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U.S. Navy warns Gulf mariners to keep distance from U.S. warships: media

The U.S. Navy on Tuesday issued a warning to mariners in the Mideast to stay 100 meters away from U.S. warships or risk being "subject to lawful defensive measures," ac

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Afghanistan reports biggest daily increase of 413 new COVID-19 cases

The Afghan health authorities recorded 413 new COVID-19 cases across the country, the biggest daily increase since the outbreak of the pandemic in February, an official of Ministry of Public Hea

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What is your risk of dying from coronavirus? New calculator claims to tell you

Using the calculator, UCL researchers have estimated that the outbreak could cause up to 73,000 excess deaths.

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Biden warns against COVID-19 stimulus corruption

FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden speaks before presenting U.S. Senator John McCain (R-AZ) the 2017 Liberty Medal at the Independence Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S., Octo

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"Taiwan independence" secessionists' recent attempts are extremely dangerous: spokesperson

A Chinese mainland spokesperson on Saturday issued a stern warning to "Taiwan independence" secessionists against their recent attempts to challenge the mainland's bot

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China regulator issues draft rules on online bank lending to curb risk

The China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission (CBIRC), Beijing, China, March 30, 2019. /VCG The China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission (CBIRC) on Saturday issued draft rules

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China's new ocean-monitoring satellite passes factory tests

File photo shows that a Long March-2C rocket carrying the HY-1C satellite took off from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China's Shanxi Province, Sept. 7, 2

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Palestine to take measures against Israel, U.S. over annexation plan: Abbas

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas warned on Friday that measures will be taken against Israel and the United States if Israeli plan of annexing West Bank is implemen

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New York reports 15 child cases of rare disease linked to COVID-19

Fifteen children have been hospitalized in New York with a rare inflammatory disease possibly linked to coronavirus, officials said Tuesday, in the latest reports of the worrying syndrome.Kawasaki

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China issues blue alert for rainstorms in southern and eastern China

China's national observatory on Monday issued a blue alert for rainstorms in parts of southern and eastern China. From Monday afternoon to Tuesday afternoon, heavy rai

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Germany's COVID-19 cases top 159,000

Germany has registered 1,478 new confirmed COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, raising its total cases to 159,119, said the federal government's agency for disease control and prevention on T

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Twitter says Elon Musk’s tweets advocating against expert COVID-19 guidance don’t violate its rules

Twitter has said that tweets posted early Tuesday morning by Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk that irresponsibly call for restrictions put in place to defend against the spread of COVID-19 don’t v

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Alphabet grew more than expected in Q1, but its ad business saw “significant slowdown” in March

Today after the bell, Alphabet, parent company of Google, reported its Q1 2020 performance. The company’s $41.16 billion in revenue for the three-month period came in ahead of expectations, best

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Argentina bans all commercial flights until September 1 in response to coronavirus pandemic

Argentina has proposed to ban all internal and international flights through to September 1 as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.President Alberto Fernandez’s admini

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Chinese lawmakers review draft biosecurity law

China's draft biosecurity law was submitted to a regular session of the National People's Congress Standing Committee for its second review on Sunday. The draft focuse

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China makes public typical practices featuring formalities for formalities' sake, bureaucratism

China's top anti-graft body has made public eight typical cases of practicing formalities for formalities' sake and bureaucratism. The cases involve government officia

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Anti-malaria drugs touted by Trump see FDA warning over heart risks

Two anti-malaria medications highly touted by President Donald Trump should not be taken outside a hospital or clinical trial because of the risk of severe heart problems, the Food and Drug Admin