The Paris half marathon, which was scheduled for Sunday, has been canceled over the fears of the COVID-19 virus, France's Minister of Health Olivier Veran announced on Saturday afternoon. The decisi
More than 10.37 million members of the Communist Party of China (CPC) nationwide had made voluntary donations of 1.18 billion yuan (about 168.8 million U.S. dollars) f
Switzerland decided on Friday to ban public and private events in Switzerland involving more than 1,000 people as COVID-19 cases in the country rose to 15. The ban, approved at an extraordinary meet
A total of 17 new counties in northern China's Shanxi Province have been removed from China's list of impoverished counties, marking all of its 58 impoverished countie
Another 14 counties in central China's Henan Province have been removed from the country's list of impoverished counties, local authorities said Friday. This means all
02:46 Last year, the rate of African American homeownership in the United States dropped to an all-time low. African Americans often face discriminatory lending practices and have stru
The daily number of newly cured and discharged novel coronavirus patients on the Chinese mainland has surpassed that of new infections for the tenth consecutive day, t
A pneumonia outbreak was first reported in the city of Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, in December 2019. Experts have attributed the outbreak to a novel coronavi
The White House has sent to Congress its 2.5-billion-USD supplemental budget request for additional money to fight the coronavirus. WASHINGTON, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- The White House sent to U.S. Cong
A total of 23 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps reported no increase of newly confirmed cases of novel coronavirus (COVID-19)
China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology on Tuesday urged greater efforts to ensure the production and supply of medical equipment such as respirators a
Airport staff checks the tickets of passengers of a China Southern Airlines flight to Guangzhou, China. (Antara Foto/Fikri Yusuf/ via REUTERS) Opening dates of the new semester for colleges an
Nigeria’s economic growth rose to an annual rate of 2.55% in the three months to the end of December, its highest quarterly growth since a 2016 recession, the statistics office said on Monday.The
Opening dates of the new semester for colleges and universities should be, in principle, no earlier than the effective control of the novel coronavirus outbreak, China
China's daily number of newly cured and discharged novel coronavirus patients has surpassed that of new infections for the seventh consecutive day, according to the Nat
French junior transport minister Jean-Baptiste Djebbari said on Monday that he saw no need to close down transport borders between France and Italy, despite the spread
U.S. stocks opened sharply lower on Monday. All three major indexes plunged more than 3 percent shortly after the opening bell, with the Dow shedding more 979 points, or 3.4 percent. The SP 500 an