China on Thursday urged the United States to discard its Cold-War mentality and ideological bias, and work with China to move forward bilateral relations along the track of coordination, cooperation and stability.
Chinese foreign ministry (...)
Egypt witnessed a record 623 daily recoveries from COVID-19 on Sunday, raising the total number of the recovered cases in the country to 20,726, said the health ministry.
Meanwhile, the country reported 1,218 new COVID-19 infections, the lowest (...)
The global AIDS targets for 2020 will not be reached due to the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic and the highly unequal pace between countries, said a UNAIDS report released on Monday.
Missed targets have resulted in 3.5 million more HIV infections (...)
At least five people were killed and ten others injured following a bomb attack in Baidoa, southwest Somalia on Saturday, officials said.
Somali government spokesman Ismael Mukhtar Omar confirmed the attack, saying the militant group al-Shabab was (...)
The Communist Party of China (CPC) is embracing its 99th anniversary as it leads the country's homestretch toward building a moderately prosperous society in all respects despite the impact of COVID-19 and a global economic recession.
The CPC has (...)
China and Africa have enhanced solidarity and strengthened friendship and mutual trust in the face of COVID-19, Chinese President Xi Jinping said Wednesday.
Xi made the remarks in his keynote speech at the Extraordinary China-Africa Summit on (...)
We oppose politicization and stigmatization of COVID-19, Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Wednesday.
"We oppose racial discrimination and ideological bias. We stand firm for equity and justice in the world," Xi said in his keynote speech at the (...)
The number of confirmed COVID-19 positive cases across the African continent surpassed 225,105, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said on Saturday.
The continental disease control agency in its latest update said (...)
Belgian prince has tested positive for the coronavirus after attending a party which broke Spanish restrictions, both Belgian and Spanish authorities confirmed on Sunday.
Prince Joaquin, who is tenth in line to the Belgian throne, attended a party (...)
Director-General of the Ghana Health Service Patrick Kuma-Aboagye said on Thursday that available data shows a slowing infection rate of the novel coronavirus in Ghana.
Over the past two weeks, Ghana experienced spikes in the number of infections to (...)
Kenya's Agriculture Ministry on Monday said that it will in July use drones and mobile applications to help assess the impact caused by desert locusts.
Peter Munya, Cabinet Secretary for Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Cooperatives said that (...)
The global coronavirus crisis (COVID-19) would be overcome “faster and better” if the world works together, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said during the 73rd session of the World Health Assembly on Monday.
“No country can solve this crisis alone, (...)
Turkish Health Minister Fahrettin Koca on Saturday reported 1,610 new COVID-19 cases and 41 more deaths in Turkey.
The total number of confirmed cases in the country has climbed to 148,067 while the death toll surged to 4,096, Koca tweeted.
Turkey (...)
Another 468 COVID-19 patients have died in the UK as of Friday afternoon, bringing the total coronavirus-related death toll in the country to 34,466, the Department of Health and Social Care said Saturday.
The figures include deaths in all settings, (...)
President Cyril Ramaphosa on Friday expressed optimism that South Africa would soon advance to level-three restrictions over COVID-19 earlier than previously announced. The work done by the National Economic Development and Labor Council (NEDLAC) (...)
U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Friday two men will lead his administration's new effort for COVID-19 vaccine development. Former pharmaceutical executive Moncef Slaoui and Army General Gustave Perna, the commander of United States Army (...)
A total of 45 new COVID-19 cases were confirmed on Friday in Morocco, bringing the total number in the North African country to 6,652. In the last 24 hours, 90 people have recovered from the disease, bringing the total recoveries to 3,400 since the (...)
Turkey on Wednesday confirmed 1,639 new COVID-19 cases and 58 more deaths in the past 24 hours, according to Turkish Health Minister Fahrettin Koca.
The total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the country rose to 143,114, while the death toll (...)
Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly said on Wednesday that the authorities will return more than 16,000 nationals stranded abroad in the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak.
The flights, quarantine and the medical tests from May 3 to May 9 have cost (...)
The Moroccan Health Ministry on Wednesday announced 94 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 6,512.
The number of recovered cases rose by 140 to 3,131, Mohamed El Youbi, director of epidemiology at the (...)
The plight of elderly people in Britain's care homes during the COVID-19 crisis dominated the weekly battle Wednesday between Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his main adversary on the opposition benches.
Johnson came under fierce attack from main (...)
Against the backdrop of a devastating pandemic, the global economy is projected to contract sharply by 3.2% this year, according to the United Nations World Economic Situation and Prospects (WESP) mid-2020 report published on Wednesday.
The global (...)
Lionel Messi has donated half a million euros to help hospitals in his native Argentina fight the COVID-19 pandemic.
Buenos Aires-based foundation Casa Garrahan said the funds – around 540,000 US dollars – would be used to buy protective equipment (...)
Oil prices gained on Tuesday after Saudi Arabia announced plans to further lower its production.
The West Texas Intermediate for June delivery rose 1.64 U.S. dollars to settle at 25.78 dollars a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange, while (...)
A temporary field hospital started receiving the coronavirus (COVID-19) patients in Casablanca, Morocco's economic hub, to help deal with the growing number of infections in the city which soared on Tuesday to 1,753 out of 6,418 in the country.
The (...)
