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The Women's Tennis Association has released its calendar for the 2020 season, featuring two new venues for Premier tournaments - a hardcourt event in Adelaide, Australia, at the start of the season and a grasscourt event in Berlin.
A firefighter (L) uses a thermal imaging device as firefighters intervene by the building's rooftop that partially collapsed after a blaze occured early on October 21, 2019 at the UNESCO World Heritage Site "Cavallerizza Reale" in Turin.
Mary Wareham, global coordinator of the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots, on Monday urged the international community to stop developing lethal autonomous weapons systems, or killer robots.
Cambridgeshire farmer Martin Stuffins shows off his winning wheat art sculpture which triumphed in the Weetabix competition to celebrate local British farming.
A 3D-printed concrete bridge at 1:2 scale of the Zhaozhou Bridge-the oldest standing bridge in China -is seen at Beichen campus of Hebei University of Technology in Tianjin on Oct 21, 2019.
Finance ministers and central bankers worldwide called for concerted efforts to strengthen the multilateral, rules-based trading system amid global trade tensions at the just concluded annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank, while demanding continued progress in the IMF's quota and governance reform.
The 9th Beijing Xiangshan Forum is held at a time of high international distrust. During a seminar for young officers and scholars, one of the most pressing issues discussed was the prevalence of the lack of trust in the international system, particularly between China and the United States.
The road, constructed on the Pamir Plateau at an altitude of more than 4,200 meters with a 1,000-meter drop in height, is hailed as the "plateau sky road" by local residents.
Counterterrorism is facing new and increasingly complex challenges ranging from rising levels of online terrorist activity to state-sponsored terrorism.
Investment in the telecommunications, media and technology (TMT) industry will continue to grow in the short term, and further drive the increase of investment value.
The 2nd CIIE is to be held in Shanghai. The decoration work on the National Exhibition and Convention Center, a main venue for the CIIE, is orderly carried out.
President Xi Jinping recently made important instructions on the 20th anniversary of the system of sending sci-tech experts to rural areas.
Nov 11 offers a glimpse of how shopping, featuring product customization and diversified buyer groups, is shoring up the world's second-largest economy.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Monday that he was confident of an investment deal being clinched with the European Union, while pressing for talks "as soon as possible" on a free trade accord.
Western politicians and media are keeping silent on the violence in Catalonia and London, compared with their broad coverage on the so-called "pro-democracy activities" in Hong Kong despite that they are growing to be alike, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying said Monday.
The death toll from the ongoing Ebola virus outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has climbed to 2,150, according to the latest figure from the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC).
China is increasing assistance to veterans who struggle with life after retirement due to disability, serious illness, or injury as a result of military service.
China's draft biosecurity law was on Monday submitted to a bimonthly session of the National People's Congress Standing Committee for deliberation.
China is considering adjusting the implementation of six laws to facilitate red tape-cutting reforms in pilot free trade zones (FTZs) as the top legislature started its bimonthly session on Monday.
New cloud bookings at SAP increased by 39 percent in the third quarter (Q3) of 2019, the German software company announced on Monday.
China's current monetary policy is conducive to promoting economic development and its economic growth rate is in line with expectations given the slowdown in Asian trade growth, said the IMF Asia and Pacific Department director in an interview with CCTV.
Local authorities in East China amended regulations banning all mahjong parlors amid a national campaign against crimes and gangs after the public accused the ban of being "one size fits all."
Chinese scientists have unlocked the unique structure of the African swine fever virus.
A total of 101 civil air routes have been launched in Southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, local news reported on Monday.
The University of Hong Kong-Shenzhen Hospital (HKU-SZ Hospital) in South China's Guangdong Province has officially been linked with the country's major organ donation volunteer online registration platform.
China's revised law to protect minors was submitted for review on Monday, with new articles stressing the need to curb school bullying and internet obsession.
China's economy, though facing headwinds, has maintained steady growth over the first three quarters of this year, as the country's economic structure continued to optimize, said the country's top economic regulator.
DAMASCUS, Oct. 21 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. forces in Syria have moved more than 1,500 Islamic State (IS) women from Syria to Iraq since Turkey launched an assault in northern Syria on Oct.
U.S. politicians who passed Hong Kong-related bills in Congress do not understand the situation in the city, an expert in China-U.S. relations and former longtime Hong Kong resident said, calling it a move to "cover up domestic issues" in the United States.
The nation's employment rate steadily increased over the past three quarters thanks to the growing economy and employment-priority policy, according to the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security on Monday.
