TASHKENT, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- The share of the shadow economy in Uzbekistan has fallen from 45-50 percent in 2019 to the current 35 percent, local media reported on Tuesday.

CHENGDU, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- France's Victor Crouin defended his men's singles title at the World Games squash competition on Tuesday, while top seed Satomi Watanabe of Japan claimed the women's gold ...

CHENGDU, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- China claimed its first ever para ju-jitsu title at The World Games 2025 here on Tuesday, the last day of the ju-jitsu competition in which Israel's Nimrod Ryeder crowned ...

MADRID, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- Villarreal president Fernando Roig on Tuesday made a promise to the club's supporters after the decision taken by the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) to allow the La ...

ULAN BATOR, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- Mongolia's foreign trade reached 14.2 billion U.S. dollars in the first seven months of 2025, a 9.2-percent decrease compared to the same period last year, according to ...

GAZA, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- Under the blazing midday sun, the narrow streets around the Al-Shifa Medical Complex in Gaza City were filled with mourners on Monday as Palestinian journalists killed in an ...

NEW DELHI, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- Two policemen were wounded Tuesday in a gunfight with Naxals rebels in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh, police said. The gunfight between Naxals and joint ...

CHENGDU, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- Less than 24 hours after Tang Ke completed her journey at the Chengdu World Games, she was back in her office in Shanghai for meetings. After the freediving events ...

OSLO, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- Norway's oil fund announced Tuesday that it has sold its stakes in several Israeli companies and plans further divestments, following criticism over its investments in firms ...

MOSCOW, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- Russian scientists have discovered new reindeer habitats in the Baikal Nature Reserve in the Khamar-Daban mountain range of southern Siberia, local media reported Tuesday, ...

At a press conference later Monday, Washington D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser said that the federal government's takeover of the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department was "unsettling" and "unprecedented," ...

Regarding its forecast for the world economic growth, OPEC turned up the figure for 2025 from 2.9 percent to 3 percent, citing the "consistent and strong momentum observed in the first half of 2025".