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UK government approves Chelsea takeover by Boehly group

The UK government has approved the sale of Premier League football club Chelsea to a consortium led by Los Angeles Dodgers part-owner Todd Boehly.It came a day after th

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Raisi sworn in as Iran's new president

Ebrahim Raisi attends a swearing-in ceremony in Tehran, Iran, Aug. 5, 2021.(Xinhua/Javad Salarheyli) Ebrahim Raisi was sworn in on Thursday as the new president of Iran in the parliament."I sw

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Picturing an epic journey

Soldiers from the Red Army at a revolutionary base in Northwest China's Shaanxi province, taken from the album The Promethean Fire. [China Daily] In 1988, Shen Yaoyi embarked on an art project

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Philippines to impose travel ban on Indonesia to curb Delta variant

The Philippines will ban all travelers from Indonesia from July 16 to July 31 to prevent the spread of the highly infectious coronavirus Delta variant, presidential spo

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PLA Navy's Type 054A frigate in 60 seconds

01:18 The Type 054A frigate joined the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) fleet in 2008. The ship has a fully loaded displacement of about 4,000 metric tons and is eq

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Fighting COVID on a Native American reservation

03:38 The coronavirus has been ahardshipfor Native American communities,particularlythe Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation.But the tribe has undertaken a number of measures and successfu

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England investigating new Philippines-linked coronavirus variant

VCG Health authorities in the U.K. are investigating a new coronavirus variant that was first reported in the Philippines after two cases was found in England.The VUI-21MAR-02 (P3) variant has

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At least 5 killed after landslides in Indonesia's gold mine

Five bodies have been recovered and about 70 others were reported missing following landslides at a gold mine in Indonesia's Central Sulawesi Province on Wednesday afternoon, a disaster agency offici

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China's offshore service outsourcing business surpasses $100b in 2020

Outsourcing is the business practice of hiring a party outside a company to perform services and make goods traditionally undertaken by the company's employees. /CFP The executed contract valu

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China has cultivated over 250,000 postdocs, with 125 academicians

VCGChina's higher education enrollment rate has been continuously increasing, from 40.0 percent in 2015 to 51.6 percent in 2019, and the total number of students in sch

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CRCC completes first drinking water supply system in Cabinda, Angola

01:53 The Cabinda Water Supply Project undertaken by China Railway Construction Corporation Limited (CRCC) is the first drinking water supply system in Angola's Cabinda province and wi

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4 trapped in railway tunnel collapse in SW China

Four people were trapped after a railway tunnel under construction collapsed on Monday in Pu'er City, southwest China's Yunnan Province, according to the information o

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Beijing issues new guidelines for reopening of sports venues

As Beijing lowered its emergency response to COVID-19 from level II to III, the city's Municipal Bureau of Sports on Tuesday issued new guidelines for the reopening of sports and fitness venues. The

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Malaysia's trading capabilities to enjoy boost from infrastructure cooperation with China: minister

Malaysia's trading capabilities will receive a boost from infrastructure development cooperation with China, which will also create jobs and draw investment opportunities for the country, a senio

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China moves to further lower financing costs for enterprises

China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission in Beijing, China, 2018. /VCG Chinese authorities have unveiled a guideline to further reduce financing costs for enterprises, according to an

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Russian scholar praises China's achievements in poverty reduction

China has made a truly remarkable breakthrough in the fight against poverty and will certainly complete the building of a moderately prosperous society in all respects this year, a Russian scholar h

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Intelsat files for bankruptcy protection

Global satellite operator Intelsat has voluntarily filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, the company announced late on Wednesday. Intelsat has attempted to position this as a positive moment th