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U.S. is not prepared for next pandemic, top official says

Robert Redfield speaks at a hearing on COVID-19 response held by the House subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, U.

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China appreciates global support for national security legislation for Hong Kong

China appreciated the global understanding and support for its decision on the national security legislation for the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), a Foreign Ministry spokesperso

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Another cog in a trend of provocations from the Republicans

Editor's note:Hamzah Rifaat Hussain is a former visiting fellow at the Stimson Center in Washington, and currently serves as assistant researcher at the Islamabad Policy Research Institute (IPRI)

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UK testing data 'far from complete and comprehensible,' says watchdog

00:39 The head of the UK's statistics regulator has strongly criticized the government's COVID-19 testing data, saying they were "far from complete and comprehensible."The UK governmen

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Trump's remarks "extremely disrespectful" to China's efforts against pandemic: FM spokesperson

U.S. President Donald Trump's recent remarks on China's COVID-19 prevention and control were totally unfounded and were extremely disrespectful of the great efforts an

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China finds evidence of the early Jurassic Kayentapus-dominated tracks

A rock climber found some unusual footprints at Geleshan National Forest Park, Chongqing last March. After research by paleontologists and other experts, Chongqing Planning and Natural Resources B

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A new step for 3D printing in space

Chinese scientists revealed the first sample of 3D printed ceramics in space at a ceremony held in Beijing on Friday. The 3D printing device was on board China's prototype manned spaceship launche

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Commentary: Building up a firewall for sustaining peace in Hong Kong

China's top legislature approved on Thursday a decision to establish and improve the legal system and enforcement mechanisms for the Hong Kong Special Administrative R

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English Premier League set to restart on June 17

English Premier League clubs on Thursday agreed to restart the 2019/20 season on June 17, a move that has been widely expected since the deadly COVID-19 has shadowed the global sporting world.It i

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Israel tests 100,000 to prevent pandemic 'second wave'

01:54 Israel has launched a campaign to test 100,000 people for novel coronavirus antibodies as the country prepares for a possible "second wave" of cases, a top official said Thursday

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Suing China over COVID-19 against international law: expert

Some U.S. officials' attempts to sue China for causing the COVID-19 pandemic are outright violations of international law, according to an article carried by Wednesday

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France's virus tracing app ready to go, parliament to vote

French lawmakers were set to vote Wednesday on whether to endorse a contact-tracing app designed to contain the spread of the coronavirus amid sharp debate over privacy

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U.S. targets Venezuela's first lady for drug trafficking

FILE PHOTO: Maduro and Flores formed a political and private partnership when they both advised an ascendant Hugo Chávez. Maduro would wink at Flores in early meetings, drawn by her "fiery charac

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COVID-19: Climate change summit likely to be delayed by a year

The United Nations (UN) global climate change summit is likely to be postponed for a second time until next year because of the coronavirus pandemic.The summit, also known as Conference of Parties

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Twitter adds a warning label fact-checking Trump’s false voting claims

On the heels of a furor over his tweets accusing MSNBC host Joe Scarborough of murder, Twitter has quietly begun to fact-check the president.A new warning label encouraging Twitter users to “Ge

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Are the PM and Cummings right to suggest coronavirus impacts eyesight?

Boris Johnson and his top aide Dominic Cummings have both suggested that coronavirus may have impacted their eyesight.

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China's civil code will promote the rule of law

The third session of the 13th National People's Congress (NPC) opens at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, May 22, 2020. /Xinhua Editor's note: The following article is