An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.0 jolted 99km SE of Kuril'sk, Russia, at 1033 GMT on Thursday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The epicenter, with a depth of 163 km, was initially determined to
An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.0 on Thursday struck off Japan's Hokkaido Prefecture and Russia's Kuril Islands, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA)
Chinese researchers said Thursday they had isolated a novel coronavirus strain from swab sample of an infected patient's feces. The swab sample was provided by the Fif
A total of 5,911 patients infected with the novel coronavirus had been discharged from hospital after recovery by the end of Wednesday, Chinese health authorities anno
Hubei, the Chinese province hit hardest by the novel coronavirus outbreak, announced Thursday a decision to further postpone the resumption of work and school to reduc
China's Hubei Province, center of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, reported 14,840 new confirmed cases on Wednesday, local health authorities said Thursday. The Hubei Provincial Health Com
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will reshuffle his cabinet of senior ministers on Thursday, Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s spokesman said on Tuesday.The ministeria
More medical teams are rushing to central China's Hubei Province to aid in novel coronavirus control. A team of 313 medical workers from hospitals in southern China's
02:10 South Korea confirmed four more cases of the new coronavirus on Thursday, bringing the total to 23. The new patients include three Koreans and one Chinese citizen. Two patients r
Harbin, capital of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, has issued a public letter in four foreign languages, offering novel coronavirus-related information and an
00:56 U.S. astronaut Christina Koch returned to the Earth on Thursday after shattering the spaceflight record for female astronauts. Koch spent 328 days in space along with Luca Parmit
02:54 Ban Ki-moon expressed support for China in a video released Thursday. The former Secretary-General of the United Nations expressed confidence in China's ability to contain the co
A total of 1,540 patients infected with the novel coronavirus had been discharged from hospital after recovery by the end of Thursday, Chinese health authorities annou
U.S. President Donald Trump said Thursday that the United States had conducted a counterterrorism operation in Yemen that killed Qasim al-Rimi, a founder and the leade
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday the United States killed Qasim al-Rimi, leader of the Al-Qaeda cell in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP).The U.S. "conducted a c
A total of 62 patients infected with the novel coronavirus have been cured in Huanggang, one of the cities worst hit by the epidemic in Hubei, as of Wednesday, accordi
Five children infected with the novel coronavirus have been cured and discharged from a hospital in Wuhan, capital of central China's Hubei Province, on Thursday. The