Chinese Vice Premier Liu He held a telephone conversation on Friday night with Valdis Dombrovskis, executive vice president of the European Commission. During their phone talk, Liu, also a member of
ePremier League Invitational tournament by Premier League. /Photo from Premier League Twitter Account Players of the Premier League are about to compete in EA SPORTS' video game FIFA 20 at the
The Chinese medical team arrived at the airport in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on April 16, to join in the fight against the novel coronavirus. /Xinhua Ethiopia has lauded efforts made by Chinese m
U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to place on hold all funding to the World Health Organization (WHO) will have a colossal and detrimental impact on the programs
On-demand mobility, when done successfully, strikes a balance between demand and supply while providing reliable service and making a profit. It’s a sweet spot that can be difficult, if not impo
SF-based CRISPR diagnostics startup Mammoth Biosciences has published the first peer-reviewed study that shows validation of using its testing method to detect the presence of COVID-19 in patients. T
“Tigertail,” a new film on Netflix, weaves together the past and the present to tell the life story of Pin-Jui, who we first meet as a Taiwanese boy dreaming of moving to America.We soon s
As silently and swiftly as it has devastated families and communities around the world, COVID-19 has also left many startups gasping for air. Emerging companies with strong 2020 revenue forecasts have
I recently got an email from a company that once sold me a pair of jeans. They wanted to talk about COVID-19. I’ve gotten a lot of these emails over the last few weeks, as more and more companie
LAGOS, April 15 (Xinhua) -- The Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) on Wednesday issued a formal advisory of using face masks by the public to stem the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. Head of
It will be difficult to hold the Cannes film festival in its original form in 2020 due to the coronavirus outbreak, organizers said Tuesday, adding they were looking at
The global economy is on track to contract "sharply" by 3 percent in 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, much worse than during the 2008-09 financial crisis, according to the World Economic
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has provided an emergency use authorization (EUA) for a decontamination process provided by company Advanced Sterilization Products (ASP) that could see as
China has issued a guideline on improving the sewage treatment charging mechanism to promote green development in the Yangtze River Economic Belt. The move aims to use
The Treasury and the Bank of England agreed Thursday to temporarily extend the use of the Ways and Means (WM) facility, enabling the government to borrow from the bank
A UN report has warned against backsliding in financing for sustainable development amid the COVID-19 pandemic and called for remedies. The economic and financial shoc
FILE PHOTO: German Chancellor Angela Merkel./Photo by Reuters. Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday rejected demands by Italy for common euro zone bonds to mitigate the economic impact of the