The Nashville International Chopin Piano Competition Announces the Alexei Sultanov Memorial Discovery Prize

China is willing to work with all parties to do a good job in the final stage of the 2026 APEC "China Year" and contribute to the fruitful results at the upcoming Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Leaders' Meeting, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Tuesday.

PSG set a record for the fastest team to score four times in a match in Europe'e slite club competition.

The three-time champions of Europe had lost their first two group games, but had far too much quality for a disappointing Feyenoord.

United ended a nine-game winless run in all competitions thanks to Matheus Cunha's double after a twice-taken Bruno Fernandes penalty had reduced the deficit.

Five-time winners Barcelona took an early lead through Lamine Yamal before Raphinha continued his fine goalscoring form with a second-half brace.

China is helping to train Solomon Islands police to use water cannons as part of an ongoing security partnership that is viewed with scepticism by the West. The Chinese embassy said on Tuesday that six officers from the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force took part in a week-long training exercise, without giving dates. The programme helped familiarise officers with the use of crowd control vehicles and different scenarios in which they may be used, the embassy said. The programme cultivated a...

Polls began closing across the United States on Tuesday evening in midterm elections that will decide whether US President Donald Trump’s Republicans keep control of Congress, after a day of voting disrupted by floods and machine glitches but largely free of the problems many had feared. The first polls closed at 6pm Eastern Time (7am Hong Kong time), with most states following over the next several hours. The last state to close polls will be Alaska, at 1am Eastern Time (2pm Hong Kong time)....

Amid continuously escalating tensions, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Tuesday accused a handful of Philippine politicians of “egregious, irrational and intolerable” conduct, urging Manila to rein in their anti-China rhetoric, state media reported. Wang made the remarks during a phone conversation with Philippine Foreign Minister Theresa Lazaro, as China-Philippines relations were currently facing what he described as “malicious interference”, according to Xinhua. “Some Philippine...

India won a silver medal in the women's 10m air rifle team event at the ISSF World Championships, following a men's team gold in the 50m pistol competition.

Youth Olympics silver medallist Khushbu Darjada had to convince locals in Senegal that she was Indian.

The double Olympic medallist said that while she can fund her own tours, many young shuttlers chasing international success depend on financial assistance to sustain their careers.

Dr. Andreas Wladis, Medical Director of the UN Division of Healthcare Management and Occupational Safety and Health, says technology matters, but proper medical screening, training and established protocols remain essential.