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Military airstrike kills armed bandits in northwest Nigeria

Nigerian troops conducted an airstrike killing several bandits in Northwest Nigeria. /Nigerian Army An airstrike by Nigerian troops has destroyed a camp of an armed group inside Kagara Forest

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Chinese mainland reports 22 new COVID-19 cases, 17 of them in Xinjiang

The Chinese health authority said Monday that it received reports of 22 newly confirmed COVID-19 cases on the Chinese mainland Sunday, of which 17 were domestically tra

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Taliban has no office in Iran: Iranian Foreign Ministry

The Taliban group of Afghanistan has no office in Iran, Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Abbas Araghchi said on Sunday. Taliban "may have establis

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Twitter accounts of Obama, Biden, Musk and others 'hacked' in apparent Bitcoin scam

Twitter says it is investigating after a number of high-profile accounts were apparently hacked.Accounts including those of former US president Barack Obama, presidential hopeful Joe Biden and billio

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433 rivers exceed alerting levels in flood-hit China since June

A total of 433 rivers in China have exceeded alerting levels since early June, with 33 of them rising to historical highs, said the Ministry of Water Resources on Monda

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Official urges strengthened epidemic control measures at borders

A Chinese health official on Friday called for continuous efforts to strengthen COVID-19 containment measures at border posts to minimize the risk of imported transmis

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1.3 million in U.S. seek unemployment assistance

The U.S. economy is stumbling as the viral outbreak intensifies, threatening to slow hiring and deepening the uncertainty for employees, consumers and companies across the country.More than 1.3 milli

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Athletes use tracking devices to keep healthy during pandemic

03:05 The National Basketball Association is on track to restart their season on July 30.It will be taking placeatDisney World in Florida and players will be required to stayon the pre

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U.S. hospitals face severe challenges from coronavirus

02:43 The COVID-19 pandemic has presented a huge challenge to U.S.hospitals. Many of them have experienced surges ofcoronavirus patients inthe past few months.All had to cancel non-eme

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New research shows Asian Americans revitalizing U.S. economy

02:33 Asian Americans have been found to be at the forefront of the U.S. economy.And despite many of them being targeted by racist attacks over the COVID-19 outbreak, new research show

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China punishes thousands of officials for violating frugality rules

A total of 14,506 Chinese officials were punished in May for violating frugality rules, the top anti-graft body said on Sunday. The officials were involved in 10,091 c

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Chinese government helps college graduates find jobs online

A government-sponsored online recruiting service platform has offered more than 13 million job posts for Chinese college graduates since its launch in March. The "2436

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China strengthens preparedness against floods

China's Ministry of Water Resources has called for all-out efforts to prevent floods as continuous downpours in the country's southern areas threatened to inundate rive

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Chinese brocade silk shines in Bangkok

In Chinese language, there are 14 characters to classify the silk. In other words, the family of silk has 14 members, and one of them is brocade - a rich fabric with raised patterns in gold and silver

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DPRK to send millions of leaflets to South Korea for retaliation: media

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) will soon distribute 12 million leaflets to South Korea "to make them pay dearly for their crime," the official Korean

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France's COVID-19 death toll up by 28 to 29,575

The coronavirus killed 28 more people in the past 24 hours in hospitals in France, bringing the country's death toll to 29,575, according to data released on Wednesday by the Health Ministry. Among t

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6 pirates killed in raid off Cameroon

The Cameroon army said Saturday evening that its rapid intervention battalion and navy have shot dead six armed pirates off the southern Cameroonian town of Idabato. The pirates were aboard a flying