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Laura, now a hurricane, takes aim at U.S. Gulf Coast

Laura became a hurricane Tuesday shortly after entering the warm and deep waters of the Gulf of Mexico, gathering strength on a path to hit the U.S. coastline as a majo

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Performance by National Ballet of China to be broadcast online

A ballet performance presented by the National Ballet of China will be broadcast online this coming Saturday, according to the National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA).The Ballet Gala of the Nat

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China renews blue alert for Typhoon Bavi

China's national observatory on Sunday renewed a blue alert for Typhoon Bavi, which is expected to bring gales to south and southeast China. The typhoon, the eighth of

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Mysterious gas being shot from centre of Milky Way

"We're still looking for the smoking gun, but it gets more complicated the more we learn about it," say the researchers.

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Chinese firm completes first rigging up for Ethiopia's 70-MW geothermal energy project

Chinese equipment and oil services company Kerui Petroleum said it has successfully lifted the derrick and substructure for the first 1500HP drilling rig at Ethiopia's Aluto-Langano Geothermal Energy

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China renews orange alert for Typhoon Higos

China's national observatory on Wednesday renewed an orange alert for Typhoon Higos, which is expected to bring gales and torrential rains to south China. The typhoon,

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Aussie-Chinese study links lower humidity with higher rates of COVID-19

A joint Australian-Chinese study released on Tuesday has linked lower humidity with higher rates of COVID-19 transmission. Drier air across several different regions of Sydney has been consistentl

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China's power generation up 1.9 pct in July

China's major power plants generated 680.1 billion kilowatt-hours of power in July, up 1.9 percent year on year, data showed. According to the National Bureau of Stati

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Xi Focus-Quotable Quotes: Xi Jinping on promoting thrift, stopping food waste

Chinese President Xi Jinping has on many occasions called for practicing thrift and ending food waste. The following are some highlights of his remarks. -- Efforts sho

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Wind and solar power at record high in 2020, coal dips: analysis

Wind and solar produced a record 10 percent of global electricity in the first half of 2020 as the world's coal plant fleet ran at less than half its capacity, analysis published Thursday showed.D

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A tour to South Africa's largest wind power farm

Ever since its operation, South Africa's largest wind power farm has been providing clean energy for as many as 300,000 families. With 163 gigantic wind turbines installed, the wind power farm has hel

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UK economy collapses 20.4% in Q2, unemployment fears mount

Britain's economy shrank by a record 20.4 percent between April and June, when the coronavirus lockdown was tightest, the largest contraction reported by any major economy so far, with a wave of j

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China Energy in South Africa holds open day event on wind power project

A Chinese clean energy company organized an open day event on Monday to showcase operations, COVID-19 pandemic prevention and control measures as well as resumption of

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Liqiu: The beginning of autumn but not the end of hot days

To many, the coming of autumn represents the end of hot summer heat. Cool breeze, red maple leaves alongside with mature crops. However, in the Chinese solar terms, the

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Google Play Music to shut down starting in September, will disappear by December

Google’s plans to wind down its Google Play Music service in favor of the company’s newer YouTube Music have been known for some time. But Google this week has given users a deadline on ma

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Typhoon Hagupit makes landfall in China's Zhejiang

Hagupit, the fourth typhoon of this year, landed in east China's Zhejiang Province in the wee hours of Tuesday, the National Meteorological Center (NMC) said. With a m

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Trump calls TikTok a hot brand, demands a chunk of its sale price

Today the President appeared to bless the budding Microsoft-TikTok deal, continuing his evolution on a possible transaction. After stating last Friday that he’d rather see TikTok banned than so