Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers on Friday warned that the Federal Reserve could be forced to raise interest rates next year sooner than Fed officials and markets expect. "I'd expect rate hikes to be well underway by the end of 2022" due...

Leaders of the Group of Seven (G7) pledged on Friday to cooperate with the Group of 20 (G20) and other institutions on a range of global issues including fighting COVID-19 and climate change. "We will work together and with others to make 2021 a turning...

The lander and the rover of the Chang'e-4 probe have been switched to dormant mode for the lunar night after working stably for the 27th lunar day, according to the Lunar Exploration and Space Program Center of the China National Space Administration. T...

African countries have reported 3,799,029 COVID-19 cases as of Friday evening, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said. Meanwhile, the death toll from COVID-19 on the continent has risen to 100,359, it added. South Africa...

The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) has ended emergency conditions and forced outages, the council said on Friday. "We are completely back to normal operations," said Dan Woodfin, ERCOT senior director of system operations, during a virtua...

U.S. President Joe Biden said on Friday that the United States is returning to the transatlantic partnership and will address global challenges like climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic. "I'm sending a clear message to the world: America is back. Th...

China's major grain-producing province Heilongjiang aims to keep its annual grain production above 75 million tonnes this year, with its grain planting area reaching 14.46 million hectares, according to a work report from the provincial government. Heil...

COVID-19 variants could drive a resurgence of more new cases across Canada without stronger public health measures, according to the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) on Friday. The PHAC data show that COVID-19 cases, deaths and hospitalizations hav...

Xie Feng, a veteran diplomat familiar with United States affairs and a public diplomacy expert, assumed his new post as a vice-foreign minister, according to the Foreign Ministry's website. His current areas of responsibility are "policy planning, North...

Film fans pose inside an old factory complex in Xiangyang, Hubei province, that was featured in the current blockbuster Hi, Mom. The site has quickly become a popular tourist attraction. (XIE YONG/FOR CHINA DAILY) Qiu Jinwei, a tourist from Wuhan, Hubei...