Swiss to host global virus hub laborator...

Switzerland signed a deal with the World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday to host a global repository for viruses with pandemic potential to bolster international defenses against emerging threats.

Nigerian president, health workers to re...

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari, his deputy Yemi Osinbajo, as well as frontline health workers have been scheduled to receive the first doses of the COVID-19 vaccines from the COVAX Facility to th

'The Wandering Earth 2' set for Spring F...

The sequel to Chinese sci-fi epic The Wandering Earth is scheduled to hit Chinese theaters in time for Spring Festival 2023, as officially announced by the project's director on Thursday in Xiamen

Sequel to sci-fi blockbuster 'The Wander...

A sequel to China's 2019 science-fiction blockbuster The Wandering Earth is set for release on Chinese Lunar New Year's Day in 2023, according to an announcement on the movie's official so

Festival puts spotlight on young animato...

The past few years have seen one Chinese animated film after another bloom into smash hits, wowing audiences of all ages and pumping huge confidence into the country's animators.To keep up this mo

China Focus: Int'l publishers eye China'...

Children's books are seeing a heyday in China as young readers' appetite for books has grown significantly over the years, which has attracted publishers from around the world seeking to grab

U.S. reports record daily increase of ov...

The United States reported 143,408 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, a record daily increase since the onset of the pandemic in the country, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) sa

Hungary adopts tough new rules to fight ...

In the face of spiralling infection rates from COVID-19 the Hungarian government has introduced tough new regulations which come into force from midnight on Wednesday.Hungary had tried to keep life as

German officials impose four-week partia...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Wednesday officials had agreed to a four-week shutdown of restaurants, bars, cinemas, theaters and other leisure facilities in efforts to curb further spread of

U.S. reports about 300,000 more deaths t...

Nearly 300,000 more people have died in the United States in 2020 during the coronavirus pandemic than expected based on historical trends, with about two-thirds of the deaths due to COVID-19 illnesse