File Photo: An Afghan child sells face masks amid the COVID-19 pandemic in Kabul, capital of Afghanistan, on May 31, 2020. (Xinhua/Rahmatullah Alizadah) A prominent Afghan journalist died of C
The Chinese mainland reported eight new imported COVID-19 cases Sunday, bringing the total number of imported cases to 1,979, the National Health Commission said Monda
Beijing recorded no new domestically transmitted COVID-19 case on Sunday for the seventh day in a row. The total number of cases stands at 335 since a cluster outbreak
File Photo: A general view of downtown Anchorage, Alaska along the Knik Arm during the Fur Rendezvous on March 5, 2020. (Photo courtesy of VCG) There were 116 new COVI
Iran's confirmed coronavirus cases rose to 257,303 on Sunday after an overnight registration of 2,186 new infections, state-run IRNA news agency reported. Sima Sadat L
A total of 16 people including 12 militants and four policemen have been killed as clash erupted in Pato district of the relatively peaceful central Daikundi province in Afghanistan on Sunday, deputy
BEIJING, July 12 (Xinhua) -- A 5.1-magnitude earthquake jolted Guye District of Tangshan City in north China's Hebei Province at 6:38 a.m. Sunday Beijing Time, accordin
Five people were killed Sunday as a tower crane collapsed at a construction site in east China's Anhui Province, local authorities said Monday. According to the provin
Chinese health authority said Monday that it received reports of four new confirmed COVID-19 cases on the Chinese mainland Sunday, of which one was domestically transm
One locally transmitted COVID-19 case was reported in Beijing on Sunday, marking the eighth consecutive day the city has seen a single-digit increase in cases. The infe
Two people were killed and eight wounded Sunday in a shooting at a nightclub in South Carolina, according to media reports. Just before 2 a.m. (0600 GMT), two deputies of the Greenville County Sherif
At least seven persons were killed and four injured in an explosion at a factory in India's northern state of Uttar Pradesh on Sunday, a local district administration official said. The mishap occurr
China's top legislature on Sunday began reviewing a draft revision to the Administrative Penalty Law, to further improve the legal procedure for administrative penalti
Another 36 COVID-19 patients have died in Britain as of Saturday afternoon, bringing the total coronavirus-related death toll in the country to 43,550, the British Department of Health and Social
China's central bank on Sunday vowed stronger macro-economic policy adjustment as well as better fiscal, monetary and employment policy coordination and implementation
Downpours are continuing to hit several Chinese provinces. In central China's Hubei Province, days of rainfall has caused water levels in five major lakes to exceed th
Chinese lawmakers on Sunday began deliberating a draft amendment to the Patent Law that facilitates the utilization of patents. The draft was submitted for a second re