Tokyo's new COVID-19 infections hit highest in 5 weeks
Tokyo reported 716 new COVID-19 infections on Saturday, its highest in more than five weeks, as the nation considers extending pandemic restrictions in the capital just
India's coronavirus deaths top 300,000
India reported 4,454 new COVID-19 fatalities on Monday and is now the third country in the world after Brazil and the United States to surpass more than 300,000 official deaths. /Xinhua India
Migrant crisis sees surge in unaccompanied minors in Mexico
05:00 A surge of unaccompanied migrant minors and children in Central America has forced the government in Mexico to scramble in handling the uptick in numbers.CGTN’s Alasdair Baversto
Brazil's jobless rate dips to 14 pct from September to November
RIO DE JANEIRO, Jan. 28 (Xinhua) -- Brazil's unemployment rate dipped to 14.1 percent in the three-month period from September to November compared to the previous June to August period (14.4 percent
Canada's retail sales continuing up in November
OTTAWA, Jan. 22 (Xinhua) -- Canada's retail sales rose 1.3 percent to 55.2 billion Canadian dollars in November 2020, according to Statistics Canada on Friday. It was the seventh consecutive monthly
Peru and Bolivia running out of ICU beds as COVID-19 cases surge
02:46 Peru and Bolivia are running out of intensive care beds amid an uptick in COVID-19 cases. The trend comes as Peru announced the first case of a highly transmissible variant of th
S. Africa's PMI slows in December
JOHANNESBURG, Jan. 8 (Xinhua) -- University of Stellenbosch's Bureau for Economic Research (BER) said on Friday that the Absa Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) declined from 52.6 index points in Novem
