BEIJING, Sept. 16 (Xinhua) -- The following are the updates on the global fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. - - - - ADDIS ABABA -- The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Africa reached 8,096,504 as of Thursday afternoon, the Africa Centers for ...

PHNOM PENH, Sept. 16 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia's COVID-19 total cases have climbed to 102,136 on Thursday after 693 fresh infections were reported across the country, the Ministry of Health (MoH) said in a statement. According to the MoH, the new infectio...

Two important events hosted by the United Nations are coming up that are widely hoped to help address what the U.N. calls the "dual challenge" - fighting climate change and ensuring that poorer countries can develop sustainably. Energy is a central t...

HANOI, Sept. 16 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam reported 10,489 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, including 10,482 locally transmitted and seven imported, according to the country's Ministry of Health. The new infections brought the country's total tally to 656,12...

SHARJAH, Sept. 16 (Xinhua) -- Chinese midfielder Yin Hongbo and goalkeeper Dong Chunyu have suffered minor injuries due to intense training. The duo missed Wednesday's outfield training of the Chinese side, who set up a training camp in Sharjah, the ...

NEW DELHI -- India's COVID-19 tally rose to 33,347,325 on Thursday, as 30,570 new cases were registered during the past 24 hours across the country, the health ministry's latest data showed. Besides, as many as 431 deaths due to the pandemic were reg...

Washington [US], September 16 (ANI): Action star Jackie Chan has started shooting for his new project 'Ride On'. As per Variety, 'Ride On' is a martial arts-based comedy about a man and his horse. In the film, Chan will be seen playing a down-and-out...

VIENTIANE, Sept. 16 (Xinhua) -- The Lao government has extended the current nationwide lockdown for 15 more days to contain the spread of COVID-19. The lockdown will be extended to Sept. 30 as the COVID-19 cases continued to rise, Deputy Head of the ...

New York [US], September 16 (ANI): The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) will hold an emergency meeting on North Korea in the wake of the latest ballistic missile launches, diplomats said on Wednesday. North and South Korea conducted ballistic m...

HANOI, Sept. 15 (Xinhua) -- The 20th "Chinese Bridge" Chinese Proficiency Competition for Foreign College Students concluded its final round of the northern and central Vietnam section on Wednesday. Organized by the Chinese Embassy in Vietnam and hel...

PHNOM PENH, Sept. 15 (Xinhua) -- Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen said Wednesday the Southeast Asian nation will begin a COVID-19 vaccination drive for children from 6 to 12 years old on Friday. The prime minister said in an audio messa...

BEIJING, Sept. 15 (Xinhua) -- Guo Shengkun, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, met with Vietnam's minister of public security To Lam via video link Wednesday. Both sides highlighted law enforceme...

CHONGQING, Sept. 15 (Xinhua) -- After five days, the first batch of cross-border road-rail intermodal trucks along the New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor arrived in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality on Tuesday. The five trucks departed ...

HANOI, Sept. 15 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam reported 10,585 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, including 10,583 locally transmitted and two imported, according to the country's Ministry of Health. The new infections brought the country's total tally to 645,640...

The firing off of two long-range missiles by North Korea shows that rather than being unpredictable, the isolationist state is quite the opposite.Announced on Sept. 13, 2021, the testing of the cruise missiles - which

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], September 15 (ANI/BusinessWire India): Olymp Trade's 7th anniversary will be marked by a unique trading tournament, the Super 7 Quest. Traders can manifest their superpowers and earn rewards!On its 7th anniversary, Olymp...

SHARJAH, UAE, Sept. 15 (Xinhua) -- Chinese veteran defender Zhang Linpeng has been ruled out of outfield training due to a waist injury he sustained in China's defeat to Japan in their last World Cup qualifier, the Chinese side said. "Zhang Linpeng i...

WASHINGTON -- China has shown greater appeal to new foreign direct investment projects than the United States amid COVID-19, and the success mainly lies in the country's economic policy-making, a U.S. risk manager and political economist has said. In...

VIENTIANE, Sept. 15 (Xinhua) -- Community cases of COVID-19 in southern Laos' Champasak province continued to rise, with 104 new infections reported on Wednesday. As many as 5,233 tests were conducted over the past 24 hours, with 233 new cases of COV...

CHONGQING, Sept. 15 (Xinhua) -- Southwest China's Chongqing Municipality has launched a new highway-based cross-border freight line with Vietnam, local authorities said. Traveling about 1,400 km, trucks from Chongqing can pass through the Longbang Po...

VIENTIANE, Sept. 15 (Xinhua) -- Lao health authorities are considering the option of a third dose of COVID-19 vaccine in the future, to further boost human body's immune system against new COVID-19 strains such as the Delta variant, local media repor...

VIENTIANE, Sept. 15 (Xinhua) -- Locally-transmitted cases of COVID-19 are on the rise in Lao capital Vientiane and other provinces, sparking fears that this could cause a major community outbreak as most cases involve the highly contagious Delta vari...

The Laos government has approved a pilot program on the experimental use of cryptocurrency mining and trading in the country for six companies, the Laotian Times newspaper reported on Monday.According to a statement issued by the country's prime mini...