The Tokyo 2020 Olympics organizing committee told the press on Wednesday that it had stepped up its measures to protect the health of runners and spectators for the tor
The first COVID-19 case in Lebanon has recovered and is expected to return home on Wednesday, a source from the health ministry told Xinhua on Tuesday. "Rafic Hariri Hospital will test the patient a
The head of Iran's emergency medical services, Pirhossein Kolivand, has been infected by the novel coronavirus, according to the ILNA news agency on Tuesday.Kolivand's "health is good and there is
A total of 23 Iranian lawmakers have caught the novel coronavirus, Abdolreza Mesri, a vice chairman of Iran's parliament, told reporters on Tuesday. The Iranian lawmak
Around 30 people are being held hostage in a mall in Greenhills Shopping Complex in San Juan City in Philippines, reports the police.The situation is ongoing and the mall has been cordoned off.
Former South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg on Sunday night announced he is ending his presidential campaign, just two days before the Super Tuesday primary. "At
Slovak Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini conceded defeat early Sunday to the opposition party Ordinary People (OLaNO) in the country's parliamentary election. The latest vote count showed that the cent
Putin noted that all relevant aspects of the Syrian settlement are to be substantively discussed in Moscow during the Russian-Turkish summit planned in the coming days.
Ecuadorian Minister of Public Health Catalina Andramuno speaks at a press conference in Guayaquil, Ecuador, on February 29, 2020. (Xinhua/Str) The patient left Madrid and arrived in Ecuador's port c
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
Mojtaba Zonnour, chairmanofIran Parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Commission, on Thursday released a video announcing that he has tested positive for the new coronavirus.It came two d
Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Wednesday night told Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi by phone that he believes Japan has the capabi
New East Timorese Prime Minister Taur Matan Ruak reads out the oath of office during his inauguration in Dili, the capital of East Timor, June 22, 2018. /AP The prime minister of East Timor ha
Timor Leste's Prime Minister Taur Matan Ruak has resigned following a political collapse, Indonesian media reported Tuesday. The prime minister has sent a letter of re
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
Afghanistan reported its first confirmed novel coronavirus case on Monday, the country's health ministry announced.Ferozuddin Feroz, the minister of public health, told a press conference in Kabul on