The Greek authorities have suspended new asylum claims for a month amid chaotic scenes on its land border with Turkey, as refugees attempt to cross to the European Union. The United Nations claims ar
U.S. equities closed sharply lower on Tuesday as concerns of slower economic growth persist, despite the Federal Reserve's emergency interest-rate cut. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed down 7
The International Olympic Committee Executive Board on Wednesday approved Paris 2024's proposal of assigning Place de la Concorde for urban sports and Teahupo'o site in Tahiti for surfing events. Th
The Office of Commissioner of the Chinese Foreign Ministry in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) on Tuesday urged some U.S. politicians to stop meddling
President Vladimir Putin wants to amend the constitution to make it illegal for Russia to give away any part of its territory to a foreign power, a proposal likely to i
The United States bungled its coronavirus testing as it has been slow in an attempt to develop reliable diagnostic tests and use them widely, the journal Science reported. The U. S. Centers for Dise
U.S. equities posted huge weekly losses for the week ended Feb. 28, as investors fled the stock market and flocked into safe-haven assets amid risk-averse sentiment. For the week, the blue-chip Dow
France has confirmed 73 cases of coronavirus infection by Saturday noon and the government has decided to impose stricter measures to contain its spreading, Minister of Health Olivier Veran announ
Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has been widely used to treat COVID-19 patients, yielding good outcomes, said a medical expert Saturday. With TCM treatment, patient
Traders work at New York Stock Exchange in New York, the United States, Feb. 25, 2020. (Xinhua/Zhang Mocheng) The Dow on Thursday plunged nearly 1,200 points, or over 4.4 percent, amid risk-averse
U.S. equities plunged on Thursday with all three major indexes tumbling into correction territory amid rising risk-averse sentiment. So far for the week, the blue-chip Dow erased more than 3,200 poi
Some Italian medical professionals have suggested that people should not panic over the novel coronavirus and should acquire information from reliable sources. The number of people infected by the v
Disney sent a shock wave through the media industry yesterday upon stock market closing, announcing the immediate shift of its longtime CEO Bob Iger to an Executive Chairman role. Iger said he will le
An electronic screen shows the trading data at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, the United States, on Feb. 24, 2020. (Xinhua/Wang Ying)For the first two sessions of the week, the Dow lost 1,91
00:38 The World Health Organization (WHO) chief said on Monday that the novel coronavirus epidemic (COVID-19) reached its peak between January 23 and February 2 and the number of new c
VCG Photo China's Ministry of Education and Ministry of Science and Technology issued an official notice last week on regulating the use of Science Citation Index (SCI) papers in the evaluatio
More than 4,900 medical staff from some 600 traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) hospitals across the country rushed to central China's Hubei Province to help combat the
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