MAIN HEADLINES• Europe is marking the 75th anniversary of VE Day with scaled-down celebrations, as countries remain wary of public gatherings. Governments including the UK have also pleaded for peopl
Xiaomi, Vivo, Samsung, Oppo and other smartphone companies have received approval from some state governments in India to partially resume manufacturing and assembling of devices amid the ongoing lo
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Restrictions will remain in place in certains areas including Paris. /Ludovic Marin/AFP France will begin bringing life back to normal in parts of the country in its lockdown-easing plan, the
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Chinese ambassador to Britain on Tuesday pledged that his country will continue deepening reform and opening its market wider to the world, which will not be held back by COVID-19. Liu Xiaoming sa
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An Afghan policeman stands guard at the site of a suicide bomb attack on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, April 29, 2020. /AP Editor's note:Hamzah Rifaat Hussain is a former visiting fello
A group of Chinese New Zealand students joined a global rally to sing for the resilience and solidarity showed by the overseas Chinese community and the frontline medi
Germany extended the worldwide travel warning for "non-essential, tourist trips" due to the coronavirus pandemic until June 14, Foreign Minister Heiko Maas announced on
04:00 This year marks the fifth anniversary of the establishment of the Guangdong, Fujian and Tianjin pilot Free Trade Zones. Experts believe it's important for busines
Turkey on Sunday reported 2,357 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total number in the country to 110,130. Meanwhile, Iran has registered 90,481 cases after 1,153 new ones were added in the past 24
With limited supplies of coronavirus tests available, the Pentagon is focusing first on testing those performing duties deemed most vital to national security. Atop the
India's federal health ministry said Sunday morning that 45 new deaths due to COVID-19 and an additional 1,554 positive cases were reported since Saturday evening acro
By APD writer Melo M. AcuñaMANILA Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, acting on recommendations of the Inter-Agency Task Force on Infectious Communicable Diseases, ex
Representatives from the government and the utility managing the power of Los Angeles are proposing a sweeping infrastructure package worth roughly $150 billion centered on the broad electrification o