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UNESCO inscribes a total of 34 new properties on World Heritage List

The Luoyang Bridge is one of the 22 component sites featured in the serial property of "Quanzhou: Emporium of the World in Song-Yuan China," which is added to the World Heritage List during the 4

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Southern Europe ablaze as wildfires sweep across continent

People stand back and look at a forest fire in the town of Fabrezan, France. /Idriss Bigou-Gilles/AFP Europe's fire services are facing another extremely challenging summer.A dry winter, stron

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China, Mongolia oppose politicizing COVID-19 origin tracing

00:30 China and Mongolia stressed opposing politicizing the issue of tracingCOVID-19 origins and agreed to deepen cooperation in the fields of mining, energy, finance, agriculture, husb

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China, Finland vow to advance new-type cooperative partnership

01:51 China and Finland on Sunday reached consensus on deepening their future-oriented new-type cooperative partnership with efforts to strengthen practical cooperation, promote the sou

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IOC: Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics to need spectators

Ice hockey players practice during a test event for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games at the National Indoor Stadium in Beijing, April 1, 2021. /CFP The Beijing Winter Olympics, which star

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Malaysia's Chef de Mission Lee Chong Wei on Tokyo and Beijing games

01:49 Malaysia's Olympic Chef de Mission Lee Chong Wei said on Wednesday that Malaysian athletes are taking strong precautions against the coronavirus and ready for the Tokyo Summer Gam

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Newly molted shield bug enjoys summer night in Hebei

As night falls in Luocheng Park in Luannan County, Tangshan City, north China's Hebei Province, insects begin a summer chorus.A shield bug (Pentatomidae), also known as

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Brokrete wants to be the “Shopify of construction”, raises $3M Seed led by Xploration Capital

With the pandemic affecting every aspect of life and industry, it’s no surprise that digitization is coming to construction fast. Construction suppliers are increasingly under the same pressure

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Chief ice hockey adviser Springfeld dedicated to Beijing Winter Games

04:22 Born in Innsbruck, Austria – a city that has hosted two Olympic Winter Games and the first Youth Olympic Winter Games in 2012 – Harald Springfeld has been dedicated to and involve

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Advanced technologies give boost to Beijing Winter Olympics

02:33 Monday marks the 200-day countdown to the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics. Organizers are busy putting the final touches on venues and other infrastructures. Meanwhile, technologies

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Jackie Chan film week set to open in August

An annual event to raise public recognition for stunt performers, the sixth Jackie Chan International Action Film Week, will be held in Datong, North China's Shanxi Province, from Aug 6 to 8.With

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Anti-doping agreements signed for Beijing Winter Games

01:39 The Beijing Organizing Committee for the 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games signed an anti-doping framework agreement and a service contract with China's top sports authorit

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Great Question gets $2.5M seed round to make customer research easier

Great Question’s user dashboardCustomer research is invaluable for software companies, but there are many obstacles, like finding the right group of people to survey. Great Question wants to mak

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Russian insurtech and telemedicine startup BestDoctor raises $26M B from Winter Capital Partners

Last year we covered BestDoctor’s series A round when the Russian insurtech startup raised $4.5 million for its online medical insurance platform for corporates, which also offers telemedicine service

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'Mandalorian' and 'Crown' lead Emmy noms as Disney expands empire

Emma Corrin stars as Princess Diana in the Netflix royal drama "The Crown" (2016). /CFP Disney+'s "Star Wars" series "The Mandalorian" on Tuesday tied for the most Emmy nominations with Netfli

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Heart Aerospace raises $35M Series A, lands order with United and Mesa Airlines for 200 aircraft

Swedish electric aviation startup Heart Aerospace has received its biggest order to date: 200 of its inaugural ES-19 electric aircraft from aviation giant United Airlines and its regional airline part

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Micromobility operator Veo raises $16M to fund U.S. expansion

Shared micromobility operator Veo has raised $16 million in new funding as the company ramps up its expansion plans in the United States. The Series A funding round, which follows permit awards in San