France President Emmanuel Macron's centrist party received a drubbing in municipal elections on Sunday, as the Greens celebrated victories in several big cities after a surge in support.Macron had ho
China announced on Sunday that it will temporarily adjust the implementation of five administrative regulations in the pilot free trade zone (FTZ) of the southernmost province of Hainan to support
As COVID-19 epidemic indicators keep improving in France, some 16.5 million voters are called to cast ballots on Sunday in the second round of municipal elections under strict health protocol. Of
European Union envoys are close to finalizing a list of countries whose citizens will be allowed to enter Europe again, possibly from late next week, EU diplomats confi
The COVID-19 pandemic has devastated the tourism and retail sectors, as much of the world stayed home and airplanes sat idly for months. But in south China's Hainan Fre
All visitors to Italy will be allowed in, with no obligation to self-isolate, from June 3, 2020. /AFP Italy sent fresh riot police reinforcements on Friday to secure a council estate in its so
Anti-war activists shout slogans during a press conference to demand the peace on the Korean Peninsula on the eve of the 70th anniversary of the outbreak of the Korean War in Seoul, ROK, June 24,
Emergency workers evacuate residents stranded by the flooding. /Emergency Situation Ministry/AP Flooding in Ukraine has killed three and forced hundreds to flee their homes, with prime ministe
South Korea's Unification Ministry saw the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK)'s halt of military action plans as a positive sign for peace on the Korean Penin
The coronavirus pandemic is causing wider and deeper damage to economic activity than first thought, the International Monetary Fund said on Wednesday, prompting the in
The European Union (EU) hopes to reopen borders for outsiders from July, but will review individual nations’ COVID-19 situation fortnightly, according to diplomats and
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Wednesday it now expects global gross domestic product to shrink 4.9 percent this year, significantly more than the three percent drop predicted in April
U.S. President Donald Trump talks to reporters as he walks to the Marine One helicopter while heading out on a day trip to Arizona and a visit to the U.S.-Mexico border, departing from the South
Twitter took its latest action on content from President Trump Tuesday, again hiding a threat of state violence behind a warning label and appending it with a notice.Trump’s latest offending tw
-- China launched the last BDS satellite on Tuesday, marking the completion of the deployment of its own global navigation system.-- The three GEO satellites, including
The European Union could soften demands in trade talks that Britain follow its state aid rules, diplomats and officials have said, just as the bloc’s own splurge to cus
The U.S. Seattle Police Department said that a Saturday morning shooting in the Capitol Hill protest zone left one person dead and another in critical condition. Accor