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.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Donald Trump said Friday he will sign an order imposing a 10 percent global tariff to replace some of the emergency duties the U.S. Supreme Court ruled ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

MILAN, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- Following is the medal table at the Milan-Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games after the competitions on Friday, February 20 (tabulated under delegations, gold, silver, bronze ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A small detail quietly linked the two victories. On Wang's gloves, one hand bore the image of a heart - echoing the Chinese character "Xin" in his given name - while the other showed a peach, a nod to ...

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 ...