U.S. President Donald Trump intends to nominate Kenneth Weinstein, chief executive officer of the Hudson Institute think tank, as ambassador to Japan, the White House said on Friday.Weinstein is chai
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said Friday it has confirmed a staff member at its headquarters in Washington D.C. has been diagnosed with the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19). "The st
03:29 Anthony Chan, former chief economist at investment bank JPMorgan Chase, talked to CGTN's Mike Walter about the way Washington is handling the COVID-19 outbreak.
Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak said Thursday the travel ban imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump prohibiting trips from most of mainland Europe wa
U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday declared a national emergency to open up 50 billion U.S. dollars in federal aid to help combat the spread of COVID-19 across the country. "I am officially decla
Instagram is embracing its potential as a news source, employing its ubiquity to distribute Coronavirus prevention techniques through a new call-out at the top of its homescreen feed. In some countri
Chinese tech giants Huawei and ZTE are deemed as being national security threats by a new law signed by U.S. President Donald Trump. /VCG Rural telecommunication carriers in the United States
Australian Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton has tested positive for COVID-19, and the result was confirmed on Friday afternoon. On his official twitter, Dutton wrote "this morning I woke up with a
The U.S. state of New York set up a so-called "containment area" in a COVID-19 hotspot on Thursday, with National Guard troops dispatched on site to clean surfaces and deliver food to people who are
The U.S. state of New York will ban gatherings with 500 people or more, including Broadway shows, as a precaution due to the coronavirus, Governor Andrew Cuomo said Thursday. The ban will be in effe
Washington State Governor Jay Inslee announced Thursday that all K-12 schools in King, Snohomish and Pierce counties will close for the next six weeks as the coronavirus continues to spread. "We do
Two Americans and one British were killed and about a dozen people were wounded when 18 small rockets hit Iraq's Taji military camp north of Baghdad on Wednesday, according to Reuters's sources.The o
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday rated relations between Moscow and Washington as median on a scale of one-to-five."I would give them a three," Putin said
Many universities across the U.S. have moved to online classes due to the coronavirus outbreak.New York University (NYU) on Tuesday sent an email to its students statin
Infographics by CGTN's Gao Hongmei The following are the previous 10 games in which Bradley Beal dropped 40+points for the Washington Wizards. Bradley Beal of the Washington Wizards sho
File photo provided by Bill Melinda Gates Foundation shows that Bill Gates (R) and Melinda Gates pose for a photo after annotating the 2019 annual letter in Kirkland, Washington, the United States,
Russia's President Vladimir Putin has opened the door to constitutional changes that would allow him to remain in power until 2036, but said he favored term limits once the country became politically