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Shanghai Disneyland reopens with controlled capacity

The Shanghai Disneyland theme park reopened to visitors with controlled capacity on Monday, after the COVID-19 epidemic in China became more subdued.This is the first Disneyland theme park in the worl

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Why is Ethiopian Airlines looking up while global industry goes down?

Flight ET 684 of Ethiopian Airlines arrives at Pudong International Airport in east China's Shanghai, March 30, 2014. /Xinhua Editors Note: Stephen Ndegwa is a Nairobi-based communications con

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U.S. elections: Would an independent candidate make any difference?

United States House Oversight and Reform National Security subcommittee member Justin Amash looks out from the dais on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 22, 2019. /AP Editor's note:

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U.S. elections: Would an independent candidate make any difference?

United States House Oversight and Reform National Security subcommittee member Justin Amash looks out from the dais on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 22, 2019. /AP Editor's note:

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Spiker Zhu Ting, speed skater Zhang Hong get China's Youth Award

Zhu Ting (L) and Zhang Hong (R) /VCG China's women's volleyball team spiker Zhu Ting is among 60 people to receive China's Youth Award before China's Youth Day, which falls on May 4.Another aw

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A group wedding receives blessings from all over China

A group wedding held in Moganshan, Zhejiang Province, received blessings from all over the country. More than 40 couples celebrated their big moment here this weekend.T

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Nuvocargo, a trucking managed marketplace, raises $5.3M in seed funding

U.S. companies rely on Mexican manufacturers for goods ranging from automotive and aerospace parts, avocados and other produce, to electronics and furniture. But the trucking system that transports th

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Profile: Teenage volunteer's virus fight in Hubei, hardest-hit province in central China

Had it not been for the novel coronavirus outbreak, Zhu Rugui would have gone on holiday with his family during the winter vacation. He had even packed a large suitcas

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Canada's worst mass shooting death toll rises to 23

Flags of Nova Scotia and Canada fly at half-staff outside the Nova Scotia Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) headquarters in Dartmouth, Canada, April 22, 2020. /AFP Canadian police had yet t

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Pence delivers in-person commencement address for U.S. military graduates

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence delivered an in-person commencement address for graduates of the Air Force Academy in western state of Colorado on Saturday, as much of

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Factbox: Shanghai Pudong: Rise of wonderland in China

Frequently hitting the headlines over the past few years, Shanghai's Pudong has become the destinations for several significant foreign investments including the young

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Spotlight: WHO warns "eye of storm" as some European countries start to ease anti-virus measures

World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Director for Europe Hans Kluge on Thursday described the continent as being in the "eye of the storm" as some European countri

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Across China: Senior police officers call the shots against drug crimes

Police officers arrest a suspect at a logistics station in Xi'an, capital of northwest China's Shaanxi Province, March 14, 2020. (Photo provided to Xinhua)"These old fo

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UNICEF, Religions for Peace launch global COVID-19 initiative

The UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) and Religions for Peace (RfP) on Tuesday jointly launched a global COVID-19 initiative to raise awareness of the impacts of this pandem

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COVID-19 death toll rises to 65 in Israel

Israel reported eight new death cases from the novel coronavirus on Tuesday, bringing the death toll to 65, the state's Ministry of Health said. One of the eight victi

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Kenya's COVID-19 cases rise to 126 after four more test positive

FILE PHOTO: Kenyan Cabinet Secretary in the Ministry of Health Mutahi Kagwe addresses journalists outside Harambee House on the latest on the coronavirus pandemic on Sunday, March 29, 2020. COURT

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UK confirms 41,903 COVID-19 cases with five-year-old among youngest victims

The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Britain reached 41,903 as of Saturday morning, an increase of 3,735 in the past 24 hours, according to the latest figure from the Department of Health and