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New York City is welcoming students back to school

After being the U.S. epicenter for COVID-19, New York City is welcoming its 500,000 students back to school.Its now the first big U.S. city to reopen all schools to in-pers

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Tokyo Paralympics competition schedule announced

The Tokyo 2020 organizing committee on Monday announced the schedule of the delayed Paralympic Games, which will be held from August 24 to September 5, 2021. The schedule will "in principle" be as

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Hong Kong's first temporary hospital to start operation on Saturday

Hong Kong's first temporary hospital for COVID-19 patients will start operation in the next few hours, admitting a first group of more than 20 patients, CGTN reporter Z

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Xi to attend ceremony marking completion of BeiDou-3 Navigation Satellite System

Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, will attend a c

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Xi sends congratulations on start of assembly of ITER project

Chinese President Xi Jinping sent a congratulatory message to the ceremony for the start of assembly of the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER), which took place on Tuesday at the

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Vlog: Transformation of China's coal capital Fushun

Northeast China's Liaoning Province has been taking strengthened environmental protection measures in the mining areas. In Fushun City, tens of thousands of households

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DRC health minister announces end of Ebola epidemic in country's northeast

Congolese health minister Eteni Longondo announced on Thursday that the Ebola virus disease epidemic in the northeastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has ended. Since the sta

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China's top legislature to start annual session

The 13th National People's Congress (NPC), China's top legislature, will open its third session Friday morning at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.Chinese Premie

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China's top political advisory body prepares for annual session

The Standing Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) National Committee met on Monday in Beijing to prepare for the upcoming annual

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A legitimate Question: when did COVID-19 first appear in the U.S.?

05:33 Editor's note: A U.S. mayor claims he had COVID-19 last November, over one month before China reported its initial cases. If this was really the case, how did he

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Japan’s Abe extends state of emergency to May 31

Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Monday he had decided to extend the country’s national state of emergency to May 31.Abe will consider lifting the state of eme

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China endeavors to ensure safe classes resumption amid COVID-19

Ensuring safety should be the prerequisite for classes resumption across China as the COVID-19 epidemic situation has been eased, an official with the Ministry of Educa

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Asia Album: Starting urban adventure with striated heron in Singapore

A striated heron (Butorides striata) hunts at a pond outside Singapore's ArtScience Museum on April 1, 2020. (Photo by Then Chih Wey/Xinhua) SINGAPORE, April 2, 2020 (Xinhua) -- Look at the little on

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Tokyo Olympic Games to be held from July 23 to August 8 in 2021

The Tokyo Olympic Games will be held from July 23 to August 8, 2021, almost a year after the original schedule, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced on

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IOC, Japan agree to kick off Tokyo Olympics on July 23, 2021: NHK

Japan's Olympic Games, which were intended to begin on July 24, 2020, will instead start on July 23, 2021, reported NHK citing source.The Games were postponed due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

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Answer Bank: When should you go to hospital amid COVID-19 pandemic?

Amid the global spread of coronavirus, people around the world are being asked to stay indoors, observe social distancing and avoid crowds. But what happens when you start feeling sick? Medical pr

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France's Macron says only at start of coronavirus crisis

France is only at the beginning of the coronavirus crisis and is in a race to curb its progress, President Emmanuel Macron said on Friday.“We are at the start of this c