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World to miss 2020 targets against AIDS due to unequal progress, COVID-19: UNAIDS report

The global HIV targets for 2020 will not be reached due to the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic and the highly unequal pace between countries, said a UNAIDS report re

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Four views: is edtech changing how we learn?

In the future, students might dismiss stories about weather-related school closures as folklore.The COVID-19 pandemic compelled us to experiment with edtech, but it’s still unclear whether atten

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India's COVID-19 death toll rises to 19,693, total cases close to 700,000

India's federal health ministry Monday morning said 425 new deaths due to COVID-19, besides fresh 24,248 positive cases, were reported during the past 24 hours across

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Mega hydropower project in SW China starts operation

The first group of electricity-generation units at the Wudongde Hydropower Station in southwest China, set to be the country's fourth and the world's seventh largest,

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China Focus: 99 years on, CPC leads China's evolution on world economic stage

Turning 99 this week, the Communist Party of China (CPC) has much to be proud of. The largest political party in the world has transformed a weak, war-torn nation into

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U.S. challenger bank Chime launches Credit Builder, a credit card that works more like debit

U.S. challenger bank Chime, now valued at $5.8 billion, is entering the credit card market with today’s launch of a new card designed to help consumers build their credit history by way of every

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Beijing-Shanghai high-speed railway celebrates 9th birthday with sound safety record

Tuesday marked the ninth anniversary of the launch of Beijing-Shanghai high-speed railway, one of China's busiest high-speed rail lines. As of Tuesday, about 1.11 mill

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China-UAE joint projects achieve progress amid COVID-19 pandemic

China-United Arab Emirates (UAE) joint projects have resumed and achieved progress despite challenges facing the UAE due to the COVID-19 pandemic and dropping oil pric

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China enhances status as one of world's largest fund hubs: UK newspaper

Photo taken on Oct. 25, 2018 shows a night view of the Lujiazui area in Shanghai, east China. (Xinhua/Liu Ying)Chinese funds increased their share of the global investm

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China's new mega hydropower station put into operation

01:06 After a 72-hour trial operation, the first unit of the Wudongde Hydropower Station, China's fourth-largest and the world's seventh-largest hydropower project, was

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China's table tennis chief Liu Guoliang named WTT Council head

Chinese table tennis chief Liu Guoliang has been tasked with promoting the sport on a global level, as World Table Tennis (WTT) named the former Olympic champion as it

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Commentary: G20 has vital leading role in moment of dual global crises

One year ago, in his remarks at the Group of 20 (G20) summit in the Japanese city of Osaka, Chinese President Xi Jinping urged the leaders of major economies to "re-ca

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Across China: Foreign businesspeople trained in livestreaming e-commerce in "world's supermarket"

What kind of livestreaming sessions will attract more viewers? How to introduce a product so that viewers will not leave the livestreaming room? At a livestreaming e-c

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Atmos wants to make building a house a one-click effort

Homebuilding is not for the faint of heart, particularly those who want to build something custom. Selecting the right architect and designer, the myriad of contractors, the complexity of building cod

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Hopin raises $40M Series A as its virtual events business accelerates

This morning Hopin, a London-based startup building virtual events technology, announced that it has raised a $40 million Series A led by IVP. According to the company, Salesforce’s corporate ve

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Ocean in Jupiter's moon Europa could hold life, scientists claim

The researchers hope their work will help prepare for NASA's Europa Clipper mission will launch in the next few years.

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EU, China closer than ever to alleviating uncertainty

03:28 The President of the EU Chamber of Commerce in China Joerg Wuttke has said that the EU and China are closer than ever to overcoming uncertainties and noted that t