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Cathay Pacific to shut down Dragon brand, cut over 8,000 staff

An Airbus SE A321 aircraft operated by Cathay Dragon, a unit of Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd., top, taxis past an Airbus A330 aircraft operated by Cathay at Hong Kong International Airport in Hong

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Tesla sues U.S. government over China tariffs

01:33 Tesla and other car makers are suing the Trump administration over tariffs on components they buy from China.The duties remain in place following their trade battle and despite t

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Hurricane Sally slams U.S. Gulf Coast region

00:56 Hurricane Sally slammed the U.S. Gulf Coast on Wednesday, flooding parts of Alabama and Florida, leaving many without power and stranding thousands of people – leaving them in ne

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George Floyd: Police officers go back to court

02:23 The four policeofficers chargedin the death ofGeorge Floyd will once again appear in a Minneapolis court on Friday.A judge will consider motions from attorneys of all fourdefenda

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Beijing reports no new COVID-19 cases

Yang Shuqin (front) teaches senior people Taiji fan at the Temple of Heaven park in Beijing, capital of China, Aug. 19, 2020. (Xinhua/Meng Tao)BEIJING, Aug. 23 (Xinhua)

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Hong Kong suspends extradition agreement with Germany, shelves one with France

The government of China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) announced Wednesday the suspension of an extradition agreement with Germany and shelved a sim

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China tightens supervision over gov't financing guarantee institutions

China has unveiled measures to strengthen supervision over government-controlled financing guarantee institutions in the latest move to provide better financial servic

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Cute plateau pika spotted in Tibet

Have you ever heard of the plateau pika? These little creatures live across the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, and locals call them the "elves of the plateau." Check out our v

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Pandemic changes conversation around climate change in Latin America

02:26 The pandemic has brought changes all around the world, and not all of them are seen in a negative light.One of them is a heightened awareness and deepest conversation onpollution

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China has no interest in U.S. internal affairs: FM spokesperson

A Chinese spokesperson on Monday reiterated that China has no interest and has never interfered in U.S. presidential elections, in response to a top U.S. intelligence

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Garment workers in Los Angeles make PPE in unsafe conditions

03:24 In its struggle toward containing the pandemic, the United States has seen a growing demand for personal protective equipment for local governments and businesses across the coun

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Brazil makes new law to mandate mask wearing

02:22 In May, Brazil became the country with the second-highest number ofCovid-19cases after the United States.Last month,President Jair Bolsonarosigned into law the use of protectivem

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U.S. state of California surpasses 10,000 deaths from COVID-19

The death toll from COVID-19 in the U.S. state of California grew to 10,011 on Friday, according to the newest figure updated by the state's Department of Public Health

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Fighting COVID-19 – as a family

05:43 Imagine having a father, mother, and sister all battlingCOVID-19 at the same time, with two of them fighting for their lives in a hospital intensive care unit.As the number of ca

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The leading arguments for a Microsoft-TikTok tie-up

Here they are, ranked by how much weight we put behind them:

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China helps Ghana's ruling party to fight COVID-19 with medical supplies

The International Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) presented a consignment of medical supplies to Ghana's ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) here on Monday.

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U.S. marks 100-day countdown to 2020 presidential election amid coronavirus pandemic

The United States on Sunday marked the 100-day countdown to the 2020 presidential election amid the coronavirus pandemic.Sitting President and presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump, 74, didn't not ment