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A compilation of discourses of Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, on coordinating epidemic control with economic and social development has been published by the Central Party Literature Press.
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) staged a military parade here on Saturday to celebrate the 75th founding anniversary of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea (WPK), the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported.
Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Saturday all parties concerned should join a regional multilateral dialogue as part of efforts to implement a 2015 UN resolution and reach a proper solution to the Iran nuclear issue.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Saturday welcomed the agreement on a humanitarian cease-fire in Nagorno-Karabakh announced on Friday by the foreign ministers of Russia, Azerbaijan and Armenia, said his spokesman.
U.S. President Donald Trump made his first public appearance at the White House on Saturday since he returned from hospitalization for COVID-19.
China will work together with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to seek new progress in deepening their comprehensive strategic partnership, visiting senior Chinese diplomat Yang Jiechi said on Saturday.
A mainland spokesperson on Saturday slammed Tsai Ing-wen and the administration of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) for advocating colluding with foreign forces to seek "Taiwan independence".
The move was made as the country's foreign exchange market operation has remained stable with balanced market supply and demand since the start of this year, according to the statement.
Companies from a total of 29 countries and regions have confirmed their attendance at an agricultural hi-tech fair later this month in northwest China's Shaanxi Province, an official said Saturday.
China's civil aviation sector continued to recover in September, with airports seeing flights return to more than 90 percent of the volume registered in the same period last year, an industry report shows.
The wholesale prices of China's agricultural products edged down Saturday, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs.
Pakistan's Orange Line Metro Train project in the country's eastern city of Lahore under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), was completed and delivered to the Pakistani side on Friday, according to the joint venture that is responsible for the implementation of the project.
China's leading hog producer Muyuan Foods expected surging profits in the first three quarters amid high demand for pork, a staple meat in the country.
The city of Qingdao in east China's Shandong Province reported three new asymptomatic cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, local health authorities said.
China's top health authority on Saturday called for consistent efforts to address mental health issues arising from the COVID-19 epidemic.Nationwide, 667 hotlines dedicated to meeting rising demands for mental health care were set up, handling about 630,000 requests as of September 24, according to the commission.
Asian American unemployment rates this year increased from 2.5 percent in February to 14.5 percent in April, and 15 percent in May, the greatest among all racial groups across the United States, said a recent survey.
Nearly half a million people in the US state of Louisiana were out of power on Saturday due to the impact of Hurricane Delta which made landfall Friday evening on the Gulf Coast.
Nearly 10,000 minks had died in the past two weeks at nine fur farms in the U.S.In June, authorities in these countries gassed hundreds of thousands of animals, concerned that the minks could harbor the virus, spread it to other farm animals, even humans.
Global COVID-19 cases surpassed 37 million on Saturday, according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University. The global case count reached 37,003,414, with a total of 1,069,836 deaths worldwide as of 2:23 p.m.
Chinese college students returning to campus have found uninvited guests in their dorms, which have been unoccupied for eight months due to the coronavirus pandemic.
A 407-year old pear tree in Northwest China's Gansu Province that was hollowed out by fire was found to still be full of life and able to bear fruit, media reported on Monday.
"We found evidence that Conospermum plants have adapted the biochemistry of their pollen grains to cope with the antimicrobial properties of the ants," Delnevo said.
A fan has won the chance to have dinner, or work out, with NFL superstar Tom Brady as well as a pack of Tampa Bay Buccaneers opening-game tickets and memorabilia after a making winning bid of $800,000 at a fundraising auction.
A new China body image trend is sweeping Chinese social media after a Chinese actress launched a new collarbone challenge, which is standing a lipstick container on her collarbone, on her Sina Weibo account.
Lots of Chinese netizens have uploaded numerous photos of delicious dishes and recipes on China's Twitter-like Sina Weibo that they have come up with while staying at home amid the ongoing outbreak of the novel coronavirus.
The troops of India and Pakistan Saturday exchanged heavy fire and targeted each other's positions on Line of Control (LoC) dividing Kashmir on Saturday morning, officials said.
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that remaining U.S. troops in Afghanistan should return home by Christmas.
Two more U.S. soldiers and one of their family members in South Korea have tested positive for COVID-19 amid the lingering worry about the virus spread here, the U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) said Monday.
ADF personnel were called in to assist local police and security forces in conducting the hotel quarantine and containment of the virus to ensure it did not spread to the local community.
China and India are holding the 19th meeting of the Working Mechanism for Consultation and Coordination on China-India Border Affairs, a Foreign Ministry spokesperson confirmed Wednesday.
China's largest patrol vessel was launched at a shipyard in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, on Tuesday.
Chinese researchers have developed an intelligent robot to facilitate concrete drainage system detection.
China's Mars probe Tianwen-1 successfully conducted a deep-space maneuver on Friday night (Beijing time), according to the China National Space Administration.
As China moves progressively toward its goal of becoming a major power in the global space arena that can rival the United States, space startups and local governments are also racing to tap into the boom in rockets and satellites.
Third-generation nuclear reactor technology has broken foreign monopolies in many fields and will enable China to own independent intellectual property rights and harness export potential, said senior executives of State Power Investment Corp.
It is not an astonishing concept anymore to use drones for package deliveries. But a new army of much larger unmanned carriers, some even the size of small aircraft, have recently been taking to the skies.
Despite being affected by three typhoons and the COVID-19 epidemic, Song Jilin's 20 hectares of rice on the Qixing farm, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, embraced a bumper harvest this year.
My People, My Homeland, an anthology comedy film depicting China's achievements in the battle against poverty, has generated a total of 2 billion yuan ($295 million) at the China box office since its release on Oct 1, both the National Day and the Mid-Autumn Festival.
Mats Malm, Permanent Secretary of the Swedish Academy, is seen during the announcement of 2020 Nobel Prize in literature at Borshuset in Stockholm, Sweden Oct 8, 2020.
Production of the latest "Jurassic World" film, "Jurassic World: Dominion," has been temporarily suspended due to a COVID-19 scare, said the film's producers Wednesday.
Egyptian Tourism and Antiquities Ministry on Saturday unveiled 59 newly-discovered well-preserved ancient coffins in Giza Province near the capital Cairo.
China's box-office revenue so far this year has hit 10 billion yuan (about 1.47 billion U.S. dollars), movie-ticketing and film-data platform Maoyan said Saturday.
Visitors ambled by the Yellow Crane Tower, a landmark scenic spot in Wuhan, Hubei Province, as part of a night tour on Thursday. It was the first day of an eight-day national holiday.
International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach will visit Japan in mid-November and meet new Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, Tokyo 2020 organizing committee CEO Toshiro Muto said on Friday.
The Main Press Center (MPC) and International Broadcasting Center (IBC) will be integrated into the Main Media Center (MMC) during the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games.
A member of the Tokyo 2020 organizing committee has tested positive for COVID-19, it was announced here on Tuesday.
Chinese swimmers broke the world record of the mixed 4X100m medley relay in 3 minutes 38.41 seconds at the Chinese national swimming championships in Qingdao on Thursday.
The 2020 China Youth Ice Hockey Tournament Division U12 began in Xining on Thursday, the first domestic ice hockey tournament since the beginning of 2020.
The Tokyo Olympic torch relay will start on March 25, 2021, in Fukushima Prefecture, organizers of the Tokyo Games said on Monday.
Scientists sequenced a short fragment of the zinc finger protein gene, the zoo said in a release. "The X and Y chromosomes both have this gene, with slightly different DNA sequences," it explained.
Panda cubs celebrated their first birthday with cakes and presents at a party in Southwest China's Sichuan Province on September 16, 2020.
Legendary giant panda Lei Lei died at the age of 31 due to epileptic seizure on Wednesday, the China Giant Panda Conservation and Research Center announced on Thursday night through Sina Weibo.
A 3-year-old panda named Fu Xing, or Lucky Star, at the Beijing Zoo has attracted public attention recently because it's losing fur on its head.
Mei Xiang's cub, who was born earlier this month, is "growing nicely," Michael Brown-Palsgrove, curator of Asia Trail and giant pandas with the Smithsonian's National Zoo here, said on Monday.
An infrared camera in a nature reserve in northwest China's Gansu Province has captured wild pandas urinating on a tree to attract spouses.
