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China firmly opposes U.S. deployment of land-based medium-range missiles in Asia-Pacific, Europe

China firmly opposes the U.S. plan to deploy land-based medium-range missiles in the Asia-Pacific and European regions, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said Tuesday. He said Russia's r

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Italy's coronavirus reproduction rate approaches 1.0 threshold

Italy's coronavirus infection rate has gradually climbed over the last four weeks with the national reproduction rate climbing near an important threshold, government figures have shown. Governmen

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Livestreaming becomes new mode of film marketing and ticketing amid epidemic: report

Livestreaming platforms have emerged as a new channel for movie marketing and ticket sales amid the COVID-19 epidemic, according to a report by an online platform unde

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Tropical storm Hanna causes flood, power outage in U.S. Texas

U.S. southern state of Texas along the coast of Gulf of Mexico continued to feel the impact of tropical storm Hanna on Sunday with flooded streets and power outage. Hu

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COVID-19 vaccine: What are the next stages of approval?

Promising study results from a few candidate COVID-19 vaccines around the world – including the one being developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University and the one by Chinese company CanSino Biologi

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U.S. legislation on Hong Kong interferes in China's internal affairs: Indian scholar

A ship carrying the slogan of "celebrating the 23rd anniversary of Hong Kong's return to the motherland" sails at the Victoria Harbour in Hong Kong, south China, July 1, 2020. (Xinhua/Lui Siu Wai) T

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Interview: Scholar says U.S. legislation on Hong Kong interferes in China's internal affairs

The United States' signing the Hong Kong sanctions bill into law is seen as "an interference in China's internal affairs on the pretext of democracy, human rights and autonomy," an Indian scholar ha

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Nigerian companies: CIIE helps in developing new partners

02:35 Muda Yusuf,director general of Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry, anon-profitthat boasts over 1,500 members, says Nigerians companies have benefited from participation in th

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Merkel says tackling COVID-19 to be "leitmotif" for Germany's EU presidency

German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday presented a basic outline and goals of Germany's presidency of the EU Council starting in July, setting tackling COVID-19 as the "leitmotif" for its term.

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Trump: US Will Reduce Troop Presence in Germany by Half Until Berlin Covers NATO Bill

Citing Berlin's alleged delinquency "in their payments to NATO," US President Donald Trump declared on Monday that Washington will reduce its military presence in Germa

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S.Korea expected to face worse export conditions from COVID-19: c.bank

South Korea is expected to face worse export conditions from the COVID-19 outbreak across the world, the country's central bank said Thursday. The Bank of Korea (BOK)

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UK media: COVID-19 'disappearing' so fast Oxford vaccine has 50% chance of working

The University of Oxford's Jenner Institute and the Oxford Vaccine Group began developing a COVID-19 vaccine, officially known as ChAdOx1 nCoV-19, that was taken from c

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COVID-19 'disappearing' so fast vaccine has 50% chance of working

The University of Oxford's Jenner Institute and the Oxford Vaccine Group began developing a COVID-19 vaccine, officially known as ChAdOx1 nCoV-19, that was taken from chimpanzees in January, accor

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EU states vow to respect overflight treaty despite US plans

Ten European Union countries on Friday expressed regret at U.S. plans to withdraw from an international treaty allowing observation flights over more than 30 countries

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IMF allocates additional 121 mln USD for Kyrgyzstan to fight COVID-19 pandemic

The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved 121.1 million U.S. dollars in emergency assistance under the Rapid Financing Instrument and Rapid Credit Facility for Kyrgyz

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China cuts interest rate of TMLF

China's central bank cut the interest rate of targeted medium-term lending facility (TMLF) to 2.95 percent on Friday, 20 basis points lower than the previous TMLF. The

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First U.K. patients receive COVID-19 vaccine under trial

The vaccine under trial was developed in under three months by a team at Oxford University. /VCG Image Europe has begun human trials for a COVID-19 vaccine in Oxford.Two volunteers were inject