The Chinese mainland recorded 890 confirmed COVID-19 cases on Monday, with 843 attributed to local transmissions and 47 from overseas, data from the National Health Com
The United Nations (UN) General Assembly on Thursday adopted a resolution to demand an end to the decades-old U.S. embargo on Cuba.The resolution was adopted with 185 v
The British pound plunged to a record low against the dollar on Monday as traders grow increasingly fearful of a deep UK recession after new finance minister Kwasi Kwar
Queen Elizabeth II of the UK had died aged 96, at her summer residence in Scotland. The longest serving monarch of recent times was placed under medical supervision by
The Chinese mainland recorded 280 confirmed COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, with 241 attributed to local transmissions and 39 from overseas, data from the National Health
China's central bank has added two foreign banks to its carbon emission reduction supporting tool to assist with the country's green push and further open up the financ
Yemen's warring parties on Tuesday agreed to extend a four-month long truce by a further two months, just hours before the current deal lapsed."I am pleased to announc
Profits of China's major industrial enterprises rebounded by 0.8 percent year on year in June, after declining over the previous two months due to COVID-19 curbs, accor
The African Union (AU) has called on all Member States to make a commitment to establish and strengthen functional Public Health Emergency Operations Centers (PHEOCs) t
The UK government has approved the sale of Premier League football club Chelsea to a consortium led by Los Angeles Dodgers part-owner Todd Boehly.It came a day after th
French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday named Elisabeth Borne as the new Prime Minister, making her only the second woman to hold the position in the country's histo
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Saturday he's alarmed after the Taliban ordered Afghan women to cover their faces in public and leave home only in cases of n
China's Shanghai has postponed the national college entrance exam, known as Gaokao, by a month to July 7-9 due to the COVID-19 situation in the city, officials told a p
A Myanmar court on Wednesday sentenced former leader Aung San Suu Kyi to five years in prison after finding her guilty of taking a bribe.The judge in the capital Naypyi
Shanghai will start a series of measures on Friday to cut off COVID-19 transmission chains as soon as possible, local authorities said.Tiered community control measures
British MPs on Thursday agreed to put Prime Minister Boris Johnson under investigation to determine whether he lied to parliament over lockdown-breaking parties at his
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Wednesday that he will seek re-election and cannot think of any circumstances under which he would resign.Johnson flew to I