India's COVID-19 tally rose to 22,992,517 on Tuesday after 329,942 new cases were registered in the past 24 hours, while active cases fell for the first time in a few weeks, said the federal health ministry. Meanwhile, 3,876 COVID-19-related deaths took...

Most of China are enjoying the benefits of having effectively controlled COVID-19, a World Health Organization (WHO) official said on Monday. Mike Ryan, executive director of the WHO Health Emergencies Program, made the remarks while replying to a quest...

Chinese people aged 60 or above account for 18.7 percent of the total population, 5.44 percentage points higher than the level in 2010 when the previous census was conducted, according to the latest census data released on Tuesday....

U.S. President Joe Biden said on Monday that his administration is prepared to take additional steps to respond to the cybersecurity attack on the Colonial Pipeline, which is the largest refined-products pipeline in the United States. "The Department of...

China's population living in urban areas on the mainland totaled 901.99 million, representing 63.89 percent of the total, the National Bureau of Statistics said Tuesday, citing data from the seventh national population census....

Aerial photo taken on May 8, 2021 shows a section of the Yellow River in Lanzhou, capital of no...

Zhang Jinmei discusses the growth of lilacs with collegues at a seedling breeding base of Xinin...

Cherry blossoms bloom on both sides of the Beijing Middle Road at the foot of the Potala Palace...

Flag flies at the base camp on the north slope of Mount Qomolangma, May 9, 2021. (Photo: China...

China is taking strict measures to prevent COVID-19 infections on Mount Qomolangma, and has reported zero infections so far on the north side of the mountain since the climbing season began in early April. Officials spoke to Xinhua at a recent anti-epid...