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U.S. President Biden and First Lady visit Virginia

Click arrows to view gallery U.S. President Biden and First Lady Dr. Jill Biden stopped at Norfolk’s Tidewater Community College and Yorktown Elementary School in Virginia

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One in every three new coronavirus cases globally is reported in India

The total number of COVID-19 cases in India is nearly 20 million on Monday, as a second wave of the virus is overloading hospitals and causing a shortage in much oxygen supply throughout the count

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World commemorates May Day 2021

Across the world, progressive and leftist groups celebrated May Day which takes place on May 1.The day was selected as International Workers Day in 1889 to commemorate the Haymarket affair in Chicago

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Raphael-themed exhibition opens in Shenzhen

An exhibit is displayed on the exhibition "Raphael and the Classical Canon" at Nanshan Museum in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province, April 29, 2021. /Nanshan Mu

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London City becomes first major airport to control air traffic remotely

The move is a change for an industry where planes are generally instructed to take off and land by operators based in the airport.

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'Forgotten Astronaut' Michael Collins Dies at 90

Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins (left) at a 2014 event with Apollo 16 astronaut Charles Duke (right.) /AP An astronaut who flew on one of the most famous space missions of all time has die

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Internal rates of return in emerging US tech hubs are starting to overtake Silicon Valley

Tech innovation is becoming more widely distributed across the United States.Among the five startups launched in 2020 that raised the most financing, four were based outside the Bay Area. Prominent VC

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Real-time space junk map shows scale of problem

02:10 A new interactive map of satellites and "space junk" has launched, showing hundreds of thousands of objects orbiting Earth.Along with many active satellites the map shows inactive

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Romania to expel Russian diplomat in solidarity with Prague

Romania's foreign ministry said Monday it will expel a Russian diplomat, the latest European country to do so in solidarity with the Czech Republic, which is involved in a spat with Moscow.Alexei Gri

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Four-astronaut crew welcomed to International Space Station

Click arrows to view gallery A four-astronaut team was welcomed Saturday to the International Space Station. They arrived aboard the SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule Endeavo

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Varying moods across London as COVID-19 restrictions lift

Click arrows to view gallery Moods seemed to vary across London Saturday amid easing lockdown restrictions in Britain. Some people in Soho, London opted to dine outdoors an

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Armenians in California gather in remembrance of 1915 genocide

Members of the Armenian community in the U.S. state of California gathered in remembrance of the 1915 genocide - officially recognized by U.S. President Biden on Saturday - at the Armenian Martyrs Me

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Chinese FM held talks with U.S. Council on Foreign Relations

On the evening of April 23, China's State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi held a video conference with the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) of the United States. On the evening of Ap

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Life at the Corinto border checkpoint between Honduras and Guatemala

02:08 Hundreds of migrants pass through the Corinto border checkpoint between Honduras and Guatemala each day on their way to somewhere else.CGTN’s Franc G. Contreras went there to see

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Number of Chinese cities with over 1M urban population reaches 93

A bird's-eye view of Shenzhen. /CFPWith China's fast urbanization, more people are flowing into urban areas. According to official data, a total of 93 cities have had t

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The new iPad Pro features Apple’s M1 chip

The big news from today’s Spring Loaded event is, as anticipated, a new version of Apple’s high-end tablet. The new iPad Pro is the first in the line to adopt the M1 chip introduced on the

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My first helicopter experience – bird's eye view of Boao

06:43 Boao is located in China's southernmost island province of Hainan. The annual Boao Forum for Asia has made the town the permanent venue for this annual conference