Laura Fernández Delgado, Costa Rica's president elect.

Laura Fernández, of the ruling Sovereign People's Party (PPSO - center-right), will be the next president of Costa Rica, according to provisional data from the country's Supreme Electoral Tribunal.

Pope Leo XIV

Pope Leo XIV expressed concern this Sunday over the situation between the United States and Cuba and rejected the decision of US President Donald Trump to impose tariffs on countries that send oil to the island.

Wang Zhonghong, professor at Xizang Agricultural and Animal Husbandry University.

For people living in high-altitude pastoral areas, access to fresh vegetables has long been constrained by harsh natural conditions, with limited varieties available year-round. For nearly two decades, Wang Zhonghong, a professor at Xizang Agricultural and Animal Husbandry University, has been working to change that.

In various cities, citizens have criticized Trump's authoritarian style

With everyday events and communication strategies to divert or focus media attention, the first ten days of 2026 revealed a growing sense of discontent across various sectors of American society with Donald Trump's policies.

Technicians assemble a liquid oxygen-methane rocket engine at the general assembly plant of Chinese commercial rocket firm LandSpace in Huzhou, east China's Zhejiang province.Technicians assemble a liquid oxygen-methane rocket engine at the general assembly plant of Chinese commercial rocket firm LandSpace in Huzhou, east China's Zhejiang province. Photo: Huang Yangyang

Recently, China sent a Gravity-1 carrier rocket into space from waters off the coast of Haiyang, east China's Shandong province, placing three satellites into their designated orbits. This launch exemplifies the growing momentum of China's emerging commercial space sector, which is contributing significantly to the country's space exploration capabilities.