The New Zealand Reserve Bank announced in a statement on Monday that it has registered Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited (ICBC) to provide banking services in New Zealand. ICBC will op
A medical worker uses a swab to take a sample at a COVID-19 drive-thru testing site in Washington D.C., the United States, on May 14, 2020. (Photo by Ting Shen/Xinhua)"
New Zealand reported one new confirmed case of COVID-19 on Sunday, said a statement of the Ministry of Health. The case is linked to a cluster outbreak in an aged care facility in Christchurch, as
Players of the USA lift the Women's World Cup Trophy following the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup final at Stade de Lyon, Lyon, France, July 07, 2019. FIFA has announced that it will select the h
17:42 While India has managed to slow down the spread of COVID-19 through what is perhaps the world's largest nationwide lockdown, the socio-economic fallout of the decision on the Sou
European governments promised more relief to their citizens on Thursday as a top U.S. immunologist prepared to tell Congress that America faces its “darkest winter in m
The overall situation in Asia-Pacific countries over the COVID-19 pandemic remained unstable on Wednesday, as India became the 12th worst-affected country with over 74,0
Facebook’s Avatars feature, which lets you customize a virtual lookalike of yourself for use as stickers in comments and Messenger chats, is today launching in the U.S. Essentially Facebook̵
LeoLabs has been building out its global network of space-scanning radars for the last couple years, leading up to today’s launch of its Collision Avoidance system, essentially satellite-monito
Passengers wearing face masks are seen on a subway train in Moscow, Russia, on May 12, 2020. (Photo by Alexander Zemlianichenko Jr/Xinhua) - Russia confirms 10,028 new cases - COVID-19 could derail e
New Zealand's State of National Emergency has been lifted and a National Transition Period is now in place as the country prepares to move to COVID-19 Alert Level 2, C
A woman counts U.S. dollar bills at her home in Buenos Aires, Argentina, August 28, 2018. /Reuters The dollar was on the defensive against its rivals on Wednesday as traders looked to Federal
VCG Facebook unveiled an initiative Tuesday to take on "hateful memes" by using artificial intelligence (AI), backed by crowd sourcing, to identify maliciously motivated posts.The leading soci
Australia has recorded the largest drop in international arrivals in its history as a result of COVID-19.According to data released by the Australian Bureau of Statisti
Sydney Opera House is backdropped by haze from wildfires near the city, in Sydney, Australia, Tuesday Nov. 12, 2019. /AP Australia has recorded the largest drop in international arrivals in it
Australia has recorded the largest drop in international arrivals in recorded history as a result of the COVID-19. According to data released by the Australian Bureau
Boxes containing face masks donated by China's Fujian Province in Oregon, the United States, April 27, 2020. /Xinhua Editor's note: Yuan Jiang is a Chinese PhD student currently studying at th