03:02 After five months of hard work, China has contained the spread of COVID-19. Now the discussion has shifted to how the country can continue to reopen its economy, along with its b
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is expected to revise down the growth forecast for the Asia and Pacific region in a revised update to its World Economic Outlook
The three United Nations food bodies based here were key forces in Tuesday's UN policy brief calling for "urgent action" to reduce the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the world's hungriest popula
A glance at La Defense financial district and Avenue des Champs-Elysees in Paris, France. /VCG The French economy will likely shrink about 10 percent this year due to the coronavirus pandemic
U.S. President Donald Trump arrives to speak during a tour of Puritan Medical Products medical swab manufacturing facility in Guilford, Maine, U.S., June 5, 2020. /AP Editor's note:Mike Corma
A displaced Syrian child poses for a photograph in a flooded camp near Dayr Ballut, Aleppo province, Syria, December 28, 2018. /Xinhua Editor's note: Bradley Blankenship is a Prague-based Amer
The U.S. economy ended its longest expansion in history in February and entered recession as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, the private economics research group that acts as the arbiter for de
Photo taken on April 17, 2020 shows the World Bank headquarters in Washington, D.C., the United States. (Photo by Ting Shen/Xinhua)Growth in East Asia and Pacific is projected to fall to 0.5 percent i
Homeland Security’s cybersecurity advisory unit is warning Windows 10 users to make sure that their systems are fully patched, after exploit code for a “wormable” bug was published o
David Robinson of the San Antonio Spurs in the game against the Golden State Warriors at the Oakland Coliseum in Oakland, California, 1994. /VCG When David Robinson was selected by the San Ant
In the wake of the mass protests triggered by the death of George Floyd, "rapid justice" is needed for African Americans and others who fall long-time victim to racism and police brutality in the Un
Chinese recovery is going to look "very impressive" with a growth of 5-6 percent quarter on quarter in April-June, said Michael Spencer, Deutsche Bank's chief economist and head of research for As
Japan's economic contraction in the first quarter was not as bad as initially thought according to revised figures released by the government on Monday. However, economists suggest the current quarte
The United States of America, Attorney General William Barr on Sunday denied that President Donald Trump wanted 10,000 active duty troops sent onto the country's streets to quell the protests. /R
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson attends a news conference on the novel coronavirus in London, UK, March 3, 2020. /Reuters Editor's note: Jonathan Arnott is a former member of the European
03:02 Editor's note: Dr. Robert Lawrence Kuhn is a CGTN anchor, public intellectual, international corporate strategist, investment banker, and recipient of the China Reform Friendship
June 6, 2020, marks the 25th National Eye Care Day in China, which was originally set to raise awareness of protecting our vision and preventing eye diseases. According to a report released by China'