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China's COVID-19 vaccine has relatively good protective effect: expert

01:36 China's COVID-19 vaccine has a relatively good protective effect, and the source of the country's recent scattered infections of coronavirus is from outside the c

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Austria extends third COVID-19 lockdown to February 8 

Austria will extend its COVID-19 lockdown, with the goal to start easing restrictions from February 8, the government said on Sunday. The catering sector and tourism wi

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Brazil starts to roll out COVID-19 vaccine

(Scroll to the right to see more)Brazil starts to roll out COVID-19 vaccine shortly after the country's health regulator Anvisa approved emergency use of China's Sinovac

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Navalny departs for Moscow after recovery in Germany

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has departed Berlin for Moscow on Sunday after spending several months in Germany recovering from alleged poisoning.

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Austria extends third COVID-19 lockdown to February 8

Austria will extend its COVID-19 lockdown, with the goal to start easing restrictions from February 8, the government said on Sunday. The catering sector and tourism will not be able to reopen in Feb

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Russian-flagged cargo ship sinks in Turkey's Black Sea

A Russian-flagged cargo ship has sunk in the Black Sea off the coast of Turkey and an operation is underway to rescue 15 crew members, RIA Novosti news agency reported on Sunday.

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2 female judges killed, 2 wounded in targeted attack in Afghanistan

Two gunmen on a motorcycle fired on a group of female judges near a bus stop in Kabul, capital of Afghanistan, on Sunday morning, killing two and injuring two others, a security source confirmed to X

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PM to be first Cambodian for China's COVID-19 vaccine shot

Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen said on Sunday that he will be the first in the country to be inoculated with a COVID-19 vaccine developed by China's Sinopharm.The country accepted one million dose

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M5.1 earthquake jolts waters off Taitung County, China's Taiwan

A magnitude-5.1 earthquake jolted coastal waters off Taitung County, China's Taiwan, at 7:10 a.m. on Sunday, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC).Th

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Xi Jinping sends condolences to Joko Widodo over deadly plane crash

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Sunday sent condolences to Indonesian PresidentJoko Widodo over the crash of an Indonesian plane with 62 peopleon board.In his message,

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Pelosi says the House 'will proceed' to impeach Trump

U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said the House "will proceed" with bringing legislation to impeach President Donald Trump to the floor in a letter late Sunday to colleagues, according to the AP.

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China urges external forces to stop meddling in HK affairs

The Office of the Commissioner of the Chinese Foreign Ministry in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR)on Sunday expressed strong condemnation of and firm

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Passenger flights between China, UK continue to be suspended

China's civil aviation regulator announced Sunday that regular passenger flights between China and the United Kingdom will continue to be suspended from Monday.

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China's Hebei reports 40 new locally-transmitted COVID-19 cases

China's Hebei Province reported 40 new locally-transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases, all in Shijiazhuang City, from 0:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. local time Sunday, local aut

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Indonesia landslides kill 11, injure 18 in West Java

Landslides caused by heavy rain in western Indonesia killed 11 and injured 18, local authorities said on Sunday.

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Suga announces consideration of state of emergency for Tokyo area

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on Monday announced consideration of state of emergency for capital Tokyo and three surrounding prefectures.Tokyo reported 816 new daily COVID-19 cases on Sunda

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Nancy Pelosi reelected as U.S. House speaker

Democratic Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi of California was reelected on Sunday as speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, where her party has a narrow majority.Pelosi received support from 216 Dem