WASHINGTON - A partial US government shutdown over US President Donald Trump's demand for .7 billion to build a wall along the US-Mexico border entered its 22nd day on Saturday, making it the longest shuttering of federal agencies in US history, with no end in sight.
WASHINGTON - The governor of the US state of Iowa on Monday issued a statewide mask mandate which will last from Nov 17 to Dec 10 in an attempt to curb the spread of COVID-19, according to a press release.
Visitors from Shanghai, Beijing and Tianjin make up the majority of the total, while the numbers of visitors from Chengdu, Sichuan province, and Chongqing have seen the fastest increases. Besides, Wuhan in Hubei province, Qingdao in Shandong province, Xi'an in Shaanxi province and Kunming in Yunnan province have become the top domestic cities for cherry blossom viewing.
Visitors from Chinese mainland increased by 4.7 percent year-on-year to 2.65 million, mainly from Guangdong Province (1.30 million) and Hunan Province (109,752).
Volunteers play with local children, Cape Town, South Africa. [Photo/China House]
WASHINGTON - American rapper-singer XXXTentacion was shot and killed Monday in state Florida, authorities said.
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Visitors pass the WeDoctor booth during the Flex Future Life Expo 2019 in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province. [Photo by Li Zhong/For China Daily]
Vladimir Voronkov, Under-Secretary-General, head of the United Nations Counter-Terrorism Office, addresses the 2018 Moscow Conference on International Security held at Radisson Royal Hotel, Moscow, Russia, April 4, 2018. [Photo/IC]
WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump nominated Peter Gaynor on Thursday to head the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the White House said in a statement.
Volkswagen AG is working on electric vehicles that will have a range of 300 km and hopes to double that figure with new technology.