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South African Airways suspends international flights

The cancelation of flights by the South African Airways comes on the back of an update that South Africa's COVID-19 cases had surpassed 200. The country is the worst hit in Africa. South Afric

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Waymo suspends all self-driving services in light of coronavirus pandemic

Waymo has extended the partial suspension of its autonomous vehicle service pilots to include fully driverless vehicle testing, the company confirmed on Friday. While Alphabet-owned Waymo had already

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Burkina Faso's education minister tested positive for COVID-19

The education minister of Burkina Faso said on Friday that he has tested positive for the virus that causes COVID-19. "Following various influenza-like symptoms that appeared on March 16 and 17, I wa

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Cambodia starts to accept donations for COVID-19 fight: health minister

Cambodia has begun to accept donations for the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, Health Minister Mam Bunheng said on Friday. Donors can contact designated health of

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Gaming company Scopely adds $200 million more to its M&A stockpile

Scopely, the mobile gaming publisher behind titles including Marvel Strike Force, Scrabble Go, Yahtzee with Buddies, and Star Trek Fleet Command, has added another $200 million to its hoard of cash fo

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Chinese premier says China stands firmly with EU in fight against COVID-19

China stands firmly with the European Union (EU) and supports its anti-epidemic efforts, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said Wednesday in a phone conversation with European Commission President Ursula vo

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Charter flight carrying Chinese medical experts, supplies heads for Italy

A charter flight carrying 12 Chinese medical experts and over 17 tonnes of supplies headed for Milan of Italy on Wednesday to aid the country's fight against the coronavirus outbreak. Operated by Ch

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China refutes U.S. slandering of China's military-civilian integration policy

China on Tuesday expressed strong dissatisfaction and resolute opposition to the U.S.' repeated hyping and slandering against China's military-civilian integration policy. U.S. Assistant Secreta

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Belt and Road journalists platform urges protected health, rights of journalists amid epidemic

The Belt and Road journalist organizations cooperation platform called on journalist organizations of various countries to effectively protect the physical and mental health, as well as legitimate ri

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India to shut shootings of films, TV shows to contain COVID-19 spread

Various film and cinema associations in India have decided to put on hold shootings of various films, web series and TV shows on March 19-31 to contain the spread of C

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Japan's cherry blossom season comes in time

Despite the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak, spring is coming. Japan is now decorated by flashes of pink, the cherry blossoms, also known as sakura.Every year, people can see various kinds of cherry blosso

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Putin Signs Constitutional Amendments Into Law

The constitutional reform legislation put forward by Putin includes the expansion of the Parliament's powers, a ban on senior officials from having a residence permit i

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China issues health management plan for recovered COVID-19 patients

VCG With the number of COVID-19 recoveries increasing in China, the country's National Health Commission (NHC) has outlined a trial health management scheme to manage patients discharged from

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CPC issues regulation on full, strict Party governance

The General Office of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee has released a regulation to ensure full and strict governance over the Party. As an importa

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China seeks to combat COVID-19 home and abroad: ambassador

China not only cares about combating COVID-19 at home but also seeks to contribute to fighting the novel coronavirus abroad, Chinese Ambassador to Egypt Liao Liqiang s

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Australian Grand Prix canceled after COVID-19 detected

The Australian Formula 1 Grand Prix has been officially canceled on Friday, after a member of the McLaren Racing team tested positive for COVID-19, prompting the team to pull out of the event. In an

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U.S. Washington state announces school closures in 3 counties hit hardest by coronavirus

Washington State Governor Jay Inslee announced Thursday that all K-12 schools in King, Snohomish and Pierce counties will close for the next six weeks as the coronavirus continues to spread. "We do