Wang Qiang of China in the Australian Open competition Melbourne, Australia, January 26, 2020. /VCG Chinese top female tennis player Wang Qiang announced on Saturday that she will not attend t
National flags of NATO alliance members flatter in the wind outside NATO headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, February 28, 2020. /AP Editor's note: Lionel Vairon is the president of CEC Consulti
A spokesperson of China's Ministry of National Defense on Thursday refuted the recent verbal attacks by U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper on China. "His accusations ag
150,000 people have died of COVID-19 in the U.S.Since the first confirmed death in late February, the country has been grappling with intense challenges in its efforts to contain pandemic.Here's a ti
Spurred on by President Donald Trump’s demand to pull troops out of Germany, the U.S. will bring about 6,400 forces home and shift about 5,600 to other countries in Eur
As the United States has been so blatant and unreasonable, China will make firm and rational responses to U.S. acts, said Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister
Iran will continue its peaceful nuclear program in compliance with the International Atomic Energy Organization (IAEA) regulations, Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abba
The U.S. administration has launched a "faintly preposterous" campaign against the World Health Organization (WHO), aiming to divert attention from its "catastrophic response to COVID-19," British ne
Robinhood, the U.S.-based stock trading app, is postponing its U.K. launch “indefinitely,” more than a year and a half after the company begun executing on plans to cross the pond. It now
Mayors of several U.S. cities including Portland and Chicago signed a letter on Monday, urging the federal government to immediately withdraw its forces and halt their
Fighters of Libya's UN-backed government celebrate in Tarhuna, Libya, June 5, 2020. (Photo by Hamza Turkia/Xinhua)"We are ready to consider the possible use of sanctions if the violation of the embarg
By APD writer AliceThe US’s move to exit from the World Health Organisation (WTO)amid the global spread of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) will put China on th
Vitor Gaspar, director of the fiscal affairs department of International Monetary Fund (IMF), speaks during an interview in Washington, D.C., the United States, on April 2, 2019. (Xinhua/Liu Jie)Comme
The United States has withdrawn its troops from five bases in Afghanistan and maintains its force level in the country at mid-8,000s, fulfilling its obligation under t
The U.S. Defense Department announced Tuesday that the U.S. has closed five military bases and reduced the size of its troops stationed in the region to 8,600 as part of the agreement with Taliban in
Gravediggers carry the casket of someone believed to have died from the coronavirus at Mount Richmond Cemetery in the Staten Island borough of New York, U.S., April 7, 2020. /AP Trump adminis
U.S. formal notification of withdrawal from the World Health Organization (WHO) is "dangerous to human life" as the world faces not only the COVID-19 threat but also the threat of future pandemics, a