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11 abducted students released after school attack in Nigeria

Eleven students who were part of those kidnapped following an attack in Nigeria's north-central state of Niger on Sunday have been released, a government official said Monday.Mary Noel-Berje, a spoke

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Take a sky walk in Gulong Gorge in S China

Gulong Gorge in Qingyuan City, south China's Guangdong Province, is a must-visit for outdoor enthusiasts. The waterfall with nine vertical drops is the tiered waterfall

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China's central bank says risk of imported inflation controllable

China's producer price index in April increased by 6.8 percent year on year. /CFP The risk of imported inflation is overall controllable, the People's Bank of China (PBOC), China's central ban

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Sennheiser sells off its consumer brand

Long-running German audio company Sennheiser today announced that it has found a buyer for its consumer brand. Swiss holding company Sonova — a giant in the hearing aid business — will be

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Over 1m people get COVID-19 vaccine in Hong Kong

Citizens wearing masks walk on a street in Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, south China, April 2, 2021. /XinhuaMore than 1 million people have taken at least on

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Biden aims for inoculating 70 percent of adult Americans by July 4

U.S. President Joe Biden is setting a new vaccination goal to deliver at least one dose to 70 percent of adult Americans by July 4, the White House said Tuesday, as the administration pushes to m

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Turkey approves emergency use of Russia's Sputnik V jab

People wearing face masks walk with shopping bags in Ankara, Turkey, on April 29, 2021. /Xinhua Turkey has approved Russia's Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use, Turkish Health Minist

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Two investors weigh in: is your SPAC just a PIPE dream?

This past year has brought many new developments to a historically traditional process: taking a company public. Many of the standard levers in an initial public offering (IPO) are being redefined as

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Listen to the South China Sea – feel the tranquility of Haikou

01:46 Along the coast of Hainan Province, Guangdong Province and Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, CGTN collected and recorded the natural sounds of the South China Sea

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Mideast in Pictures

A worker sits on his cart at the Grand Bazaar in Tehran, Iran, April 10, 2021. (Photo by Ahmad Halabisaz/Xinhua) The Iranian Health Ministry on Sunday reported 21,063 new COVID-19 cases, takin

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Africa's COVID-19 cases pass 4.34 million: Africa CDC

Visitors wearing the face mask walk in a complex in Cape Town, legislative capital of South Africa, on April 2, 2021. (Xinhua/Lyu Tianran) The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Africa has

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China's Yang Jiayu breaks women's 20 km race walk world record

China's Yang Jiayu on Saturday broke the women's 20km race walk world record at the national championships in Huangshan City, east China's Anhui Province.

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Netherlands reports highest daily rise in cases since early January

FILE PHOTO: Law enforcement officers walk through the center of Utrecht, on January 21, 2021 during the Covid-19 pandemic. /VCG The Netherlands reported a surge in new coronavirus cases by abo

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UK records another 6,303 coronavirus cases, 95 deaths

FILE PHOTO: People wearing face masks walk in a subway station in London, England. /VCG Another 6,303 people in Britain tested positive for COVID-19, bringing the total number of coronavirus c

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100,000 migrants detained at U.S.-Mexico border in February: sources

Three migrants are seen standing along the border wall in El Paso, Texas, U.S., March 4, 2021. /CFP U.S. border agents detained nearly 100,000 migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border in February, a

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All 279 kidnapped Nigerian girls released: governor

All 279 girls kidnapped from their boarding school in northern Nigeria have been released and are on government premises, AFP reported on Tuesday citing a local governor.Nigerian President Muhammadu

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Africa's confirmed COVID-19 cases near 3.76 mln: Africa CDC

FILE PHOTO: Citizens walk past a sign pointing towards a coronavirus testing unit outside Groote Schuur hospital in Cape Town, South Africa, on Monday, Jan. 11, 2021. /VCG The number of confir