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U.S. politicians find blaming China a perfect strategy in campaigns

Amid the raging spread of the coronavirus in the United States that has caused massive human casualties and economic losses, U.S. politicians are making China a centerpiece of their campaign to diver

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What is contract tracing?

One of the best tools we have to slow the spread of the coronavirus is, as you have no doubt heard by now, contact tracing. But what exactly is contact tracing, who does it and how, and do you need to

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Food banks overwhelmed, struggle to replace elderly workers

Cans of food in stock at one of the food banks in the U.S. /VCG These are busy times at Denver Inner City Parish, a nonprofit organization in the U.S. state of Colorado that provides food and

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Vaccine organizations call for improved global coordination

03:46 Two non-governmental vaccine organizations are calling for improved global coordination to develop vaccines for COVID-19. On Wednesday, CGTN spoke with the heads of the organizat

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The great whiplash

A municipal worker sprays disinfectant at a makeshift isolation hospital for COVID-19 patients in Chennai, India, April 14, 2020. /Xinhua Editor's note: Kaushik Basu, former chief economist of

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Greece strengthens "Help at Home" program to support vulnerable citizens during COVID-19 crisis

Struggling to stand on her feet and even talk sometimes due to several chronic health problems, Greek pensioner Aspasia Tampouratzi is eagerly awaiting the knock on her door once a week by employee

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NHL tells players to self-quarantine through April 30

NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman speaks at a press conference in Boston, U.S., May 27, 2019. /VCG The National Hockey League, which suspended play on March12 amid the coronavirus pandemic, on Tue

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Replace non-stop Zoom with remote office avatars app Pragli

Could avatars that show what co-workers are up to save work-from-home teams from constant distraction and loneliness? That’s the idea behind Pragli, the Bitmoji for the enterprise. It’s a

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Stackery releases slew of updates to simplify serverless app deployment

Stackery, a 4-year old Portland startup, wants to help development teams deliver serverless resources on AWS more easily, and today it announced several enhancements to the platform.With serverless ap

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What counts for Trump

President Donald Trump speaks about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, in Washington DC, April 13, 2020. /AP Editor's note: Mike Cormack is a writer, ed

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Anatomy of the coronavirus collapse

Editor's note: Eswar Prasad is professor of Trade Policy at Cornell University's Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management and a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. Ethan Wu is a st

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Report: Chinese striker Wu Lei to stay in RCD Espanyol for 1 more year

Chinese striker Wu Lei of RCD Espanyol dribbles during the La Liga game against CA Osasuna at El Sadar Stadium in Pamplona, Spain, March 8, 2020. /VCG Chinese striker Wu Lei is negotiating con

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As virus deaths rise, Sweden sticks to ‘low-scale’ lockdown

Crowds swarm Stockholm’s waterfront, with some people sipping cocktails in the sun. In much of the world, this sort of gathering would be frowned upon or even banned.No

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Should China be blamed for COVID-19?

02:58 Editor's note:As the global pandemic continues, there have been some voices suggesting that China should take responsibility for what has happened around the world, accusing Chin

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What do we do with the positives?

Here come the blood tests, and it’s about time. Serosurveys, to determine what percentage of populations have already contracted COVID-19. And, individually, tests to indicate whether you, too,

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Maybe you misunderstand him – How has Carter spent 22 years in NBA?

Vince Carter, #15 of the Atlanta Hawks, dunks in the game against the Toronto Raptors at the State Farm Arena in Atlanta, Georgia, November 21, 2018. /VCG NBA Commissioner Adam Silver on Monda

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Self-management tips for suspected novel coronavirus patients

What should patients with mild novel coronavirus symptoms and asymptomatic people with a clear history of exposure do?The World Health Organization (WHO) provides some suggestions, and here are so