The Latest: French lawmakers to vote on new virus measures France’s prime minister has defended the government’s plans to close schools for at least three weeks and to ban domestic travel for a month to slow a resurgence of the coronavirus By The As...

CHONGQING, April 1 (Xinhua) -- The pilot free trade zone (FTZ) in southwest China...

China has always opposed unilateral measures to raise tariffs, which are not conducive to China, the United States and the world, said Commerce Ministry spokesman Gao Feng at a news conference on Thursday. As the two largest economies in the world, econ...

Asian stocks follow Wall St. up on strong Japan, Korea data Asian stock markets have followed Wall Street higher after Japan and South Korea reported unexpectedly strong economic data and President Joe Biden announced a $2.3 trillion infrastructure spen...

The third phase of a silicon photovoltaic (PV) project has been launched in southwest China's Yunnan Province with an investment of around 2.5 billion yuan (about 382 million U.S. dollars), said local authorities. Based in Lijiang City, the new phase ai...

China has approved the restructuring of Sinochem Group and ChemChina Group, according to the country's top state assets regulator. Sinochem Group and ChemChina Group have received approval to implement joint restructuring, the State-owned Assets Supervi...

China's southern tech hub Shenzhen plans to increase its ownership of new-energy vehicles (NEVs) to 1 million units by 2025. The development and reform commission of the city, in Guangdong Province, on Thursday said that NEVs will account for 60 percent...

In Dubai, an art show's return reflects city's new normal An art show's return to Dubai is a sign of efforts to reinvigorate this city-state's social scene and economy By MALAK HARB Associated Press April 1, 2021, 6:06 AM • 4 min read The Associated P...

BANGKOK, March 31 (Xinhua) -- The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), China, Japan and...

Company at heart of J Johnson to discard a batch of its coronavirus vaccine has a string of citations from U.S. health officials for quality control problems By RICHARD LARDNER and LINDA JOHNSON Associated Press April 1, 2021, 4:06 AM • 5 min read Sha...