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Day after ceasefire, Israeli forces disperse protest at al-Aqsa Mosque

Click arrows to view gallery One day after the Israel-Hamas ceasefire, Palestinians celebrated in Gaza whileIsraeli forces dispersed a protest at the al-Aqsa Mosque comp

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Musicians from across Europe compete in 2021 Eurovision Song Contest

Click arrows to view gallery Musicians from all across Europe competed in the second semi-final of the 2021 Eurovision Song contest in Rotterdam, the Netherlands

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Portside raises $17M for its business aviation management platform

Portside, an aviation startup that is building a platform for managing the backend of a corporate flight department, charter operation, government fleet and fractional ownership operation, today annou

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EU to hold urgent talks on Israel-Palestine fighting Tuesday

European Union foreign ministers will hold urgent video talks on the escalating fighting between Israel and the Palestinians on Tuesday, the bloc's foreign policy chief said."In view of the ongoing e

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'Nine minutes of terror' as China becomes second country to land on Mars

The Tianwen-1 vessel has landed in an icy area known as Utopia Planitia, about 1,200 miles away from America's Perseverance rover.

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UN chief calls for immediate end to Israeli-Palestinian hostilities

Antonio Guterres, secretary-general of the United Nations. /VCG UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday called on all parties to immediately cease the fighting in Gaza and Israel, said

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Chinese citizens' trust in government rises to 98 percent: Survey

A view in Tian'anmen Square, Beijing, China, October 1, 2020. /VCG Chinese citizens' trust in their government rose to 98 percent several months into the COVID-19, according to a survey publis

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Italy fines Google $123 mln for abuse of dominant position

Italy’s competition watchdog said on Thursday it had fined Google 102 million euros ($123 million) for abuse of its dominant position due to its Android mobile operatin

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DFB restructures leadership as president Fritz Keller steps down

Fritz Keller, president of the German Football Association (DFB). /CFP Fritz Keller, president of the German Football Association (DFB), and Friedrich Curtius, general secretary of the organiz

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Capturing the ages

Part of a Song Dynasty (960-1279) monochrome facsimile of the Admonitions Scroll offers a good view of the original fourth-century masterpiece by Gu Kaizhi.[Photo by Jiang Dong/China Daily] A p

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Competition for int'l short-video creators opens in Beijing

An international competition for short-video creators was launched in Beijing on Tuesday and is calling for short-video submissions telling stories about China.It is the third year of the My China Sto

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Norway drops AstraZeneca vaccine, offers J&J jab to volunteers only

Norway will drop AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine from its immunisation programme over rare but serious side effects, and keep Johnson & Johnson's jab suspended, the government announced Wednesday.

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UEFA is moving Champions League Final from Istanbul to Porto: report

The trophy of UEFA Champions League. /CFP The Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) is finalizing negotiations with the Portuguese government about moving this season's Champions Leag

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Survey: A lot of the world see U.S. as threat to democracy

The reflection of the U.S. Capitol building on an ambulance's door in Washington D.C., United States, December 28, 2018. /Xinhua Some 44 percent of respondents surveyed globally are worried ab

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Pizza vending machine installed in Rome, Italy

Click arrows to view gallery Italy has just installed its first automatic pizza vending machine in its capital city of Rome.The machine can knead the dough, season, bake

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Over 1m people get COVID-19 vaccine in Hong Kong

Citizens wearing masks walk on a street in Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, south China, April 2, 2021. /XinhuaMore than 1 million people have taken at least on

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Biden picks up lunch and delivers good news on Cinco de Mayo

Click arrows to view gallery U.S. President Biden was spotted at the Las Gemelas Taqueria in Washington D.C. Wednesday, not only picking up lunch for Cinco de Mayo