Although the novel coronavirus outbreak has thrown relatively big shocks to economic activities in the first two months, its impacts are short-lived and controllable,
VCG United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned on Sunday that without further efforts, between 3.5 and 4.4 billion people in the world will live with limited access to water, wit
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned on Sunday that without further efforts, between 3.5 and 4.4 billion people in the world will live with limited access to water, with more
Chinese President Xi Jinping exchanged congratulatory messages on Sunday with his Namibian counterpart, Hage Geingob, on the 30th anniversary of their countries' diplomatic relations. In his message,
A police officer walks across an empty 7th Avenue in a sparsely populated Times Square due to COVID-19 concerns, New York, U.S., March 20, 2020. /AP A wave of company defaults is likely to swe
An ambulance staff in protective suit wheels a stretcher with a patient on into a nursing facility in Kirkland, Washington State, U.S., February 29, 2020. /AP Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resour
Restrictions on mobility have had an important effect on air pollution in the Spanish cities of Madrid and Barcelona, according to investigations carried out by the Catalan regional authority and
SpaceX is launching its latest Starlink mission today, with a takeoff time of 8:16 AM EDT (5:16 AM PDT) currently scheduled to take place at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The launch will carry 60
A COVID-19 patient takes pictures of cherry blossoms at a hospital in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, March, 14, 2020. (Xinhua/Fei Maohua)BEIJING, March 16 (Xinh
China has steadily promoted the resumption of major railway construction with a total of 108 under-construction projects nationwide having resumed work, the China Stat
Industries across the spectrum are struggling to meet the challenges that the current Coronavirus outbreak presents. Few, though, are as immediately impacted as the airlines (and all the third-party c
People's Bank of China, Beijing, China. /VCG China's central bank announced Friday it will cut the reserve requirement ratio (RRR) for some banks effective March 16 to boost lending support fo
The Chinese banking sector has beefed up financial support for small businesses to weather the COVID-19 outbreak. As of Tuesday noon, China's city commercial banks and
VCG The global business travel sector is expected to take a revenue hit of about 820 billion U.S. dollars as corporates curb travel plans in the face of the coronavirus epidemic, an industry b
China's taxation authority on Tuesday unveiled an updated tax-cut guidelines to better cope with the spread of COVID-19 and support work and production resumption.The guidelines detailed 17 polici
A worker in Novin Saffron International laboratory checks the quality of stigmas. Jack Barton/CGTN Iran's economy has undoubtedly been hit hard since sanctions were re-introduced following the
East China's Jiangsu Province released a slew of measures Thursday, including rent reduction and financial support, to help the aged care service industry weather the