The 2019–20 fire season in Australia has been catastrophic.More than 11 million hectares of forest and bush have been burned. Thousands of houses have been destroyed and residents forced to seek shel
Editor's note: This article is an edited version of "Do not violate the International Health Regulations during the COVID-19 outbreak," which was first published on the Lancet on February 13, 2020
Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Friday rebuffed groundless accusations against Chinese telecom gear giant Huawei, saying that the U.S. suppression of a private company like Hu
The U.S. private sector has donated a batch of medical supplies, including 2 million masks, and has organized a shipment to China in light of the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, the U.S.-China Busi
Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte on Friday unveiled a multi-billion-euro 10-year investment plan aimed at stimulating the economy and creating jobs in the country's chronically impoverished sou
TEHRAN, Feb. 13 (Xinhua) -- Iran's parliamentary election campaign officially started across the country on Thursday. According to Iran's Guardians Council of Constitution, the main entity in charge
By now we’re all familiar with text messaging groups for multi-person co-ordination. I’ve lost count of how many WhatsApp, Telegram and Facebook messenger groups I’m on! Other apps like Threema have
Swiftmile, the startup that wants to become the gas station for micromobility vehicles, is getting into advertising. Swiftmile already supplies cities and private operators with docks equipped to par
Last February we launched Extra Crunch, and today we’re celebrating its one-year anniversary. As a token of appreciation to our readers, we’re offering a limited-time deal for annual Extra Crunch memb
Editor's note: Jiahe Chen, chief investment officer at Novem Arcae Technologies. The article reflects the author's views, and not necessarily those of CGTN.On Monday, China published its latest da
Since the outbreak of the novel coronavirus in China, scientists from various pharmaceutical companies and other institutions have tried to create a vaccine to stop its spread. Recently, a Shanghai c
03:29 Editor's note: With the coronavirus casting a shadow over China, people are much concerned about the development of the coronavirus crisis. What kind of attitude should we hold i
Global warming is to blame for Argentine Antarctica recording its hottest day since readings began, Greenpeace said on Friday.Temperatures climbed to 18.3 degrees Celsius (64.9 degrees Fahrenheit)
As founding executive director of Tech:NYC, Julie Samuels is one of the state’s most prominent advocates for the tech sector, both in Albany and at City Hall.Samuels, a lawyer by training, came
Michael Ryan, executive director of the World Health Organization (WHO) Health Emergencies Program, urged here Friday that no stigma should be associated with the new coronavirus. "It is the respo
Donny Hall, the chief executive and co-founder of the used car certification service, SureSale, knows used cars. The serial entrepreneur built and sold a previous business, CarSure, which was an insur
It might have seemed to be one of the more innocuous elements in President Donald Trump’s deeply divisive Middle East peace initiative: the suggestion that a densely po