A survey released on Tuesday showed that the overall reading habit among Chinese adults stood at 81.9 per cent in 2023, marking a slight increase from that in 2022. Of the total, the habit of reading books among Chinese adults came in at 59.8 per cent, maintaining the same level as the previous ye
Nineteen distinguished district-level leaders, including presidents and general secretaries from the Bangladesh Awami League, BNP, and Jatiya Party, representing eight districts, have recently completed the Democracy International’s Senior Leaders Fellowship Program. This marks the ninth coh
South Koreans bid farewell on Wednesday to Fu Bao, the first giant panda born in the country, as she left the zoo where she was born in 2020 to be flown to China in a tearful send-off by a large crowd of fans braving steady rain. Zoo keepers thanked the panda cub for bringing joy and the fans for
Between events, the 14 million visitors expected in Paris during the Olympics will have the opportunity to nourish their minds in thematic exhibitions listed on the official application called "La Carte des Jeux" ("The Games Map"). During the 2012 London Games, museums in the British capital suffe
Archaeologists in northern Israel have uncovered an immense underground hideout comprising narrow tunnels and bigger rooms that were dug by Jewish villagers nearly 2,000 years ago at a time of revolt against the Roman empire. The labyrinth is evidence, the experts said, that Jewish communities as
Young couples in China planning "simple" weddings, rather than traditional banquets with hundreds of guests, was one of the top hits online after an article urging more frugal nuptials was published by the government body in charge of women's rights. The article by the All China Women's Federation
Hollywood movie star Will Smith said he read the Muslim holy book Quran from “cover to cover” last Ramadan, Turkish newspaper the Daily Sabah reports. “I loved the simplicity; the Quran is so clear; it is crystal clear. It is hard to walk away with misunderstanding,” Smith
"I’m from where Messi is from," 90-year-old Esther Cunio told the two masked Palestinian gunmen who moments earlier invaded her home in southern Israel. It was the morning of October 7 and Hamas was carrying out its killing spree in communities near the Gaza border, including in Kibbutz Nir
The number of marriages in South Korea rose in 2023 for the first time in more than a decade, lifted by pent-up demand from couples delaying nuptials during the pandemic, but the data did not point to a sustained rebound in a rapidly ageing society. The slight rise in marriages last year comes aft
A man fell to his death from a hot-air balloon Monday as it passed over suburban Melbourne, Australia's second-largest city. The hot-air balloon took off from Melbourne’s northern suburbs early in the morning and was in the air for about 30 minutes before the man fell from the basket. His b
