text

France celebrates Bastille Day

Click arrows to view gallery Bastille Day is the National Day of France, celebrated on July 14 every year and called Fête nationale in France. It is the anniver

text

Five more suspects identified in assassination of Haiti's president

Five more suspects, including former Haitian Sen. John Joël Joseph and another former government official, have been identified in the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse and are on the

text

France to hold presidential election in April 2022

The first round of France's presidential election will be held on April 10 next year, with the second round scheduled on April 24, government spokesman Gabriel Attal said on Tuesday.Legislative elect

text

Demonstrators for and against Cuba's government hit the streets

Protesters against the government of Cuba and people rallying in support of the ruling party both took to the streets of Havana in the largest demonstrations in over a deca

text

Blast heard in Tehran's park, no casualties reported yet

A blast caused by an "unknown object" was heard in a park in north Tehran early on Saturday, Iranian state television reported.There are no reports of casualties so far. "Just one explosion took plac

text

Deadly factory fire in Bangladesh leaves at least 52 dead

A deadly fire took the lives of at least 52 people in Bangladesh. The blaze broke out at a Hashem Foods Ltd. factory in Rupganj, Narayanganj district, on the outskirts o

text

Gunmen kidnap 140 school students in northwest Nigeria

Gunmen have kidnapped 140 students from a boarding school in northwestern Nigeria, a school official said on Monday.It is the latest in a wave of mass abductions of schoolchildren and students."The k

text

New eruption of Etna volcano in Italy

A new eruption took place at the Etna volcano in Sicily, Italy on July 2, 2021, the 42nd this year.Strombolian activity at the southeast crater gradually changed to a lava

text

High-flying drone captures birds-eye view in Norway

00:33 Filmmaker Chrisander Bergan took his FPV drone out in Vøringsfossen, Norway to capture this amazing footage. Is this what it’s like to be a bird? Check out The China Report, our n

text

The May Fourth Movement and the founding of the CPC | CPC in 100 Years

When people refer to the May Fourth Movement, they don't simply mean the events that took place on that day, but rather a broader ideological change that saw the politi

text

Helicopter carrying Colombia's president struck by bullets in attack

A helicopter carrying Colombia's President Ivan Duque and others was struck by multiple bullets in an attack on Friday, he said in a video message.The incident took place while the president's helico

text

How China built its infrastructure and its economic investments

02:52 As China marks the 100-year anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China, CGTN looks at the long road the country took in redeveloping its infrastr

text

Rescue underway as residential building collapses in C China's Hunan

The rescue mission is underway after a residential building collapsed in Rucheng County, Chenzhou City, central China's Hunan Province on Saturday.The accident took pla

text

Putin, Biden meet in Geneva amid tense relations

Russian President Vladimir Putin met his U.S. counterpart Joe Biden in Geneva, Switzerland, on Wednesday. This was the two leaders' first face-to-face meeting since the Biden administration took offi

text

Biden lands in Geneva for summit with Putin

U.S. President Joe Biden arrived in Geneva on Tuesday ahead of his summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin, the first one between the two leaders since Biden took office.The two sides will hold

text

China not a G7 member, but dominates G7 agenda: U.S. media

00:51 The G7 summit ended in Cornwall, UK, on June 13. From global cooperation against the COVID-19 pandemic and climate change to the Clean Green Initiative, China took up a large part

text

U.S. sanctions against Russia take effect

U.S. sanctions, barring U.S. financial institutions from taking part in the primary market for ruble-denominated Russian sovereign bonds, among other things, took effec