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Asia's AFC Cup cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic

Close-up of team Al Ahed holding the AFC Cup trophy at an award ceremony. /VCG Image The AFC Cup, Asia's second-tier continental competition, was cancelled due to health fears amid the ongoing

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Taj Mahal to reopen to visitors as India's coronavirus cases surge

People take pictures near the Taj Mahal in Agra, India, on September 8, ahead of the landmark's reopening. /AFP The Taj Mahal will once again swing its doors open to tourists from September 21

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China to launch negative list for service trade: CIFTS

China will launch the national and free trade zone versions of negative lists for cross-border service trade within the year to further open up the service trade sector at an institutional level, sai

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Global Business: New EU trade chief, $11m tomatoes, Walsh exits IAG

"We are currently in turbulent waters in regards to global trade relations."That's newly trade-focused European Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis, who was speaking at the 20th annual Brussels Economic

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Lavrov: Russia ready to help ease Turkey-Greece tension

Russia’s foreign minister said Tuesday that Moscow is ready to help ease rising tensions over Turkey’s search for energy reserves in the eastern Mediterranean and rejec

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Spain cases top 500,000, record deaths in Ukraine: COVID-19 bulletin

TOP HEADLINES- The UK's 2,948 recorded cases over the 24 hours to Monday is its second biggest daily tally since May. England's deputy chief medical officer Jonathan Van-Tam said the rise was of grea

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Global Business Daily: Samsung wins $6.6bn 5G deal, Brexit bombshell

"I trust the British government to implement the Withdrawal Agreement, an obligation under international law and prerequisite for any future partnership."That was European Commission President Ursula

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UK funds see record outflows on no-deal Brexit fears: Calastone

UK-focused equity funds saw record outflows of 1.2 billion pounds over the past three months as investors worry about a no-deal Brexit and the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, data from fund netwo

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China vows to ensure steady economic progress amid epidemic control

China will continue to do a solid job in ensuring stable economic progress, building a well-off society in an all-round way and winning the decisive battle against poverty amid the epidemic control f

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Beijing to expand opening-up in service industry

VCGBeijing has received approval from China's State Council to expand the opening-up of the capital city's service industry to foreign investment.The city was also give

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Beijing plans to build a pilot digital trade zone

Beijing is planning to build a pilot zone for digital trade and big data exchange in a bid to boost technological innovation and opening-up of its services sector and digital economy, according to pl

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Erdogan to Greece: Turkey Has Political, Military Power to 'Tear Up Immoral Maps' in Mediterranean

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has cautioned Greece against turning down the idea of conducting talks on the ongoing eastern Mediterranean dispute, promising th

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Grab a Labor Day flash sale pass to Disrupt 2020 and save $100

No matter how you celebrate Labor Day weekend, we urge you to mask up, keep your distance when grilling burgers and dogs and — most of all — take advantage of our flash sale on Digital Pro passes to D

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Sudan declares three-month state of emergency over floods

A resident secures his household property from the waters of the Blue Nile floods inside his house in the Al-Ikmayr area of Omdurman in Khartoum, Sudan, August 27, 2020. /Reuters Sudan's Secur

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What will happen to international travelers after they arrive Beijing?

Staff of the Daxing isolation center move a table to prepare meal distribution for travelers from international flights, Beijing, China. /Beijing Youth DailyOn Thursday

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China outperforms most G20 members in Q2 GDP growth

After a drawn-out fight against the COVID-19 pandemic over the past half year, countries going through lockdowns to varying degrees have recently published the growth rate of their gross domestic pro

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Expert: Beijing can play to its strength as a service free trade zone

00:56 Chinese President Xi Jinping said Friday that Beijing would be supported in building a national integrated demonstration zone for expanding opening-up in the service sector."We w