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China's Guiyang, Italy's Vicenza to become sister cities

Authorities have begun procedures to establish sister-city relations between Guiyang, capital of southwest China's Guizhou Province, and the city of Vicenza in Italy. The two cities will forge ahead

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China reports surge in domestic tourism

China registered a spike in domestic tourism with 6 billion trips in 2019, up 8.4 percent year on year, according to the Ministry of Culture and Tourism. Overseas trav

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Chinese medical team ends mission to help fight against COVID-19 in Palestine

A Chinese medical expert team has concluded a mission to support Palestine's fight against COVID-19. On Tuesday, the team held a meeting with Palestinian health offici

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Greek PM visits Israel for talks over economic ties, West Bank annexation

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis arrived in Israel on Tuesday morning for a two-day visit over economic ties between the two countries and the Israeli planned

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France reports 29 new COVID-19 deaths, hospitalizations continue to drop

France's Health Ministry on Monday said 29 people died of the COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, bringing the total tally to 29,436, while the hospitalization data continued its month-long decline. In a

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As Greece reopens to tourists, how about other EU countries?

The safety of tourists is a top priority for Greece as it opens its airports to foreign visitors, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Saturday on a visit to the popular holiday island of Santo

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43 African countries under border closure as COVID-19 cases top 225,000 continentwide

As COVID-19 caseload surpassed 225,105 on Saturday across the African continent, 43 African countries are now under full border closure due to the rapid spread of the coronavirus. The death toll fro

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India, Australia announce comprehensive strategic partnership

India and Australia on Thursday announced a comprehensive strategic partnership after Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison

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Chinese medical team exchanges experiences with Sudan's health emergencies committee

A visiting Chinese medical team on Monday met with members of Sudan's Higher Committee for Health Emergencies to exchange experiences in combating COVID-19. "The Chinese medical delegation m

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Vice premier inspects school resumption in Beijing

Chinese Vice Premier Sun Chunlan has stressed the importance of applying anti-COVID-19 measures amid the reopening of schools across the country. She made the comments

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Landmark heritage tower in Wuhan to fully reopen in June

The Yellow Crane Tower, a landmark tourist attraction in Wuhan, the Chinese city once hardest-hit by the novel coronavirus, will fully reopen to the public on Monday.

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Trump marks Memorial Day with visits to national cemetery, monument

U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday visited a national military cemetery and a historic fort to mark the Memorial Day, as the country's coronavirus death toll approa

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Xi visits political advisors, joins discussion at annual session

President Xi Jinping on Saturday morning visited national political advisors from the economic sector attending a joint group meeting at the third session of the 13th

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Online learning platform keeps study going for Chinese students amid epidemic

China launched a national online education platform to facilitate the continued learning of its 180 million middle and primary school students who have been confined t

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A programmatic approach to managing health care services nets Stellar Health $10 million

As the healthcare industry moves to value-based care, physician practices and health networks need to shift the things they bill for. Now it’s about maxing out patient “care” rather

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EU calls for state guarantees for vouchers for cancelled travel

The European Commission will tell member countries of the European Union to provide state guarantees for travel vouchers during the coronavirus pandemic, if they prefer

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China promotes information sharing on COVID-19

China has been actively sharing scientific knowledge on COVID-19 with global medical practitioners and researchers through multiple platforms. The COVID-19 Academic Research Communication Platform,