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Where is the praise for the Chinese people?

Medical staff from Wuhan No. 1 Hospital bid farewell to medical supporters from Tianjin upon their leaving in Wuhan, capital of central China's Hubei Province, March 21, 2020. /Xinhua Editor's

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The politics of COVID-19

08:45 COVID-19 is spreading wide and fast.From Asia to Europe to America, confirmed cases are climbing on a daily basis. An increasing number of politicians, Hollywood celebrities and

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Lockdowns extended, restrictions tightened in Europe over coronavirus

Europe, the current epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic, has seen some of its most popular tourist destinations impose stringent containment measures over the past few weeks in a bid to slow the sprea

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Australian environment getting "worse and worse" every year: study

Researchers from Australian National University (ANU) have declared 2019 the nation's worst environmental year "in a century or more." The team, led by Albert van Dijk from ANU's Fenner School o

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White House extends social distancing guidelines to April 30

Only a few days after saying that he would like to see the country “opened up and raring to go by Easter” and maybe relax rules for at least some parts of the U.S. sooner than later, Presi

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Boris Johnson raises prospect of stricter lockdown in letter to 30 million homes

Boris Johnson has raised the prospect of stricter lockdown measures in a letter that will be sent to every household in the UK.The prime minister, who tested positive f

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Trump gives up quarantine on New York amid rapid spread of COVID-19

U.S. President Donald Trump said Saturday he has dropped the idea of quarantining the New York state, the hardest-hit region by the COVID-19 pandemic in the country, despite a rapid increase in

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3 NYC officers die, 11 pct on sick leave in COVID-19 fight

Background Video: COVID-19 cases in U.S. surpasses 121,000 -- Johns Hopkins University. (Xinhua/Zhang Mocheng, Wei Ying) "We've lost three members of our family in a little over 48 hours." NEW YORK,

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Trump says he's considering short-term quarantine for New York, other states

"We're thinking about certain things. Some people would like to see New York quarantined because it's a hotspot. ... We might not have to do it, but there's a possibility that sometime today we'll do

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Political virus is more vicious than the coronavirus

Night view of Taipei, southeast China's Taiwan. /Xinhua Editor's note: Qu Qiang is a current affairs commentator. The article reflects the author's opinions, and not necessarily the views of C

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Foreseeable unforeseeables

Editor's Note: Jeffrey Frankel is professor of capital formation and growth at Harvard University. The article reflects the author's opinions, and not necessarily the views of CGTN.Events like the

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Blame risks infecting every one of us

Editor's note: Chris Hawke is a graduate of the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism and a journalist who has reported for over two decades from Beijing, New York, the United Nations, Tokyo, Ban

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Stress, isolation, COVID-19: A nightmare cocktail for domestic abuse

Stock photo portraying domestic violence. /VCG In Austria this week, a man nearly beat his wife to death because the isolation and stress of staying at home "had become too much." In the U.S.,

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Xi Focus: China underscores unity to save world economy from recession

As the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) makes social distancing and working from home the new normal, leaders of the Group of 20, home to almost two-thirds of the

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The G20 summit is an urgent step in fight against COVID-19

Editor's note: Zhao Minghao is a senior research fellow at Charhar Institute and an adjunct fellow at Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies, Renmin University of China.The article reflects the

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Palestinian PM warns of "worse days ahead" amid COVID-19 outbreak

Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammed Ishtaye on Thursday warned that Palestine is planning for "worse days ahead," amid the increase of COVID-19 cases in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. "The comi

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World leaders meeting virtually to coordinate virus response

Leaders of the world’s most powerful economies are convening virtually on Thursday in an effort to coordinate a response to the fast-spreading coronavirus, which has sh