At 10:03 a.m. Sunday morning, the sun was directly over the Tropic of Capricorn at 23.5° south latitude, marking the December solstice, and the beginning of winter in the Northern Hemisphere. Other ...

For the past week, the South China Sea has witnessed renewed, deliberate provocations. The Philippines has once again orchestrated a farce, illegally intruding into China's sovereign airspace and ...

Children present the dumplings they made at a kindergarten in Jiyuan city, East China's Shandong province, Dec 19, 2025. Winter Solstice, the shortest day of the year, which will fall on Dec 21 this ...

China now stands at the end of its 14th Five-Year Plan and on the threshold of the 15th Five-Year Plan. As the practice of Chinese modernization deepens, China has demonstrated to the world the ...

Thousands of revellers gathered at Stonehenge in Wiltshire on Sunday morning to welcome the sunrise on the winter solstice - the shortest day of the year. Wearing Celtic clothing and elaborate, nature ...

Children display dumplings they have just made at a kindergarten in Yangzhou City, east China's Jiangsu Province, Dec. 18, 2025. People all over the country held diverse events on Thursday to mark the ...