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Police officer saves a three-week-old baby from choking

00:43 A police officer rescued a choking baby in Michigan last Thursday. The family called the police after 3 weeks old infant choked and lost consciousness while drinking milk.Check o

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China halts shrimp imports from 3 Ecuadorian firms over coronavirus contamination

China's customs authority said Friday that it has decided to halt imports from three Ecuadorian shrimp producers after sample inspections showed coronavirus contaminat

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Official urges strengthened epidemic control measures at borders

A Chinese health official on Friday called for continuous efforts to strengthen COVID-19 containment measures at border posts to minimize the risk of imported transmis

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Beijing reports no COVID-19 infections in all nursing homes

Beijing has reported no COVID-19 infections in its nearly 700 nursing institutions since the epidemic broke out in China thanks to the preventive measures the city has

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Nigerian scientists develop indigenous rapid testing kits for COVID-19: minister

An indigenous rapid testing kit for COVID-19 have been developed by Nigerian scientists for the identification of SARS-Cov-2, which causes COVID-19, Minister of Science and Technology Ogbonnaya On

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Bulgaria reports record daily hike in COVID-19 cases

The Bulgarian Health Ministry on Friday morning reported a record high of 330 new confirmed COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking the national tally to 6,672. The previous daily record of new

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U.S. approves possible sale of F-35B fighter to Japan

The U.S. Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) on Thursday submitted the notification to the Congress of the sale of F-35 fighter jets to Japan, which includes 42

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Hong Kong schools to begin summer vacation earlier amid resurgence of COVID-19 cases

Hong Kong's secondary and primary schools and kindergartens will begin summer vacation next Monday as the government will start to strengthen social distancing measure

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Beijing reports no new COVID-19 cases for fourth straight day

Beijing recorded no new domestically transmitted COVID-19 cases on Thursday for the fourth day in a row. The total number of cases in the city stands at 335 since a clu

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Beijing reports no new domestically transmitted COVID-19 cases for 4th consecutive day

Beijing on Thursday reported no new confirmed domestically transmitted cases of COVID-19, the municipal health commission said Friday. This marked that the Chinese cap

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Global COVID-19 deaths surpass 550,000: Johns Hopkins University

Global COVID-19 deaths surpassed 550,000 on Thursday, reaching 550,440 as of 10:33 a.m. local time (1433 GMT), according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins Un

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Chinese mainland reports 4 new imported COVID-19 cases

The Chinese mainland reported four new imported COVID-19 cases Thursday, bringing the total number of imported cases to 1,962, the National Health Commission said Frida

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China's Yangtze River on alert for floods

The Yangtze River water resources commission on Thursday issued an orange alert for flooding in the middle and lower reaches of the longest river in China, as continuou

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China's Ningxia donates medical supplies to Ethiopia

A batch of medical supplies, donated by the government of northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region and bound for Ethiopia's Oromia regional state, set off from Y

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Bolivia's interim president tests positive for COVID-19

Jeanine Anez, head of Bolivia's opposition-backed interim government, on Thursday said she tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) and will enter into qua

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Mayor of S.Korean capital Seoul found dead

Park Won-soon, mayor of South Korea's capital Seoul, was found dead around midnight, hours after his daughter filed a missing report to police Thursday evening, multiple local media said citing t

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Urgent: Bolivia's interim president tests positive for COVID-19

Jeanine Anez, head of Bolivia's opposition-backed interim government, on Thursday said she tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) and will enter into quarantine, but continue to work re