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An Apple Store employee on leave has tested positive for COVID-19 in Santa Monica

An Apple Store employee who was on leave from the Third St. Promenade store in Santa Monica, California tested positive for COVID-19 late yesterday. The employee had been on leave to care for a relat

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Philippines' Duterte lauds China's efforts in fighting COVID-19

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has lauded China's efforts to combat COVID-19, saying China will defeat the novel coronavirus disease under the strong leadership

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CPC shares China's anti-virus experience with foreign parties

The Communist Party of China (CPC) has shared its experience from China's fight against COVID-19 with political parties around the world, bolstering its efforts to aid countries in stemming the virus

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China says ready to contribute to global fight against COVID-19

China is willing to contribute to the global fight against the novel coronavirus disease while continuing to ensure its epidemic prevention and control domestically, a

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Across China: Volunteers in China offer "cloud tutoring" for children of frontline medics

While numerous volunteers in China are working in grassroots communities amid the epidemic, students and teachers have also responded by offering online tutoring for t

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China-Italy friendship to make new progress amid fight against COVID-19: Chinese FM

Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi (R) meets with Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio on the sidelines of the 74th session of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly at the UN h

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China willing to support African countries' fight against COVID-19

China, while shoring up its own epidemic fight, stands ready to strengthen solidarity and cooperation with African countries and support and help them to the best of i

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China congratulates Afghan President Ghani on inauguration for second term

China congratulated incumbent Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani on his inauguration for a second term, a foreign ministry spokesperson said at a press briefing Tuesday. Spokesperson Geng Shuang

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Chinese, Iraqi FMs hold phone talk on battle against coronavirus

Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi held a phone talk with Iraqi Foreign Minister Mohammed al-Hakim on Monday, discussing about the COVID-19 battle an

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Facebook’s board is its most gender-balanced yet with two new additions

On Monday, Facebook announced the addition of two new names to its board of directors, Nancy Killefer and Tracey T. Travis.Killefer brings potentially valuable government insight to Facebook, as she

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Facebook flags Biden video from Trump’s social media director as ‘partly false’

The disinformation wars are heating up as the U.S. barrels toward the 2020 presidential election, leaving tech companies again uncomfortable in the role of referee.On Monday, Facebook href="https://te

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Silver Lake makes $1B investment into Twitter; Twitter, Elliott call truce as Dorsey remains CEO

After a week in which it looked like activist investor Elliott Management might try to force out Jack Dorsey as CEO of Twitter to help boost the social platform’s flagging growth, it looks lik

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U.S.-Taliban deal raises prospect of Taliban takeover

After almost 19 years of conflict the United States and the Afghan Taliban reached an agreement last month that might see U.S. forces withdraw within 14 months if the militant group does not escal

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WHO chief thanks China for donation to help contain COVID-19

Photo taken on Feb. 27, 2020 shows boxes of masks donated to Daegu by the Chinese Embassy, in Seoul, South Korea. (Chinese Embassy in South Korea/Handout via Xinhua) WHO Director-General Tedros Adh

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Tunisian FM hails China's efforts to combat COVID-19

Tunisian Foreign Minister Noureddine Erray (2nd L) visits the project site of Tunisian diplomatic academy which is constructed by a Chinese company in Tunis, Tunisia, on March 6, 2020. (Photo by

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Tear gas shot two ways over migrants at Turkey-Greece border

The announcement came hours after European Union foreign ministers meeting in Croatia on Friday criticized Turkey, saying it was using the migrants’ desperation “for po

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EU, Turkey in stand-off over funds to tackle new migrant crisis

The European Union (EU) is scrambling for a new agreement with Turkey to prevent migrants from Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan and beyond flooding into the EU. But there is little sign so far that Ankara is