NASA, SpaceX launch astronauts to space
Photo: Screenshot of NASA video NASA and SpaceX launched Crew Dragon spacecraft from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Saturday, carrying two American astronauts to the International Space Station…
China donates medical supplies to help Botswana fight COVID-19
Botswana's Minister of Health and Wellness Lemogang Kwape (L) and Chinese Ambassador to Botswana Zhao Yanbo pose for pictures during an event to welcome supplies donated by China to Botswana…
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China holds symposium to mark 15th anniversary of Anti-Secession Law implementation
A Chinese community in Los Angeles calls for reunification and protests Taiwan leader Tsai Ing-wen making a stopover in the US in August 2018. Photo: cnsphoto By Liu Xin and…
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Three days of rain thwart Florida reopening, cause severe flooding
South Florida residents were unable to enjoy the reopening of restaurants and beaches after two months of coronavirus lockdown, when three straight days of rain Tuesday caused severe flooding in…
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Biden calls Trump mask fool
POTUS’ COVID care mocked by Democratic challenger Joe Biden attacked US President Donald Trump as an "absolute fool" Tuesday for belittling his election rival over recently wearing a mask, an…
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Iconic sites reopen across globe
From US to Israel, places restart as Latin America engulfed by COVID-19 Iconic world sites from the New York Stock Exchange to the Church of the Nativity reopened their doors…
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Black man’s death sparks widespread fury in US
A video of a handcuffed black man dying while a Minneapolis officer knelt on his neck for more than five minutes sparked fresh furor in the US over police treatment…
Laos allows people to enter, exit country as restriction measures eased
A citizen runs aside the Patuxay Monument during the COVID-19 pandemic in Vientiane, Laos, April 3, 2020. Photo:Xinhua Students, Lao citizens, experts and diplomats are now permitted to enter and…
Death of ‘Mr Big’ stirs memories of Singapore’s gangland past
A full moon appears in the sky over Singapore on May 7. Photo: Xinhua Early one October morning in 1969, Singapore police officers found the body of a man dumped…
Singapore economy widely expected to shrink by 7%
A full moon appears in the sky over Singapore on May 7, 2020. (Photo by Then Chih Wey/Xinhua) Singapore's economy, a bellwether for global trade, could shrink by as much…