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France will not exclude Huawei from 5G rollout: minister

French Minister of Economy and Finance Bruno Le Maire said on Thursday that China's tech giant Huawei won't be excluded from the country's 5G network rollout, but the g

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Feature: No pet left behind in China's epidemic fight

Humans are not the only species suffering from the novel coronavirus outbreak, as animals have been hit hard as well. The ongoing epidemic has caught many pet owners i

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China's civil flights won't be suspended: FM spokesperson

Staff members disinfect the cabin of an airplane after its arrival at the Haikou Meilan International Airport in Haikou, south China's Hainan Province, Jan. 31, 2020. (

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U.S. commerce secretary's coronavirus remarks provoke criticism

U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross' recent remarks that the coronavirus outbreak could bring jobs back to the United States have sparked criticism, as many called him

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Backgrounder: Iowa caucuses, first nominating contests of 2020 U.S. presidential election

Iowa, a state in the Midwestern United States, is to hold Democratic and Republican caucuses on Monday, the first nomination contests on the 2020 presidential primary

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Jack Ma Foundation donates 14.4 mln USD for coronavirus vaccine development

The Jack Ma Foundation has announced it will donate 100 million yuan (14.4 million U.S. dollars) to support the research and development of a novel coronavirus vaccine.

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Novel coronavirus outbreak may reach its peak in one week or about 10 days: expert

It's hard to predict when the epidemic will reach its peak, but it may come in a week or 10 days, said Zhong Nanshan, a member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and

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Trump says to reveal controversial Middle East peace plan on Tuesday

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that he will release the long-awaited political aspect of the Middle East peace plan on Tuesday, a proposal that has already

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Reporter's vlog: Getting to Wuhan, a city on lockdown

02:32 Wuhan is in Central China, the epicenter for the novel coronavirus that broke out during the winter and spread across the nation.With 9 million people said to sti

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Iraq says attack on U.S. embassy won't affect relations with Washington

The Iraqi Foreign Ministry said on Monday that the overnight rocket attack on the U.S. embassy in central Baghdad will not affect the flourishing level of strategic re

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Trump defense team makes opening arguments in impeachment trial

U.S. President Donald Trump's legal team started Saturday to make opening arguments in defense of the president in the ongoing impeachment trial in the Senate, after H

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Thick bushfire smoke disrupts Day 2 of Australian Open tennis qualifiers

For the second consecutive day, qualifying rounds for the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne have been disrupted due to poor air quality, with thick bushfi

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Wang Yi: China-Sri Lanka cooperation never targeted third party

Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapksa (R) shakes hands with Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Colombo, Sri Lanka, January 14, 2020. /AP Photo

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News Analysis: U.S.-Iran tensions likely to linger, say experts

Long-standing U.S.-Iran tensions may continue after the tit-for-tat fight between Washington and Tehran in recent weeks, experts have said in recent interviews. The U.

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U.S. to join probe of Ukrainian plane crash in Iran: agency

The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said on Thursday that it will join Iran's probe into the fatal crash of a Ukrainian passenger plane near Tehran. I

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UN "in touch with" U.S. over visa issues

The United Nations remains "very much in touch" with the U.S. government over the visa issues raised by some of its member states, a UN spokesman said Tuesday. In resp