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Urgent: China to help Africa enhance disease preparedness, control capacity: Xi

A staff member unloads Chinese medical supplies from an airplane at the Kotota International Airport in Accra, capital of Ghana, April 6, 2020. (Xinhua/Xu Zheng) BEIJING, May 18 (Xinhua) -- China wil

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China's COVID-19 vaccine to become global public good when available: Xi

COVID-19 vaccine development and deployment in China, when available, will be made a global public good, which will be China's contribution to ensuring vaccine accessi

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China to work with other G20 members on debt service suspension for poorest nations: Xi

China will work with other G20 members to implement the Debt Service Suspension Initiative for the poorest countries, said Chinese President Xi Jinping Monday at the opening of the 73rd World Health

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China to provide 2 bln USD of int'l aid over 2 years: Xi

China will provide 2 billion U.S. dollars over two years to help with COVID-19 response and with economic and social development in affected countries, especially deve

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Xi mourns for every life lost to COVID-19 globally

Chinese President Xi Jinping mourned for every life lost to COVID-19 globally and expressed condolence to the bereaved families, when he spoke at the opening of the 73

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China to set up global humanitarian response depot, hub: Xi

China will work with the United Nations to set up a global humanitarian response depot and hub in China, ensure the operation of anti-epidemic supply chains and foster

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Xi makes proposals for curbing COVID-19

Chinese President Xi Jinping Monday made the following proposals to bring COVID-19 under control: -- We must do everything we can for COVID-19 control and treatment; -

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China to help Africa enhance disease preparedness, control capacity: Xi

China will establish a cooperation mechanism for its hospitals to pair up with 30 African hospitals, said Chinese President Xi Jinping Monday at the opening of the 73rd World Health Assembly via vide

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Xi to deliver speech at opening ceremony of WHA session

Chinese President Xi Jinping will deliver a speech Monday at the opening ceremony of the 73rd session of the World Health Assembly (WHA) via video link at the invitati

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UN chief says int'l cooperation on digital technology essential to help defeat COVID-19

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Saturday that international cooperation on digital technology is essential to help defeat COVID-19. In a video message marking the World Teleco

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European ministers discuss joint roadmap for recovery

A common European economic recovery plan was in the focus of Friday's video conference of European ministers responsible for internal market and industry. The ministers discussed the Joint Roadmap fo

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EU to Hold Fourth Brussels Conference on Syria on 30 June

The European Union will hold the fourth Brussels Conference, designed for ministers to discuss efforts to find a political solution to the ongoing conflict in Syria on

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Update: U.S. COVID-19 cases surpass 1.4 mln -- Johns Hopkins University

New York remains the hardest-hit state, with 340,661 cases and 27,567 deaths. NEW YORK, May 14 (Xinhua) -- The number of COVID-19 cases in the United States reached 1,401,948 as of 3:30 p.m. (1930 GM

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China firmly opposes Taiwan-related proposal to WHO by countries including Swaziland

China firmly opposes a proposal made by a few countries including Swaziland to the World Health Organization (WHO) to invite Taiwan as an observer to the upcoming World Health Assembly, a foreign min

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Roundup: China, CEE countries exchange information on fighting COVID-19 via video conference

Senior health officials and experts from China and 17 countries of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) held a video conference on Wednesday, exchanging information on the fight against the novel coro

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Amazon Fire TV adds a Free tab featuring apps, movies, TV and news

Amazon’s Fire TV platform now has its own rival to Roku’s popular free movies and TV hub, The Roku Channel. Today, Amazon introduced a new “free” section on Fire TV that makes

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Vice premier inspects Heilongjiang for COVID-19 response

Chinese Vice Premier Sun Chunlan demanded strengthened efforts to plug the loopholes in COVID-19 response and prevent case importation and domestic resurgence. Sun, al