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Shanghai restarts business and services in phases, with more than 10,000 commercial ...

With supermarkets, shopping malls and convenience stores in Shanghai scheduled to reopen from Monday, flights between Shanghai and some other ...

April economic data down on Omicron impact, more supportive policies urged

China's April industrial production contracted by 2.9 percent year-on-year, while retail sales were down 11.1 percent, as the effects of ...

NATO expansion with Finland, Sweden's bid tips balance, adds uncertainty to Europe

NATO expansion continues despite the Russia-Ukraine conflict as the US-led military alliance could include two more European countries, Finland and ...

US mass killing exposes dangerous trend of white supremacism
A mass shooting Saturday afternoon at a supermarket in Buffalo, New York, suspected of being a racially motivated attack, has ...

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ASEAN not a tool of US in its game against China: Global Times editorial

Most Asian countries wish the US can contribute more to the region rather than engage in moves to weaken the region. Washington should listen to ASEAN instead of indulging in a zero-sum game and regarding its relations with ...

Gun violence-featured white terror in US deepens racial woes

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GT Voice: G7's criticism of India can hardly help resolve global food problem

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Western countries' knowledge about pandemic prevention remained stuck at the 1918 level: Austrian scholar
Austrian scholar Otto Kolbl (Kolbl) has received attacks from right-wing extremists and several Western media outlets after publishing, in March 2020, a paper calling European countries to learn from China in containing the coronavirus disease.
Surge of Omicron cases in Taiwan 'result of DDP's political manipulation over anti-epidemic work'
China's domestically developed airship sets world's highest record of atmospheric science observation
Shanghai vice mayor says city will resume normal life in June; daily new cases drop under 1,000 for first time
Vice mayor of Shanghai announced on Monday that no new COVID-19 cases were detected outside quarantined areas for two consecutive days, while the number of daily new positive cases has ...

E.China's Zhejiang gives options to users to shut off calls from overseas to combat telecom frauds
Telecom operators in East China's Zhejiang gave options to users if they would like to block calls from overseas in a bid to protect them from becoming victims of rampant ...

All-out rescue continues for missing 3-year-old boy who fell into sewer drain
Rescuers are still searching for the 3-year-old boy who fell into sewer drain through a manhole and was swept away on Thursday evening in Xi'an, the capital city of Northwest ...

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Shanghai catering industry uses digital transformation for epidemic recovery
IMF lifts yuan's weight in SDR basket in major win for China's currency, economy
China cuts rate floors on mortgages for first-time homebuyers in pro-growth move
China's central bank and banking and insurance regulator on Sunday moved to lower interest rate floors on mortgages for first-time homebuyers by 20 basis points (bps) off the benchmark loan prime rate (LPR), culminating a flurry of housing market-reviving moves across the country as part of a broader ...
Stocks on A-share and Hong Kong markets open higher on Monday
The A-share and Hong Kong stock markets opened higher on Monday, with shares of real estate, property management, technology and airport shipping leading the rise.

Airlines in Shanghai to resume services amid declining number of COVID-19 infections
Some air carriers, including Spring Airlines and Juneyao Airlines, will gradually resume services in Shanghai from Monday, given a decline in the number of daily positive infections in the city.

South African wineries set eyes on exploring massive Chinese market
"As a fast-growing market, China can't be neglected by any winery," Henriëtte Jacobs, the international sales manager of Spier Wine Farm, told the Global Times, adding that the company's exports ...

WORLD

Scholz's SPD facing heavy defeat in key German vote
Chancellor Olaf Scholz's Social Democrats (SPD) suffered a crushing defeat in a key German regional election on Sunday, exit polls showed, in a damning verdict on his perceived weak response to the Ukraine crisis.
Palestinians mark 74th anniversary of Nakba Day
Thousands of Palestinians demonstrated on Sunday in the West Bank city of Ramallah, marking the 74th anniversary of Nakba Day, or “Day of the Catastrophe,” the day after Israel declared ...

Ethiopian ex-peacekeepers from Tigray arrive in Sudan for asylum
Some 40 former peacekeepers hailing from Ethiopia's war-wracked Tigray region arrived Sunday in eastern Sudan after seeking asylum, according to an AFP correspondent.

One dead in US church shooting
One person was dead and four others in critical condition after a shooting at a church near Los Angeles, law enforcement said Sunday, just one day after a gunman killed ...
New Zealand seeks to promote electric car sales
Egypt has no wheat crisis, interest rate hike likely: PM

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Chinese Americans celebrate Asian cultural heritage in Manhattan
Chinese Americans from New York and New Jersey are joining other Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in celebrating their cultural heritage as part of a national thematic tradition in the ...

Dutch art exhibition explores China's ancient Majiayao culture
Delft, the Dutch city renowned for its blue pottery, launched on Saturday an international exhibition of pottery artworks that pays tribute to an ancient Chinese culture dating back thousands of ...

New TV drama focusing on female lawyers promotes use of law to protect rights
A hit Chinese TV drama focusing on female lawyers has attracted a lot of interest among Chinese netizens by discussing some controversial social issues and popularizing laws in order to ...
China to celebrate International Museum Day 2022 with various activities
The main event of 2022's International Museum Day in China is scheduled to kick off at the Hubei Museum in Central China's Hubei Province on Wednesday, China's National Cultural Heritage Administration (NCHA) announced on Friday.
Holly's international spring auction launched in Hong Kong to boost confidence in Asian art market
Zimbabwean designer mixes tradition, fashion