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WHO voices concern over stigma, profiling of people affected by COVID-19

Michael Ryan (2nd R), executive director of the WHO Health Emergencies Program, addresses a press conference in Geneva, Switzerland, Feb. 14, 2020. (Xinhua/Chen Junxia) The WHO expert urged the pub

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UK consumers will suffer without comprehensive trade deal with EU: industry group

British consumers will face higher costs and reduced availability of goods next year if the country fails to secure a comprehensive post-Brexit trade deal with the European Union (EU) by the end of

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Editorial: The coronavirus should bring us together, not fan hate

When vice chairman of Kissinger Associates Joshua Cooper Ramo wrote in his op-ed that the coronavirus is a test not just for China but the whole new, connected world, he became the latest outsider

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Bears are waking early - Russia's recording breaking warm winter

02:25 It's been a record breaking mild winter in Moscow, which had its warmest December in more than 130 years.The New Year was snowless in the Russian capital, and, in an effort to cr

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Baffled automakers must make sense of Brexit

Aston Martin Lagonda cars are parked outside the new factory at Saint Athan, Wales, Britain, December 6, 2019. /Reuters Photo Britain's 47 years of EU membership officially ceased at the strok

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Met Office to get £1.2bn supercomputer to better predict severe weather

Experts say the new technology will predict severe weather and climate change effects faster and more accurately than before.

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Pompeo should offer aid to Africa, not stoke geopolitical rivalry

Editor's note:Andrew Korybko is a Moscow-based American political analyst. The article reflects the author's opinion, and not necessarily the views of CGTN.Secretary of State of the U.S. Mike Pomp

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Wuhan Institute of Virology denies COVID-19 patient zero rumors

The Wuhan Institute of Virology in central China on Sunday denied rumors claiming that the first person to contract novel coronavirus pneumonia (COVID-19), or patient zero, came from the institute

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Esper says Taliban deal is promising but not without risk

U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Saturday that a truce agreement between the United States and the Taliban that could lead to the withdrawal of American troops fr

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WHO says no need to cancel, move Tokyo Olympics

FILE PHOTO: Summer sunshine is seen through Olympic rings displayed at Nihonbashi district in Tokyo, Japan August 5, 2019. REUTERS/Issei Kat The World Health Organization has told the Internat

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Australian bushfires extinguished, but climate rows rage on

Australia's "black summer" of devastating bushfires is finally coming to a close, but bitter arguments over how to tackle climate-fueled disasters are raging on.When firefighters announced this week

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Facebook allows U.S. political campaigns to run branded content

The Facebook application is seen on a phone screen, August 3, 2017. /Reuters Photo Facebook said on Friday it was allowing U.S.-based political candidates to run branded content on its social

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Virgin Galactic relocates SpaceShipTwo ‘VSS Unity’ to its spaceport for preparations ahead of commercial flights

Virgin Galactic is one crucial step closer to actually flying paying customers to space: The space tourism company just relocated its SpaceShipTwo vehicle, the VSS Unity, from its Mojave, California

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Investment banks: Coronavirus to largely affect China's Q1 GDP growth

Global investment banks believe the impact of the coronavirus on China's economy will largely be in the first quarter of 2020, if the outbreak is contained by the end o

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How a 3D printing company tries to keep jobs amid coronavirus epidemic

02:58 The coronavirus outbreak and the subsequent suspension of business operations have pushed millions of small businesses over the edge in China, prompting authorities to think abou

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Getting tech right in Iowa and elsewhere requires insight into data, human behavior

What happened in Iowa’s Democratic caucus last week is a textbook example of how applying technological approaches to public sector work can go badly wrong just when we need it to go right.While

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Portfolio bloat: what’s happening to thousands of startups going nowhere fast

Earlier this week, much was made of the e-commerce business Brandless deciding to shutter its doors. Industry observers found its fate particularly interesting, given that Brandless had opened its sto