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The World Health Organization (WHO) said Tuesday that current COVID-19 vaccines may need to be updated if they are to provide continued protection against emerging variants, including Omicron....

Doctors say there is a dangerous trend of people deliberately getting the highly contagious Omicron variant of the coronavirus to...

China is taking steps to make affordable nursing services available to more elderly people in the next four years to meet the needs of its aging population and improve the quality of their lives....

CHENGDUThe world's largest stone Buddha statue, the Giant Buddha of Leshan, needs repairs, again....

A Shanghai hospital recently carried out the city's first online, transnational, multidisciplinary team consultations for four patients overseas who were unable to return for follow-up treatment due to COVID-19 pandemic restrictions....

The National Copyright Administration of China recently published the 14th Five-Year Plan for Copyright Protection, outlining 26 key tasks in six areas: the copyright law system; the administrative protection system; the need to crack down on infringement...

US President Joe Biden in a speech Tuesday in Atlanta, Georgia, said he supports changing the Senate filibuster rule so as to make it easier for the chamber to pass legislation upholding Americans' right to vote....

For the time being, the United States seems to be hoping the Omicron variant is a temporary danger, refusing to learn the lesson about COVID-19 and the economy, thus forcing American workers to white-knuckle it once again, said an article published by Vox...

Editor's Note: The Chinese economy has managed to withstand a slew of challenges in the past year, and policy priority in 2022 will focus on maintaining stable growth as identified by top policymakers at the annual tone-setting Central Economic Work C...

The global economy is on track to grow by downwardly revised 4.1 percent this year amid new waves of the pandemic, rising inflation and continued supply chain bottlenecks, the World Bank Group said in its latest Global Economic Prospects released on Tuesd...

China's economic transformation has proved an inspiration to policymakers and analysts in many countries around the world, Indian experts said....

US and Russian officials held crucial talks on Monday amid soaring tensions over Ukraine and security demands from Moscow, but experts said there was little hope of a diplomatic breakthrough....

Saudi Aramco, a top energy supplier, vowed to further support the country's low-carbon transition on Tuesday with the establishment of the Nonmetallic Excellence and Innovation Center for Building Materials in Beijing....

Investigations are being carried out into terrorist attacks that swept Kazakhstan and external intervention cannot be ruled out, the Central Asian nation's top envoy in China has said, as the situation stabilizes and the security forces restore contro...

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Climate change in the coming decades could lead to an increase in cases of kidney stones that would bring huge costs to healthcare systems, according to research by scientists in the United States....

With an eye on China's huge market potential, Servier is eager to tap business opportunities in the country amid its pursuit of innovation-driven high-quality development, said Stephane Mascarau, general manager of Servier China, the China unit of the...

Despite West Africa and the Sahel region making impressive progress in regional cooperation and economic growth, ongoing insecurity is jeopardizing hard-won gains....

Chinese artificial intelligence startup 4Paradigm is seeking the lead in leveraging AI for decision-making in a bid to fuel the momentum of industries, eyeing rising opportunities from the digital transformation trend among Fortune 500 companies and indus...

Pressure is building on British Prime Minister Boris Johnson after reports that he and his wife attended an outdoor social gathering organized for staff at Downing Street at the high point of lockdown in May 2020....

Tiktok has now officially overtaken Google as the internet's most popular destination search-wise, boasting over 1 billion monthly users. As China's most famous digital export, the brand is synonymous with global vogue and pop culture....

China's steel industry expects solid profits in 2021, even as full-year output is estimated to have fallen by 35 million tons from a year earlier to some 1.03 billion tons, said the China Iron and Steel Association....

In the autumn of 2021, gas and electricity prices hit record highs in Europe as supplies dwindled and demand boomed. With the new year settling in, and Europeans freezing in a bitter winter, there are no signs that relief from hefty bills is on the way....

Despite current supply shortages bedeviling the semiconductor industry in both China and the rest of the world, Analog Devices Inc, a US semiconductor company, said it is eyeing the Chinese market for big growth opportunities, following double-digit growt...

Last month, the six-day national conference of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles and the China Writers Association closed in Beijing. Held every five years, the conference brings influential artistic elites together....

The path of democracy in Hong Kong under the guidance of the Communist Party of China and the central government is the right way ahead for the special administrative region's democratic progress, which suits the city's realities and will improve ...

President Xi Jinping sent a message of sympathy to Polish President Andrzej Duda on Monday over his infection with the COVID-19 virus, and wished him a speedy recovery....

President Xi Jinping has called on China and Indonesia to jointly fight the COVID-19 pandemic and build a model of health cooperation, saying that China will continue to help Indonesia in its efforts to foster a regional vaccine production hub....

Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, emphasizes the need for the CPC to forever preserve its advanced nature and purity and keep enhancing its ability to innovate, power to unite and capacity to struggle....

China is ratcheting up efforts to accelerate the construction of 4K and 8K ultra-high-definition large screens, with a focus on enriching application scenarios of UHD and bolstering their integration and innovative development with various industries, acc...

Dec-end holdings of interbank paper at $628b; CGBs, quasi-sovereigns shine...

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian is to visit China on Friday as Teheran said the latest round of talks in Vienna to revive the nuclear deal is nearing an agreement....

The market value of the 87 listed home appliances companies in China reached 2.05 trillion yuan ($322.76 billion) as of Dec 31, 2021, with three exceeding 100 billion yuan and one topping 500 billion yuan....

TEL AVIV, Israel — Prime Minister Naftali Bennett on Tuesday tried to calm Israelis anxious about the rapid spread of the omicron variant, insisting the government is managing the crisis better than most and ruling out a national shutdown....

The global economy is on track to grow by 4.1 percent in 2022, down 0.2 percentage point from previous projection, the World Bank Group said in its latest Global Economic Prospects released on Tuesday....

China on Tuesday unveiled new guidelines to ease pressures on foreign trade companies and keep the country's exports and imports stable....

BEIJING - Chinese President Xi Jinping has sent a message of sympathy to Polish President Andrzej Duda over the latter's infection with COVID-19....

Chinese President Xi Jinping said Tuesday that China and Indonesia should advance cooperation in a coordinated manner in the post-pandemic era....

Twelve Tibetan patients with Kashin-Beck disease, or KBD, a disorder of the bones and joints, have arrived Beijing for free medical treatment at Peking University People's Hospital....

A preliminary investigation into the recent COVID-19-stricken banquet in Wan Chai showed the Spanish tapas restaurant where the event took place is suspected of not complying with the government's requirements for a Type D catering establishment, Hong...

Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, on Tuesday called for efforts to deepen the review, study, education and promotion of the CPC's history so as to better understand and make good use of the historic...

The United Nations and its humanitarian partners in Somalia's 2022 Humanitarian Response Plan are seeking close to $1.5 billion to assist 5.5 million of the most vulnerable people in the country. An estimated 7.7 million people in Somalia will require...

Sales of passenger cars in China rose 4.4 percent year-on-year to 20.15 million units in 2021 as strong demand for new energy vehicles (NEVs) continued to underpin market growth, industry data showed Tuesday....

Political heavyweights and scholars on Tuesday expressed confidence in the city as it charts a new course of democratic development with Hong Kong characteristics under "one country, two systems"....

Anyang, Henan province, reported 58 new locally transmitted cases of COVID-19 from Monday to 8 am on Tuesday, according to a report in Anyang Daily....

China will build more subsidized rental homes and renovate old residential communities in the next few years to ensure housing for those in need, according to the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development....