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China issues low-cost loans to virus-hit sectors

China's local banks have issued 107.5 billion yuan (about 15.4 billion U.S. dollars) of low-cost loans by Friday to support sectors hit by the novel coronavirus diseas

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Traditional Chinese Medicine helps COVID-19 patients recover

Chinese doctors have a old weapon in the fight against a new enemy, using techniques from their predecessors' arsenals. Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) is one of the nation's oldest, most time-

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Washington D.C. reports 1st COVID-19 case

The first case of the novel coronavirus has been confirmed in Washington D.C., said the city's mayor Muriel Bowser on Saturday. Late Saturday afternoon, testing at the Public Health Lab at the DC De

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Xinhua Headlines: China's new COVID-19 cases drop to double-digit figures since Jan. 21

After the whole country's arduous efforts, a positive trend has emerged, signaling progress in China's COVID-19 fight. Chinese mainland reported 99 new COVID-19 cases F

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Netanyahu 3 seats short of majority coalition in parliament election: latest figures

The bloc of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is three seats short of a majority coalition in the 120-seat parliament, the latest figures showed Wednesday afte

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Netanyahu secures solid victory in third Israeli elections in one year: exit polls

by Keren Setton Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu secured a solid victory in the parliamentary elections held on Monday. "Thank you," he tweeted minutes after the exit polls were published.

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Tajik president meets with senior Chinese official on bilateral ties

Tajik President Emomali Rahmon on Sunday met here with Yang Jiechi, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and direct

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Xinhua Headlines-Xi Focus: How China fights war against COVID-19 under Xi's command

China's unprecedented public health responses have yielded notable results in blocking human-to-human transmissions of the virus, preventing or at least delaying hundre

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Xi's remarks on epidemic control, economy offer experience, encouragement for int'l cooperation

Scholars around the world said Chinese President Xi Jinping's speech on Sunday has shared China's experience in fighting COVID-19 and encouraged the world to work closely together. In his speech, Xi

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Xinhua Photos of the Day (Feb. 25)

Beijing, Feb. 25, 2020 (Xinhua) -- The world in the past 24hrs. A selection of the best daily press photos from Xinhua. The 2-month-old child of Zhao Rui (pseudonym) interacts with temporary "mothe

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Trump: US Looks Forward to Providing ‘Best, Most Feared Military Equipment’ to India

Donald Trump is currently on a visit to India, a major regional ally he sees as a counterbalance to China's influence in Southeast Asia. He has teased the prospect of a

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Chinese FM meets Vatican counterpart

Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with Vatican's Secretary for Relations with States Paul Gallagher here on Friday on the sidelines of the 56th Munich Security Conference. Refe

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The merits of understanding Lebanon beyond Hezbollah

A view of downtown Beirut, Lebanon. /Reuters Photo Editor's note:Hannan Hussain is a security analyst at the London School of Economics - South Asia Center, and an author. The article reflects

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Int'l cooperation against coronavirus is urgently needed

VCG Photo Editor's note: Danilo Türk is former President of the Republic of Slovenia, from 2007 to 2012. He is currently a non-resident senior fellow at the Chongyang Institute for Financial S

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Saudi FM says fully confident of China's fight against novel coronavirus

China will eventually win the fight against the novel coronavirus, Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud said Monday. In a phone conversation with Chinese S

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APD | Coordination between countries underscored; five-year old child yielded negative of novel corona virus

By APD writer Melo M. AcuñaMANILA, Jan. 24, (APD)-- Government health authorities confirmed several persons are under observation for probable cases of novel corona vir

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Industrial technologies get a big backer with Anzu Partners’ new $190 million fund

Advances in biology, biochemistry, sensors and automation have the potential to reshape the ways manufacturing in America is done and a relatively new firm called Anzu Partners has just raised $190 mi