A couple looks at flodded Han River park in Seoul, the Republic of Korea (ROK), on August 4, 2020. /Reuters President Moon Jae-in on Friday declared seven cities and counties in central of Rep
-- This year's Shanghai International Film Festival kicked off five days after China allowed cinemas in low-risk areas to reopen starting on July 20.-- With outdoor scr
On this day in 2015 IOC President Thomas Bach, at the 128th IOC session in Kuala Lumpur, opened an envelope with the results of a secret ballot held to determine wheth
by Xinhua writer Guo Yage On Aug. 1, 1927, the People's Liberation Army (PLA) of China was born out of a mission to seek national independence and liberation of the Chinese people. More than nine
04:30 No popcorn, staggered seating, mandatory masks and movie reruns – going back to the theater in China offers a drastically different experience in the coronavirus era, but that's
by Xinhua writer Guo Yage On Aug. 1, 1927, the People's Liberation Army (PLA) of China was born out of a mission to seek national independence and liberation of the Chinese people. More than nine
-- With the 2022 Winter Olympics under two years away,the Games are already leaving a legacy, both for the host country and for the wider Olympic movement. -- From creating a whole generation of wint
Chinese Vice Premier Han Zheng on Wednesday stressed solid efforts to prepare for the seventh national population census, thus ensuring its completion to a high qualit
Turkey will suspend research for oil and gas exploration in disputed waters in the Eastern Mediterranean that abruptly raised military tensions with neighboring Greece,
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday called for efforts to build sustainable cities amid the COVID-19 pandemic. In a video message for the launch of his po
Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, testifies before the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pension
While many Chinese residents relocate to townships to escape floods, some in east China's Anhui Province are sheltering away in special villages. China has entered its
-- Preparations are in full swing for the third China International Import Expo (CIIE), scheduled to open in early November this year.-- The event is likely to instil c
Germany will offer free coronavirus tests to all returning travelers in new measures agreed Friday as concerns grow over a surge due to summer travel."Those returning from risk countries should be
Editor's note: This is the 94th article in the COVID-19 Global Roundup series. Here is thepreviousone. On Thursday, Israel convened its special coronavirus advisory committee to discuss the probab
The China Railway No. 8 Engineering Group (CREC-8) has drilled through Houay Phoulai Tunnel, a highly risky and a key bottleneck project along the China-Laos railway,
A medical worker collects a swab sample from a woman at a COVID-19 screening centre in Patna, India's Bihar state, on July 21, 2020. (Str/Xinhua) The following are the