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China sees 48.2% drop in daily confirmed coronavirus cases since Feb.4

The number of daily new confirmed novel coronavirus cases in China has seen a 48.2 percent decrease between February 4 and 11, an official of the National Health Commission (NHC) said at a press conf

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Myanmar president calls for preserving independence with all nationals

Myanmar President U Win Myint on Wednesday stressed the importance for all nationals to preserve independence with the united efforts of all nationals. U Win Myint, in

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Over 100 native species in need of urgent help following Australian bushfire crisis

The Australian government has released a list of 113 animal species hit hardest by the nation's bushfire crisis. The list, which was compiled by a panel of experts convened by Environment Minister S

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U.S. sanctions against Venezuelan state airline violate int'l law: aviation agency

U.S. sanctions against Venezuela's state-owned airline Conviasa violate international law, said Jorge Alvarez, president of the Chamber of Venezuelan Air Transport Companies, on Tuesday. The only org

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28 coronavirus patients discharged from gym-turned hospital in Wuhan

The first batch of 28 patients who had recovered from novel coronavirus pneumonia were discharged from a gymnasium-converted makeshift hospital on Tuesday afternoon in

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Group of 77 and UN express support for China's effort to contain coronavirus

The Group of 77 and the United Nations expressed full support to China in its fight against the novel coronavirus at the 58th Session of the Commission on Social Develo

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Xi says China can certainly score "full victory" in epidemic fight

Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, on Monday said China can certainly score a full victory in the fight against the novel

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Iran's Khamenei says enemies' plots against nation are doomed to fail

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei said the Islamic Republic should become strong enough to confront enemies' plots, state TV reported on Saturday."We should beco

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Mainland urges DPP authority to facilitate Taiwan compatriots' return

A Chinese mainland spokesperson Friday slammed Taiwan's Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) authority for shirking responsibility and obstructing the return of the Taiw

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Oldest coronavirus-infected patient cured in Hubei

A 91-year-old patient infected with the novel coronavirus has been cured in the city of Yichang, central China's Hubei Province on Friday. The patient surnamed Wang is

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Chinese brand opens at New York Fashion Week amid coronavirus fears

Chinese brand Mukzin's show opened at New York Fashion Week Thursday, amid fears the coronavirus could force labels from the Asian company to cancel their catwalks."Muk

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China is responsible, transparent in epidemic management: Costa Rican minister

China has been handling a novel coronavirus outbreak in a "responsible" and "transparent" manner, Costa Rican Health Minister Daniel Salas has said. The Chinese authorities "have been quite responsib

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Superhuman and Eventjoy founders announce $7 million angel fund

Superhuman founder and CEO Rahul Vohra and Eventjoy founder Todd Goldberg confirmed Wednesday that they had closed their first fund, which they are very accurately titling, “The Todd Rahul Angel

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VCs hunt for platform opportunities in ‘hyper-casual’ gaming

There are billions of gamers on the planet, and even as gaming consoles and devices grow more powerful, there’s a good deal of investor attention being paid to so-called “hyper-casual̶

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Iran says Europe not to use dispute mechanism in nuke deal

Three European countries of Britain, France and Germany (E3) do not want to use dispute resolution mechanism in the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran, Chief of Iran's Presid

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China achieves faster detection of suspected novel coronavirus cases

China has very much fastened the testing process of the novel coronavirus infection in Hubei Province, which makes the number of the suspected cases drop in recent day

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Blossom Capital’s Louise Samet talks hormone tracking and femtech bets

Early stage European VC firm, Blossom Capital, is fresh from closing a $185M fund— a big jump up on its prior close. The firm makes just a handful of investments per year, mostly at the Series A stage