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 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
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
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
The coronavirus has landed in Antarctica, the last continent previously free from COVID-19, Chile's military said this week, as health and army officials scrambled to clear out and quarantine staf
03:04 The COVID-19 pandemic has triggered an uptick in applications to medical schools across the U.S.Eager would-be students say they were inspired to do more by watching frontline he
Job seekers wait in line to speak with representatives during the TechFair LA career fair in Los Angeles, California, U.S., on Thursday, March 8, 2018. /Getty Images The number of initial jobl
Buying someone a gadget is a time-honored tradition, but these days it can be particularly fraught, considering you may buy them a fitness tracker that also monitors emotions, or a doorbell that snitc
A sign adorns the building where mining company BHP Billiton, now known as BHP Group, has their office in Perth, Western Australia, November 19, 2015. /Reuters Although global economic activit
The following are the updates on the global fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. - - - - SHANGHAI -- Shanghai reported 13 new imported COVID-19 cases and no increase in domestically-transmitted ca
01:36 The Caixin/Markit manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) came in at 52.8 for July, marking its third straight month of expansion. It was also the fastest pace of growth i
Sixty-six percent of U.S. registered voters say it is not appropriate to use "kung flu" and "China virus" when referring to COVID-19, a U.S. poll has found. The poll,
Coronavirus cases are on the rise in 36 U.S. states, as the total number of confirmed infections in the country tops 2.5 million. The surge is particularly apparent in the South and West of the count
People wearing masks on the street, Los Angeles, U.S., March 27, 2020. /VCG University of Washington researchers estimated on Monday that 145,728 people could die of COVID-19 in the United Sta
The Square Off robotic chess board was already a great device for these times. The system makes it possible to play a solo game using 20 different degrees of difficulty or challenge someone remotely t
China faces increasing downward pressure on foreign trade this year as the novel coronavirus pandemic has caused huge shocks to the world economy and global supply cha
San Francisco-based Instacart today announced it will bring on 300,000 shoppers for its grocery delivery platform over the next three months. The move is meant to manage an uptick in demand due to the