02:05 In the newly released proposal for China's 14th Five-Year Plan, innovation has been placed at the core of the country's continued modernization. Ability is a key component of inn
A woman sorts out coffee berries at Rui-Ruiru Coffee Factory in Mathira, Nyeri County, Kenya, Nov. 5, 2020. /Xinhua Kenya's coffee production is projected to drop to 40,000 tons in 2020 from t
Negotiations between Britain and the European Union over a post-Brexit trade deal are complex and France will oppose any pact that "sacrifices" its fishermen, French European Affairs Minister Clem
More than 1.56 billion discarded face masks used as a preventive measure to contain the novel coronavirus transmission will enter oceans in 2020, aggravating plastic pollution and threatening mari
Humanity will need a method to extract resources locally to enable long-term human settlements off the planet.
Dong Jianbao has farmed spring onions for almost two decades in Linghe County, east China's Shandong Province.This year, though the coronavirus epidemic and summer floo
Global stocks held near record highs on Thursday, as recent vaccine progress, Joe Biden's U.S. presidential election victory and hopes for further stimulus kept markets bullish.World equities are
Editor's Note: Jimmy Zhu is chief strategist at Fullerton Research. The article reflects the author's opinion, and not necessarily the views of CGTN.China selling sovereign bonds in Europe, recent
The leaders of France, Belgium and the Netherlands urged the European Union to step up preparations for a no-deal Brexit at the end of the year in case negotiations wit
World financial markets stalled on Friday as news that the U.S. Treasury was ending emergency loan programs dealt a blow to economic recovery hopes just as California announced curfews to try and
Chief Brexit negotiators suspended direct talks on Thursday after a member of the EU team tested positive, but officials were continuing their work in line with health guidelines. /Getty Images
/CFP The dollar nursed losses on Thursday following five sessions of decline, as investors' longer-term optimism about COVID-19 vaccines ran into worries about rising infections and risks to t
Narendra Modi takes oath as Indian Prime Minister during a swearing-in ceremony at the Presidential Palace in New Delhi, India, May 30, 2019. /Xinhua Editor's note:Tom Fowdy is a British polit
China's yuan climbed to the strongest in more than two years, and the trend is likely to continue, fueled by optimism on the country's economic recovery.The yuan jumped 0.31 percent to 6.5623 per dol
Turkish President Erdogan visited breakaway Northern Cyprus on Sunday to meet its newly elected leader who backs his call for a “two-state” solution to the divided isla
Evangelical pastor Robert Jeffress has become one of the few high-profile supporters of President Trump to publicly acknowledge that the election was won by Joe Biden —
An EU-UK trade pact is unlikely to come together this week and negotiations might go into the next, an Irish minister said on Wednesday, confirming a Reuters report tha