KUWAIT CITY, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) -- Kuwait has kicked off a major environmental cleanup effort as the first unit of an oil lake crude recovery project, led by China's Jereh Group, completed its trial run ...

In findings published recently in the journal Tobacco Control, researchers identified a "striking" consistency: young vapers were not only at greater risk of taking up smoking, but were also likely to ...

HOUSTON, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. crude oil imports decreased while exports increased during the week ending Aug. 15, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) said in a report released on ...

NEW YORK, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) -- The American Soybean Association (ASA), representing more than 500,000 U.S. soybean farmers, said Tuesday that U.S. soybean farmers are "standing at a trade and financial ...

WASHINGTON, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. Department of State on Wednesday imposed sanctions on four individuals currently serving on the International Criminal Court (ICC) for having directly engaged ...

NEW YORK, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. dollar fell in late trading on Wednesday. The dollar index, which measures the greenback against six major peers, decreased 0.04 percent to 98.221 at 3 p.m.

CAIRO, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) -- Egypt has sent 1,288 humanitarian aid trucks into the Gaza Strip through the Kerem Shalom crossing between July 27 and Aug. 17, according to a statistical chart released by ...

TEHRAN, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) -- Iran's Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi said Wednesday that inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) could return to Iran with approval from the ...

ALMATY, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) -- Kazakhstan's antitrust authority has proposed state regulation of thermal coal prices in a bid to curb monopolistic practices in the sector and stabilize electricity ...

AMSTERDAM, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) -- Sail Amsterdam, the Netherlands' major maritime festival first held 50 years ago, kicked off its 10th edition on Wednesday after a decade-long break.

According to the Italian wine industry organization Federvini, the United States is the largest export market for Italian wine, spirits, and vinegar producers. Last year, sales to America totaled ...

The study, published in Nature and featured on its cover, describes the supernova, SN2021yfj, as unusually rich in heavy elements such as silicon, sulfur and argon. Most supernovae typically reveal ...