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Flight cancellations continue in first few days of 2022

Scroll left and right to view gallery above.The first few days of 2022 continued with thousands of flight delays for holiday travelers.More than 3,800 global flights wer

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Reporter's Notebook: CGTN reporters remember their top stories in 2021

In 2021, CGTN reporters across the globe covered some of the most important stories of the year. We asked our U.S. correspondents in Washington D.C., San Francisco, Los Angeles, and New York to sh

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Six U.S. commercial airlines ordered to provide planes in Afghanistan

The U.S. Department of Defense on Sunday activated the Civil Reserve Air Fleet to assist in the massive evacuation of people from Kabul, Afghanistan following the Taliban takeover of the nation la

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Eight dead from Hurricane Grace

Category 3 Hurricane Grace hit the Mexican Gulf coast early Saturday, the second time it impacted the country in two days. Officials said at least eight people are dead.On Thursday the storm impac

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Venezuela grapples with rise in delta variant COVID cases

01:35 The Delta variant is delaying plans to lift COVID-19 restrictions in Venezuela. Businesses will continue operating one week on, one week off.Public health experts are worried abou

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Only 18 percent of Latin America and Caribbean are vaccinated

00:44 The Pan American Health Organization is asking for urgent vaccine donations to Latin America and the Caribbean, as coronavirus cases increase including the cases with the delta va

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Foreign Ministers issue joint statement on Afghanistan

Foreign ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) made a joint statement about Afghanistan.Here are the highlights:The SCO supports Afghanistan to become an independent country with

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China's Wang Yi on Afghanistan after meeting with Afghan counterpart

Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi said China supports an "Afghan-led and Afghan-owned" reconciliation framework among various forcesin Afghanistan as he met with his Afghan coun

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China, Pakistan support Afghan-led future in Afghanistan

China and Pakistan agreed to foster an environment for an “Afghan led, Afghan owned” reconciliation, amid the rising security threats under the U.S. withdrawal of troops.The sentiments were issued

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Lancet: COVID-19 most likely originated in nature and not in a lab

SARS-CoV-2 most likely originated in nature and not in a laboratory, on the basis of early genetic analysis of the new virus and well-established evidence from previous emerging infectious diseases,

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Sea lions bugging locals are just trying to stay alive

00:50 A group of sea lions in Chile are wreaking havoc on the town, but they're just trying to avoid a group of killer whales. See how they're trying to stay alive.Check outThe China Re

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Chauvin gets 22.5 years for killing of George Floyd

Former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin has been sentenced to 270 months or 22.5 years for the killing of George Floyd.Judge Peter A. Cahill said he outlined his reasoning for the sentence

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Venezuela holds COVID vaccinations with medicine from China, Russia

01:15 Venezuela is working to speed up its vaccination campaign against COVID-19, as people across the country line up to get the limited number of doses available.So far, the only vacc

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Why the U.S. voting rights bill failed in the Senate

Senate Democrats failed to get the 100-member body to hear a sweeping voting rights reform bill known as the For the People Act on Tuesday.Due to the threat of a filibuster they needed 60 votes to ge

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Lake Mead reaches lowest levels amid severe drought in the western US

01:52 Lake Mead, the largest reservoir in the U.S. created by the Hoover Dam in Nevada, has sunk to its lowest levels ever, as extreme heat and drought scorch the western U.S.Located 30

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Children’s book author tackles difficult topics like child separation

05:14 Oriel Maria Siu is professor, a mother, and a children's book author.Her first children's book, "Rebeldita the Fearless" ("Rebeldita la Alegre" in Spanish) broke new ground by add