Down one country with the departure of Britain, the European Union set out new criteria for adding new countries in a move made all the more urgent by the recent French
Turkey stands united with the Chinese people and government in its fight against the novel coronavirus, the mayor of Istanbul said Tuesday. In an exclusive interview w
Asian markets rallied on Tuesday with Chinese stocks bouncing back as bargain-buyers stepped in after the previous day's rout.The Shanghai Composite closed up 1.3 percent, while the blue-chip CSI300
03:05 Hong Kong has announced it will shut down more border crossings with the Chinese mainland amid the coronavirus outbreak emanating from the central Chinese city of
China and the United States should enhance strategic coordination on their world views, and build a bilateral relationship based on coordination, cooperation and stabi
A drought-hit irrigation canal in Thailand's Pathum Thani province. /CGTN Photo Canals with no water. Rivers running dry. These could be the clearest signs yet that Thailand is facing a drough
Huawei will be allowed to play a limited role in the UK's 5G network, the government has said.Among the conditions for the Chinese company's involvement are:It will be excluded from all safety relate
A traveler wearing a mask arrives on a direct flight from China, after a spokesman from the U.S. Centers for the CDC said a traveler from China had been the first person in the United States to b
A pharmacy in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China, January 26, 2020. /Xinhua Photo Editor's note: Shang-Jin Wei is a former chief economist at the Asian Development Bank, Professor of Finance and Eco
Click here to subscribe to our newsletter."We might be young and some of us might be worried... but when we put on our uniforms, the worries go away".That's what one nurse in Wuhan told CGTN, as we v
Thousands of supporters of populist Iraqi cleric Moqtada Sadr gathered in Baghdad on Friday for a rally to demand the ouster of US troops, putting the protest-hit capit
It was a tough decision for He Qi, a Wuhan native, employed at an internet company in Beijing, to cancel her Spring Festival reunion dinner plans with her family.Behind her canceled travel plan is
The recent announcement that the birth rate of the Chinese mainland fell last year to its lowest for seven decades has led to renewed debate about what the country should do about this trend.Falli
Merkel invited the world to discuss Libya. Did it work? (Credit: Tobias Schwarz/AFP) German Chancellor Angela Merkel's Berlin summit on ways to end the Libyan civil war finished in the usual f
China and the United States have just signed the phase one trade agreement on Wednesday in Washington D.C. Having reached the deal, China will increase its imports from the U.S. and the latter one wi
Germany is to phase out climate-damaging electricity generation from lignite and hard coal. (Credit: Julian Stratenschulte/AP) Germany is aiming to phase out its coal-fired power stations by 2
South Africa can now strip refugees of their asylum status if they engage in any political activity related to their home countries, according to a new law that critics