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Syrian president highlights resolve to retake all Syrian areas from rebels

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Sunday highlighted his administration's determination to retake all Syrian areas from rebels, the state news agency SANA reported.

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Mainland spokesperson slams Taiwan politician for spreading "political virus"

A Chinese mainland spokesperson Friday slammed Taiwan politician Yu Shyi-Kun for hyping up "Taiwan independence" and spreading a "political virus" amid the novel coron

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Mississippi house fire kills mother, six children: media

A house fire in Clinton, southeastern U.S. state of Mississippi, killed a mother and her six children on Saturday, according to media reports. The victims range in age from one to 33 years, reported

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Mississippi house fire kills mother and six children

A mother and her six children were killed in a house fire early Saturday morning in Clinton, Mississippi.The father survived after trying to rescue his family, and is being treated at a hospital f

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Chinese airlines urged to maintain int'l routes amid epidemic

China's civil aviation regulator has required all domestic airlines to strive to ensure services of international routes amid the coronavirus outbreak. Many Chinese ai

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Shakira and J-Lo make football history

01:10 Shakira and Jennifer Lopez made football history as the first Latina duo to headline the Super Bowl.Shakira, from Barranquilla, Colombia and Jennifer Lopez, who is of Puerto Rica

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San Francisco begins issuing permits for robots

02:02 Tired of being the unofficial testing ground for new technology and the hardware that goes with it, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors has passed legislation requiring busine

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Landslide kills at least 16 in Eritrean gold mine

A landslide in a gold mine killed at least 16 people in southwestern Eritrea, state media outlet Eri-TV reported on Friday. News of the landslide, which occurred on Jan. 18, came out almost two weeks

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More investigations open into helicopter crash that killed Kobe Bryant

02:31 More about the helicopter crash that claimed the lives of basketball legend Kobe Bryant, his 13-year-old daughter, and seven others is coming forward.U.S. federal inspectors at t

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Mexico City bans single use plastic bags

02:57 Plastic pollution has become one of the world's most pressing environmental issues.Many governments are passing laws to deal with the accumulating waste.In Mexico, the capital ci

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Mexico City bans single use plastic bags

02:57 Plastic pollution has become one of the world's most pressing environmental issues.Many governments are passing laws to deal with the accumulating waste.In Mexico, the capital ci

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China important contributor to knowledge base of Arctic research: Norwegian researcher

China is an important contributor to the knowledge base of the Arctic research, Nalan Koc, research director of the Norwegian Polar Institute (NPI), has said in the northern Norwegian city of Tromso.

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Iran says tries to decode black box of crashed plane before sending it abroad

Iran is trying to decode the black box of the crashed passenger plane before planning to send it to a second country, an aviation official told official IRNA news agen

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Why is Haiti still reeling from the 2010 earthquake?

01:32 A decade after a massive 7.0 magnitude earthquake rocked Haiti, the country is still trying to recover from the damage and displacement, complicated by poverty and unrest. Hundre

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Thousands of Lebanese protest against new PM

Thousands of protesters took to the streets on Saturday to demonstrate against the newly appointed Prime Minister Hassan Diab, the National News Agency reported. Prote

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Sean Ding discusses businesses cashing in on New Year's resolutions

05:03 CGTN's Rachelle Akuffo spoke with Co-Founder and CEO of GRisk Sean Ding about how businesses are trying to cash in on New Year's Resolutions.

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Syria declares full solidarity with Iran facing U.S. threats

Syrian Foreign Ministry on Wednesday declared the Syrian government's full solidarity with Iran and its right of self-defense, according to the state news agency SANA. The Syrian ministry said it su