• Iran bent on boosting strategic cooperation with East: Shamkhani

    Iran bent on boosting strategic cooperation with East: Shamkhani

    Aug 09, 2020 11:33

    The Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) says the Islamic Republic is determined to boost strategic cooperation with Eastern countries and detach its economy from oil revenues.

  • US sanctions aimed to hurt Iranian people

    US sanctions aimed to hurt Iranian people

    Aug 09, 2020 06:14

    Since Iran's 1979 Revolution that ended a generation of US-installed fascist tyranny, the US has thrown everything at Iran conceivable short of all-out war. It threw a proxy war against Iran in the 1980s with Iraq. This went on for the better part of the decade - about 8 years. Over the years, over about 41 years, the US has sanctioned Iran many, many times. All US sanctions are illegal.

  • World's most trafficked mammal gives Trump new way to hit China

    World's most trafficked mammal gives Trump new way to hit China

    Aug 09, 2020 04:45

    A petition from environmentalists to reprimand Beijing for illegally trading an endangered species could ultimately bar US imports of any wildlife from China amid heightened concerns about the role animals play in pandemics.

  • US sanctions Hong Kong leader; China blasts 'barbarous' move

    US sanctions Hong Kong leader; China blasts 'barbarous' move

    Aug 08, 2020 08:59

    The US administration has imposed sanctions on Hong Kong’s leader and a number of other key officials over a security law that China enacted for the semi-autonomous region in late June.

  • China warns US against 'dangerous moves' on Taiwan

    China warns US against 'dangerous moves' on Taiwan

    Aug 07, 2020 03:43

    China has warned the United States against taking “dangerous moves," on Taiwan after Washington announced it was sending a senior official on a diplomatic visit to the self-ruled island.

  • China doesn’t want diplomatic war with US: Foreign minister

    China doesn’t want diplomatic war with US: Foreign minister

    Aug 06, 2020 10:35

    China says it has no intention of ratcheting up tensions with the United States and engaging in a diplomatic war with Washington.

  • US-China war no longer inconceivable: Australia PM

    US-China war no longer inconceivable: Australia PM

    Aug 06, 2020 03:44

    Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison says war between the United States and China is "no longer inconceivable."

  • China: US must avoid ‘seriously endangering’ relations with us

    China: US must avoid ‘seriously endangering’ relations with us

    Aug 06, 2020 00:39

    China said Wednesday a visit by a top US cabinet member to Taiwan was endangering peace and stability in the region, with relations between the two powers at historic lows. 

  • As pandemic rages on, world economic recovery looks ever shakier

    As pandemic rages on, world economic recovery looks ever shakier

    Aug 05, 2020 09:12

    The world economic outlook has dimmed again, with still-rising coronavirus infections and the risk of renewed lockdowns increasing the chances that any rebound will reverse course. Over 17 million people have been infected worldwide by the coronavirus and more than two-thirds of a million people have died. That has forced governments to impose strict lockdown measures to curb the spread of the virus, keeping citizens at home and businesses closed and spurring recessions that aren’t over yet.

  • The way the coronavirus messes with smell hints at how it affects the brain

    The way the coronavirus messes with smell hints at how it affects the brain

    Aug 05, 2020 09:00

    The virus responsible for COVID-19 can steal a person’s sense of smell, leaving them noseblind to fresh-cut grass, a pungent meal or even their own stale clothes. But so far, details remain elusive about how SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, can infiltrate and shut down the body’s smelling machinery.