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Sweden confirms first case of coronavirus: health authority

Microscopic view of Coronavirus, a pathogen that attacks the respiratory tract. (Stock photo/Getty Images) A woman has tested positive for coronavirus in Sweden, the country's Public Health Ag

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Didi's sustainable transportation investments promote better cities

Didi Chuxing Editor's note:Matteo Giovannini is a finance professional at ICBC in Beijing and a member of the China Task Force at the Italian Ministry of Economic Development. The article refl

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Governments launch rewrite of international tax rules

Nearly 140 governments have agreed to launch a rewrite of decades-old cross-border tax rules for the digital age over the coming months, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OE

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APD | WHO protocols disseminated to member countries; follow-up on passengers being done

By APD writer Melo M. AcuñaDr. Rabindra Abeyasinghe, World Health Organization representative to the Philippines today said they are evaluating reports as they come and

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Colombia rejects Venezuelan proposal to resume diplomatic relations

Colombia's President Ivan Duque speaks during an interview with Reuters in Cartagena, Colombia, January 15, 2020. /Reuters Photo Colombia rejected Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's proposa

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China's fight against coronavirus buys world time, says Mexican expert

Members of a military medical team pose for a photo in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, Jan. 30, 2020. (Photo by Chen Chen/Xinhua) "They are also working so that if this gets out of China, th

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China's response to coronavirus outbreak "swift": Brazilian health experts

A researcher of Stermirna Therapeutics Co., Ltd. shows the experiment to develop an mRNA vaccine targeting the novel coronavirus in east China's Shanghai, Jan. 29, 2020. (Xinhua/Ding Ting) China's

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Number of US Servicemen Diagnosed With Brain Trauma After Iran Attack Reaches 64 – Pentagon

The number of US servicemen, who have been diagnosed with traumatic brain injuries (TBI) after the Iranian attack on US bases in Iraq, has increased to 64, the Departme

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Apple, Broadcom ordered to pay $1.1bn for patent infringement

An employee serves a customer inside the Regent Street Apple store during a product launch event in London, September 20, 2019. /VCG Photo A Los Angeles jury on Wednesday ordered Apple and Bro

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Mexican leader plays 'matador' to manage Trump migration charge

Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador greets workers during a visit at a plant of Mexican cement maker CEMEX in Monterrey, Mexico, January 25, 2020. /Reuters Photo Since assuming the

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International crisis looms as 700,000 flee Syria's Idlib: U.S. envoy

James Jeffrey, U.S. Special Representative for Syria, addresses the media in Geneva, Switzerland October 25, 2019. /Reuters Photo An assault on rebel-held northwest Syria by government forces

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First case of coronavirus spread person-to-person found in the U.S.

Health officials in the U.S. reported Thursday the first U.S. case of person-to-person spread of coronavirus.The man is the spouse of the Chicago woman who got sick from the virus after she return

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Mexico migrant agency's access ban draws fire from president

Mexico President Andrés Manuel López Obrador on Wednesday criticized a directive from his own immigration agency that temporarily barred access to migrant detention cen

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German far-right leader's parliamentary immunity lifted

German lawmakers on Thursday lifted the parliamentary immunity of a leading far-right politician as part of a probe into alleged tax irregularities.Lawmakers were asked

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Initial Tests Show No Coronavirus on Italy Ship

The Costa Crociere company which owns the luxury liner confirmed the lockdown, saying there were about 7,000 people on board including crew. Initial tests have shown no coronavirus on a Carniv

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Beijing's SARS hospital under renovation

Beijing has begun to renovate its hospital Xiaotangshan, formerly used to quarantine SARS patients, as a precaution in the face of the novel coronavirus outbreak, acco

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University wins $1.1bn battle with Apple and supplier over iPhone patents

Caltech claims Apple and Broadcom infringed four of its patents by using wifi chips in hundreds of millions of iPhones.