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China discusses its COVID-19 response at World Health Assembly session

In a speech to the World Health Assembly (WHA) on Monday, China defended its coronavirus response. "China has insisted on detecting, reporting, isolating and treating in time. We have been focusin

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Health Silk Road promotes cooperation during COVID-19 pandemic -- Turkish experts

China's aid to Belt and Road partner countries and the experience it shared with them during the COVID-19 pandemic are valuable and renders the Health Silk Road more concrete, experts have said.

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Controversial "fracking" has little environmental impact: Australian study

Researchers from Australia's peak scientific body have found that hydraulic fracturing can have little to no environmental impact. Hydraulic fracturing, commonly known as fracking, is the process whe

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Medical supplies donated by Chinese company arrive in Jordan

A batch of medical supplies donated by a Chinese company have arrived in Jordan, the Jordanian Royal Court said on Saturday. The support package, donated by the Jack M

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Chinese, Irish experts share anti-virus experience by video call

Health officials and experts from China's Hubei Province on Friday held a video conference with their Irish counterparts to share their experience in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, said the

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China's experience on COVID-19 should be learnt, says journalist

COVID-19-hit countries should "learn from China" as the pandemic has been tightening its grip on the world, said Ahu Ozyurt, a famous Turkish journalist. Given that th

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Chinese premier holds phone call with Austrian chancellor on COVID-19

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Friday evening held a phone conversation with Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz on the COVID-19 pandemic. Noting that when the Chinese people were in a difficult time t

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Frontiers launches a portal to help connect coronavirus and COVID-19 research with funding

Open science platform and publisher Frontiers wants to make sure that efforts by researchers to pursue science-based solutions to the global coronavirus pandemic, and learn more about the virus and th

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Chinese experts share COVID-19 experience with Ukrainian counterparts

Experts with the Chinese Ministry of Health held a teleconference with their Ukrainian counterparts on Friday to share their experience in COVID-19 prevention, containment and treatment. The Chi

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China, Japan, ROK FMs hold videoconference on COVID-19

A special meeting via videoconference on the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) was held Friday among the foreign ministers of China, Japan and the Republic of Korea

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MLB teams to donate 30 million U.S. dollars to help seasonal employees

A glove, a ball and a bat of baseball. /VCG The MLB on Monday again announced the postponing of the opening of new season – for another two weeks, because of the spread of COVID-19. This is de

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China congratulates Afghan President Ghani on inauguration for second term

China congratulated incumbent Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani on his inauguration for a second term, a foreign ministry spokesperson said at a press briefing Tuesday. Spokesperson Geng Shuang

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Mosquito-related ancient insect found in 100-million-year-old amber

An international research team said Thursday they have found a new genus of mosquito-related ancient insects with a distinct elongate mouthpart of more than half of its body length in Cretaceous ambe

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UK PM highlights China's speedy post of information about coronavirus outbreak

British Prime Minster Boris Johnson leaves 10 Downing Street for Prime Minister's Questions, in London, Britain, Feb. 26, 2020.(Photo by Tim Ireland/Xinhua) "I congratulate the Chinese authorities

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Vice premier stresses scientific research in advancing epidemic prevention, treatment

Chinese Vice Premier Sun Chunlan on Saturday stressed the role of scientific research in containing the coronavirus epidemic. Sun, who is leading a central government

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A boom, a bust, a reckoning, a race: Four takes on today’s startup market

Hello and welcome back to our regular morning look at private companies, public markets and the gray space in between.Today let’s try to figure out where the startup and private markets stand, a

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Argentina sees progress in talks with IMF to ease the country's debt

IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva and Argentina's Economy Minister Martin Guzman attend a conference hosted by the Vatican on economic solidarity, at the Vatican, February 5, 2020. /Reut