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China-Europe Air Silk Road thrives

Thelen Carlo, chairman of the Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce, expressed his long-lasting friendship with China and desire to do business togethe…

Transit strikes snarl London, Paris

Commuters in London and Paris scrambled for alternatives on Thursday — or just stayed home — as public transport workers went on strike for high…

Singapore bounces back as global events organizer

Singapore's reopening of its borders is jump-starting its once thriving corporate events sector, with the strong "pent-up demand" for face-to-fa…

China and Poland's friendship may lead way to European-China cooperation

China is willing to work with Poland to move the traditional friendship forward, enhance mutual trust and deepen exchanges and cooperation to co…

Hungarian Post issues stamp for Chinese Year of the Tiger

A special zodiac stamp issued by the Hungarian Post to celebrate the Chinese New Year of the Tiger was presented at an online ceremony here on T…

Europe's virus rules spark violence amid spike

Europe is facing up to a difficult winter with a fourth wave of novel coronavirus infections taking hold and as political protests against socia…

Austrian Chancellor Kurz resigns, proposing FM as successor

Coalition Together narrowly wins Czech parliamentary election: preliminary results

Death toll from Bangladeshi factory fire rises to 40

NPR: US life expectancy drops by 2 yrs due to pandemic

A new study estimates that life expectancy in the US dropped by nearly two years between 2018 and 2020, largely due to the COVID-19 pandemic, NP…

WHO seeks to calm nerves on AstraZeneca

The World Health Organization said countries should continue to administer the AstraZeneca vaccine against COVID-19 after more European countrie…

Russian diplomat asked to leave Sweden in tit-for-tat move

French FM visits Egypt, expresses 'deep respect' for Islam

CAIRO -- French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian visited Egypt on Sunday and held talks with top Egyptian officials including President Abdel…

Neighbors stick to guns in escalating energy row

Turkey on Thursday accused France of stoking tensions in the eastern Mediterranean, where NATO allies Turkey and Greece are locked in a standoff…

Ties with Germany worsen amid Washington's troop pullout plans

As the United States prepares to pull some of its troops out of Germany, US-German relations will continue to deteriorate, at least until and pe…

Peru gets tips from Chinese medical team on fighting COVID-19

Chinese experts sent to Peru, a country in South America, to help fight the coronavirus epidemic shared their experiences in epidemic control an…

Europe prepares to ease lockdown restrictions

Spain announced on Tuesday a four-phase plan to lift one of Europe's toughest lockdowns to contain the COVID-19 outbreak, aiming to return the c…

WHO responds to Austria face mask ruling

A senior official at the World Health Organization said on Monday that the WHO does not recommend the mass use of face masks after Austria annou…