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Restrictions imposed in part of India as COVID-19 cases surge

A health worker administers the COVID-19 vaccine at a residential area in Ahmedabad, India, April 4, 2021. /AP India's richest state, Maharashtra, announced stringent COVID-19 restrictions fro

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Wonders of Sanxingdui: Gold ornaments

The much anticipated archaeological excavation of Sanxingdui Ruins in southwest China's Sichuan Province is underway and multiple gold leaves have been extracted from t

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Wonders of Sanxingdui: The bronze wares from the mysterious culture

Situated in the northeast of the state-protected Sanxingdui Site by the Yazi River bank in Guanghan – a city famed for its long history and splendid culture, Sanxingdui

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Sanxingdui relics: What is the secret of the bronze heavenly tree?

01:32 Since their discovery about nine decades ago, the 3,000-year-old Sanxingdui ruins have been recognized as one of the most important ancient remains in the world f

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A brief travel guide to Tai'an

Editor's note: As travel takes you to different places, it offers you chances to encounter stunning landscapes as well as wonderful cultures. Starting from today, we're

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10 imperialist lies and Uygur truths (Part 2)

A harvester picks zucchini in Shuanghe City, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China, September 16, 2020. /Getty Editor's note:Adnan Akfirat is a representative to China, member of the Interna

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Politicized genocide claims disrespect real genocide victims

Locals sing and dance to welcome tourists from all over the country, Kuqa City, Xinjiang, China, October 22, 2020. /Getty Editor's note: Andrew Korybko is a Moscow-based American political ana

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Selfish Western countries should give 'vaccine diplomacy' a try

Editor's note:CGTN's First Voice provides instant commentary on breaking stories. The daily column clarifies emerging issues and better defines the news agenda, offering a Chinese perspective on t

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‘Horrible’: Witnesses recall massacre in Ethiopian holy city

Bodies with gunshot wounds lay in the streets for days in Ethiopia’s holiest city. At night, residents listened in horror as hyenas fed on the corpses of people they kn

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Anthony Levandowski closes his Church of AI

The first church of artificial intelligence has shut its conceptual doors.Anthony Levandowski, the former Google engineer who avoided an 18-month prison sentence after receiving a presidential pardon

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ICYMI: The week's quirky news from around the world

There are plenty of bleak stories making headlines every day between a global pandemic, natural disasters, humanitarian crises, and terror attacks. So here is a pick of the week's funny, quirky and s

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Former Paytm execs team up to chase gold in India

Nearly every adult in India has a bank account, but fewer than a quarter of them in the South Asian nation can secure loans from the formal financial institutions.Although much of the population in th

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Under attack: Bolsonaro and his govt accused of 'virus propagation strategy'

Nearing 219,000 deaths by COVID-19, Brazil continues to face the pandemic in an unstable political environment, with President Bolsonaro and his government under severe

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Bolsonaro and his govt struggle with public inquiry and pressure

President of Brazil Jair Bolsonaro. /Getty Nearing 219,000 deaths by COVID-19, Brazil continues to face the pandemic in an unstable political environment, with President Bolsonaro and his gov

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Indonesia's COVID-19 cases pass 1-million mark amid vaccination drive

Indonesia has registered more than one million confirmed cases of COVID-19 since the first coronavirus infection was confirmed in the country in March last year, amid t

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Ethnic cultural gems in Hainan: Bamboo Dance

02:20 Rhythmic sounds and agile dance moves, the Bamboo Dance of the Li ethnic group is quite a lot of fun to watch that often stirs up spectators' interest in joining

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Sheriff: Pastor dead, 2 hurt in shooting at Texas church

A 21-year-old man who hid from police in an East Texas church was charged with first-degree murder and felony assault in a shooting that left the pastor dead and two ot