China has released new measures aimed at expanding and upgrading consumption in the domestic services sector, focusing on improving the quality of domestic services, making services more accessible to consumers, enhancing policy support, and fostering a better consumption environment.

The first driverless delivery vehicle in Hebi, central China's Henan, has been operating smoothly in Xunxian County. Equipped with laser radar and an intelligent navigation system, the vehicle can precisely follow preset routes to deliver goods at a speed of 40 km/h, with a daily delivery capacity of 600 parcels. The county plans to have 10 such vehicles in operation by mid-May.

Butterflies cover flowers and leaves, blending in perfectly when looking afar.

Li Jiping, a former vice president of China Development Bank, was sentenced to 14 years in prison for accepting bribes worth over 57.3 million yuan ($7.85 million) by a court in China's Henan Province on Monday.

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shared detailed information about forthcoming strikes in Yemen on March 15 in a private Signal group chat that included his wife, brother, and personal lawyer, The New York Times reported, citing four anonymous sources with knowledge of the matter.

Klaus Schwab, founder of the World Economic Forum, has announced his resignation as chair of the WEF Board of Trustees, the WEF said in a statement on Monday.

China on Monday imposed sanctions on US congress members, officials, and NGO heads who acted egregiously on Hong Kong-related issues.

The US earlier imposed unlawful and arbitrary unilateral sanctions on six Chinese officials, seriously interfering in China's internal affairs and violating the principles of international law and basic norms governing international relations, said the Chinese FM.

At the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping, President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev will pay a state visit to China from April 22 to 24, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson announced on Monday.

With a total weight of 95 tons, the seventh batch of emergency humanitarian aid supplies dispatched by the Chinese government on Sunday arrived at Yangon International Airport, Myanmar, which was hit by a devastating 7.9M earthquake on March 28.

Coast guards of China and Vietnam on Monday launched their first joint patrol of 2025 in the Beibu Gulf, according to an official statement from the China Coast Guard.

The two sides will conduct law enforcement inspections of fishing vessels from both countries, work to regulate maritime fishing activities, and respond effectively to emergencies at sea.

China's online retail sales totaled 3.6 trillion yuan (about $499.6 billion) in Q1 2025, with online retail sales of physical goods and digital products increasing 5.7% and 7.4%, respectively, the Ministry of Commerce said on Monday.

China on Monday launched a tourism promotion campaign, running until May 31, which will feature over 6,000 beneficial measures for tourists nationwide, with more than 1 billion yuan (about $138.78 million) of subsidies to be provided by over 60 cooperative entities, including Meituan and Alipay.

Chinese courts nationwide concluded more than 540,000 legal cases related to intellectual property (IP) last year, which shows rising efficiency and effectiveness in handling such cases, said the Supreme People's Court on Monday.

NASA said that its Lucy spacecraft made a close encounter with a small main belt asteroid, codenamed "Donaldjohanson," within 960 km at the speed of about 48,000 km/h on Sunday afternoon.

Launched on Oct. 16, 2021, the Lucy mission is to survey the Jupiter Trojan asteroids, a never-before-explored population of small bodies that orbit the Sun.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced on Monday that Ukraine will hold peace talks with the UK, France, and the US in London on Wednesday, emphasizing that an unconditional ceasefire must be the first step toward peace.

Take the world's first panoramic sightseeing mountain tourist train that offers an immersive "traincation," with stunning window views of snow-capped peaks, crystal-clear waters, dramatic canyons and more in southwest China's Yunnan Province.