The Philippine armed forces said Saturday that three suspected rebels were killed in a clash in the southern Philippines.

Japan issued 1.29 million visas to foreign nationals in 2022, up roughly 14 fold from the previous year after the country dropped COVID-19 border control measures, the government has announced.

​Canada's population reached a milestone of 40 million as of June 16, 2023, Statistics Canada announced Friday.

Since the signing of an agreement on Cooperation on BRICS Remote Sensing Satellite Constellation in August 2021, China has shared 400 scenes of satellite imagery data with BRICS countries, with the total volume amounting to 1.5 TB.

​Chinese language learners in Zimbabwe on Friday showcased their passion and enthusiasm for Chinese language and culture at the 22nd edition of the Chinese Bridge competition held at the University of Zimbabwe in Harare, the capital of Zimbabwe.

​At least one person was killed and five others were missing due to storms and floods caused by an extratropical cyclone in the southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul, state authorities reported Friday.

​Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday met with a visiting delegation of African countries' leaders to discuss ways to bring peace to Ukraine, the presidential press service reported.

​The French government will invest 300 million euros (329 million U.S. dollars) per year between 2024 and 2030 to boost the development of a new, more fuel-efficient engine as well as the design of lighter aircraft, President Emmanuel Macron announced on Friday.

​U.S. stocks ended lower on Friday as investors weighed the path of monetary policy tightening by the Federal Reserve and the sustainability of the recent bull market.

China's Hunan City University and the University of Cape Coast (UCC) in Ghana on Friday here signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on student exchange, broadening the educational cooperation between the two universities.

Donald Trump has now one less legal headache. A suburban New York prosecutor said on Thursday that she has closed a multiyear investigation that focused in part on whether the twice-indicted former US president or his company misled authorities to reduce taxes on properties they own.

Russia has successfully maintained economic stability in the face of "unprecedented challenges," President Vladimir Putin said on Friday.

​Six people, including three children, were found dead after shooting and fire at a home in the U.S. state of Tennessee, media reported Friday, citing authorities.

The United States needs to work with China to bring bilateral relations gradually to the track of stable growth, Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said on Friday.

Chinese President Xi Jinping met with Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, in Beijing on Friday.

​An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.2 jolted south of the Fiji Islands at 18:06:27 GMT on Thursday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.