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UN chief sends envoy over 'unprecedented' Sudan situation

Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN) Antonio Guterres is sending UN Humanitarian Affairs chief Martin Griffiths as an envoy to the Sudan region, his spokesman s

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Traumatized relatives await news of missing in quake-hit Indonesia

Traumatized relatives awaited news on Wednesday of the fate of loved ones missing after an earthquake shattered a town in Indonesia's West Java on Monday, with more hea

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Henan floods: Authorities rush to restore telecom service

An aerial view of the heavy rain-hit urban area of Zhengzhou City, Henan Province, July 21, 2021. /CFPChina's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) has

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Frontline nurse who survived COVID-19 better understands patients

03:49 Central China's Wuhan is booming again but things were very different one year ago. Once the worst-hit city by COVID-19 in China, it took a society-wide effort to

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Russia reports record daily COVID-19 cases

FILE PHOTO: A woman wearing a face mask buys a ticket at a train station in Moscow, Russia, on Oct. 4, 2020. /XinhuaRussia registered another 29,935 COVID-19 cases and

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Xi book on balancing COVID-19 fight and development now out in English

Medics from north China's Tianjin Municipality wave goodbye before their departure from Wuhan in central China's Hubei Province, the worst-hit city in the country by CO

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Indian Vice President Naidu tests positive for COVID-19

Indian Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu has tested positive for COVID-19.Naidu, according to officials on Tuesday, underwent a routine COVID-19 test. /APIndian Vice Pres

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Kyrgyzstan reports 196 new COVID-19 cases

Authorities in the Kyrgyz capital of Bishkek have lifted some restrictions to ensure economic stability.BISHKEK, Aug. 21 (Xinhua) -- Kyrgyzstan reported 196 new COVID-1

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NW Chinese county activates top flood emergency response

A top-level emergency response for flood control and natural disaster relief was activated late Wednesday in Zhouqu County of northwest China's Gansu Province as torre

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U.S. COVID-19 cases surpass 5.5 mln: Johns Hopkins University

The total number of COVID-19 cases in the United States surpassed 5.5 million on Wednesday, according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns

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Roundup: China, Syria highlight cooperation against COVID-19; Turkey sees infections over 250,000

Officials from China and Syria discussed Monday about more cooperation against COVID-19 as several countries in the Middle East saw tally of infections crossed major m

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U.S. COVID-19 cases surpass 5.4 mln: Johns Hopkins University

People wearing face masks walk on a street in Washington, D.C., the United States, Aug. 14, 2020. (Photo by Ting Shen/Xinhua)The U.S. has more than 5.4 million COVID-19

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Russian COVID-19 cases up 4,969 to 922,853

Russia registered 4,969 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, taking its total to 922,853, the country's COVID-19 response center said in a statement Sunday. Meanwh

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Key figures on COVID-19 crisis in U.S.

The total number of COVID-19 cases in the United States topped 5.1 million on Tuesday, according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopk

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U.S. COVID-19 cases surpass 5 mln

The total number of COVID-19 cases in the United States surpassed the 5 million mark on Sunday, according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at J

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Spotlight: Multilateral cooperation in urgent need as global COVID-19 cases exceed 19 mln

The dire situation that global COVID-19 cases have topped 19 million has sounded a fresh alarm that the ravaging pandemic is far from withering away, and that the worl

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Americans suffer higher risk of dying from COVID-19: expert

Americans suffer higher risk of dying from the coronavirus than people from any other country, a health expert has said. "America has one of the worst numbers on plane