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COVID-19 and racism: Waitress tells of attack in Italy

02:12 Gioia was serving a customer at a Rome cafe when she saw a group of people shouting abuse at an elderly man of Chinese descent.When the man walked off they started to racially in

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China's delivery industry predicted to be close to normal by mid-March

VCG The entire network of China's express delivery industry is predicted to return to normal by mid-March, except virus-hit Hubei Province, said Liu Jun, deputy director of the State Post Bure

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Migrants, police clash again on Greek-Turkish border

Greek authorities used tear gas and a water cannon to repulse an attempt by migrants to push through the border from Turkey Friday morning, while Turkish authorities fi

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Book paints a brave picture for children

Cover of the picture book My Mommy: The Virus Warrior. CHINA DAILY It was during the Spring Festival holiday when Fujian resident Chen Xiarong had to leave for Wuhan, Hubei province, to provide

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Laos remains free from COVID-19 with 53 suspected cases testing negative: official

Laos is still free from COVID-19, with 53 suspected cases testing negative, Deputy Minister of Health Phouthone Muongpak told foreign diplomats on Thursday. Laos has a

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Italy confirms 3,296 coronavirus infections, plus 414 recoveries, 148 fatalities

An Italian Army soldier checks transit to and from the cordoned areas in Turano Lodigiano, Italy, Feb. 27, 2020. (Xinhua) Adding death toll and recoveries, Italy's total figure of assessed coronaviru

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Reddit partners and integrates with mental health service Crisis Text Line

Reddit, a discussion website and home to thousands of communities, announced this week a new partnership with mental health service, Crisis Text Line. The company offers a mental health text line offe

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U.S. Congress approves $8.3 billion in emergency funding for coronavirus response

Congress on Wednesday approved $8.3 billion in emergency funding to respond to the spreading novel coronavirus, COVID-19, which has already sickened eighty people across thirteen states and killed nin

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China adds antibody diagnosis method for coronavirus infection

China has added the antibody diagnosis method for the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and its relevant criteria in the country's latest diagnosis and treatment sc

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Egyptian, U.S. presidents discuss ways to settle Nile Dam dispute

Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi and his U.S. counterpart Donald Trump on Tuesday discussed over the phone the latest developments in resolving the dispute over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissanc

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Any actions to mess up Hong Kong doomed to fail: Commissioner's Office of Chinese FM

The Office of Commissioner of the Chinese Foreign Ministry in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) on Tuesday urged some U.S. politicians to stop meddling

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Roundup: Italy confirms 2,263 coronavirus cases, plus 160 recoveries, 79 deaths

A woman wearing a face mask is seen in the subway in Milan, Italy, March 2, 2020. (Photo by Daniele Mascolo/Xinhua)Of the 2,263 cases, some 1,000 people are currently under house quarantine, 1,034 are

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Recording Academy fires first female CEO, alleging misconduct

The organizers of the Grammy Awards said on Monday they fired the chief executive they had placed on administrative leave in January.Recording Academy Chief Executive a

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Novel coronavirus may have spread in U.S. for six weeks: media

U.S. researchers said the novel coronavirus may have been spreading in the Washington state for six weeks after they examined the genomes of two infections in the state, the New York Times reported

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Trump campaign turning MAGA rallies into slick, locally targeted TV ads

While President Donald Trump delivered a fiery speech at his South Carolina rally Friday night, blasting Democrats and defending his administration’s coronavirus respon

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Senegal reports first confirmed case of COVID-19: official

Senegal confirmed Monday the country's first case of COVID-19. So far, it is the second confirmed case in Sub-Saharan Africa, after one case was found in Nigeria. DAKAR, March 2 (Xinhua) -- Senegal

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WHO working closely with Chinese scientists on COVID-19: WHO expert

Doctor Zheng Wanli checks a patient's CT image at a temporary hospital in Jiangxia District in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, Feb. 25, 2020.(Xinhua/Shen Bohan) "We are looking forward to con