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Republican memo unveils anti-China strategy for GOP candidates over COVID-19

"What a playbook. Have a look!" Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying tweeted in response later on Friday. "Don't defend Trump, other than the China Travel

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Finland will consider easing of restrictions in May: PM

Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin said on Wednesday that Finland could announce in May gradual easing of restrictions, while warning that the COVID-19 situation remains serious. Talking to the media

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China vows to support foreign trade firms as virus hits global economy

China pledged continued support to aid its foreign trade firms and minimize the impacts of COVID-19 on the sector as the virus hit the global economy and international trade, the Ministry of Com

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Oil rebounds from 18-year lows after U.S. and Russia agree to talks

Oil recovered ground on Tuesday after U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed to talks to stabilize energy markets, with benchmarks climbing off 18-year lows hit as th

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All Raise CEO Pam Kostka on how the world isn’t ending

This isn’t the first economic downturn All Raise CEO Pam Kostka has been through. “I was here during the dot-com bust and rush, and here during the financial fallout that happened, so we’re a little o

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China strengthens fiscal support for poor people hit by epidemic

China will boost fiscal support to secure guarantees for the basic life of impoverished people affected by the novel coronavirus epidemic, a senior official said on Saturday.Noting the epidemic has t

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Roundup: U.S. equities post huge weekly losses amid risk-averse sentiment

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

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China's factory PMI drops in February as epidemic hits economy

A worker welds a bicycle steel rim at a factory manufacturing sports equipment in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China, September 2, 2019. /ReutersManufacturing activity

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U.S. equities tumble into correction territory as market sell-off continues

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

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Maersk supports China's coronavirus fight with logistics

00:56 Danish shipping group A.P. Moller-Maersk has been facilitating the delivery of medical supplies for areas hit by the coronavirus outbreak in China, Caroline Wu, managing director

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Scientists find car-sized turtle fossil

Scientists in South America have dug up fossils from one of the largest turtles that ever lived.The car-sized turtle, called Stupendemys geographicus, lived about 13 million to 7

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HKSAR may enhance relief measures as novel coronavirus outbreak adds to economic woes: officials

The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government may enhance the existing economic relief measures as the novel coronavirus outbreak has added to the woe

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Bayern survive late scare, Tottenham seal late comeback

Son Heung-min of Tottenham Hotspur. /VCG Photo Jose Mourinho admitted Tottenham got lucky after Son Heung-min's late penalty secured a dramatic 3-2 win against Southampton in Wednesday's FA Cu

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Bayern survive late scare, Tottenham seal late comeback

Son Heung-min of Tottenham Hotspur. /VCG Photo Jose Mourinho admitted Tottenham got lucky after Son Heung-min's late penalty secured a dramatic 3-2 win against Southampton in Wednesday's FA Cu

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Hong Kong reports biggest annual exports decline since 2009

Hong Kong witnessed the biggest decline in annual goods exports last year, weighed on by a lackluster global economy, official data showed Thursday. The value of total

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Oil prices surge, U.S. stock futures plunge following Iran's missile strike in Iraq

Crude oil prices soared and U.S. stock futures plunged late Tuesday following reports that Iran fired multiple missiles at U.S. airbases in Iraq, triggering fears of a

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With clock ticking, British MPs scrutinise Brexit deal

British MPs on Tuesday resume scrutiny of Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Brexit deal as he races to get it ratified in time for Britain to leave the European Union on J