The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 542.4 points, or 1.23 percent, to 43,588.58. The S&P 500 declined 1.6 percent to 6,238.01, and the Nasdaq Composite slid 2.24 percent to 20,650.13.

CAPE TOWN, Aug. 1 (Xinhua) -- South African researchers have started injecting small amounts of detectable radioactive ...

KATHMANDU, Aug. 1 (Xinhua) -- Nepal values the "time-tested friendship" with China and looks forward to further advancing ...

BOGOTA, Aug. 1 (Xinhua) -- Former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe was sentenced to 12 years of house arrest in the first instance after being found guilty of witness tampering and procedural fraud, ...

SARAJEVO, Aug. 1 (Xinhua) -- The Appellate Division Panel of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) on Friday upheld a one-year prison sentence for Republika Srpska President Milorad Dodik, ...

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 1 (Xinhua) -- Four people were killed in a bar shooting on Friday in Anaconda, U.S. state of Montana, local media reported, citing law enforcement officials. The shooting occurred ...

Guests visit a photo exhibition in Minsk, Belarus, July 31, 2025. Xinhua News Agency held a photo exhibition in Minsk ...

This photo taken on Aug. 1, 2025 shows the first quarter moon in the sky in Jiamusi City, northeast China's Heilongjiang ...

An aerial drone photo taken on Aug. 1, 2025 shows a view of the Great Wall in Zunhua City, north China's Hebei Province.

RAMALLAH, Aug. 1 (Xinhua) -- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas welcomed on Friday Portugal's announcement of its intention to take steps to pave the way for its recognition of the Palestinian state ...

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday announced that he has ordered the firing of Erika McEntarfer, commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), accusing her of ...

UNITED NATIONS, Aug. 1 (Xinhua) -- Relief workers have handed cash to more than 10,000 hungry families in Gaza, who find little food on the market to spend on, UN humanitarians said on Friday. "Market ...