald Trump refund with interest all those affected by his tariffs, after the ...

MILAN, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Kirsty Coventry hailed the Milan-Cortina Winter Games as "truly successful" on Friday, saying the event had "surpassed ...

LIVIGNO, Italy, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- U.S. skier Alex Ferreira won the men's freeski halfpipe title at the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics here on Friday.

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- NASA on Thursday completed a key wet dress rehearsal for its Artemis II crewed lunar mission, successfully fueling its Space Launch System rocket and demonstrating the ...

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said in a statement that it struck Hezbollah command centers in the city of Baalbek, located in the Bekaa Valley, claiming that Hezbollah militants used the targeted ...

Yuma Kagiyama of Japan claimed his second consecutive men's singles Olympic silver, with compatriot Shun Sato taking bronze. Malinin, despite missing the podium in the individual event, had earlier ...

MILAN, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- Antoinette Rijpma-de Jong of the Netherlands finally landed her first Olympic gold medal in her fourth Winter Games as she claimed the title of the women's 1,500 meters ...

SINGAPORE, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- The draw for the 2026 World Table Tennis Singapore Smash was held on Friday, with men's top seed Wang Chuqin set to open against Australia's Finn Luu, while women's ...

MILAN, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Kirsty Coventry defended on Friday the political neutrality of the Olympic Movement, stressing that the Games remain a ...