• China in 2024: Injecting stability into a world of turbulence
    2024-12-30

    Editor's note: CGTN presents "China in 2024," a special series that takes an in-depth look at the country's progress in improving livelihoods, high-quality development, deepening reform and further opening up, sci-tech innovation, cultural development and ecological conservation, as well as its di...

  • The Guardian: Elon Musk’s mother claims to visit China ‘nearly every month’
    2024-12-30

    Maye Musk is a busy woman. As well as being the mother of the world’s richest man, she has been jetting between various glamorous events – many of them in China.

  • U.S. homelessness jumps to another record high, amid affordable housing shortage
    2024-12-30

    More than 770,000 people were living in shelters or outside in January, according to anannual federal reporton homelessness by the Department of Housing and Urban Development. The number is up 18% fromlast year's count— which had also jumped from the year before — and is the largest number since...

  • S. Korea suffers air tragedy with heavy casualties
    2024-12-30

    All the 179 people aboard a passenger jet that crashed while landing at an airport in southwest South Korea were confirmed dead except only two rescued, multiple media outlets said Sunday, citing the fire authorities.

  • Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter dies at 100
    2024-12-30

    Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter died at 100 at his home in Plains, southern U.S. state of Georgia, on Sunday, his son Chip Carter confirmed.

  • China Focus: China debuts prototypes of world's fastest high-speed train
    2024-12-30

    Prototypes of the CR450 bullet train, with a test speed of up to 450 kilometers per hour and an operational speed of 400 kilometers per hour, were debuted in Beijing on Sunday, highlighting China's cutting-edge advancements in rail technology and contributions to the global rail industry.

  • Joint actions define strategic depth of Beijing-Teheran ties
    2024-12-30

    The next "golden 50 years of future relations between Iran and China" will show that this journey marks the beginning of a new chapter in strategic cooperation between the two countries, specially, as the wise Chinese ancestors said: "actions speak louder than words".

  • Potential TikTok reprieve positive development
    2024-12-30

    On Friday, US president-elect Donald Trump asked the US Supreme Court to pause the potential TikTok ban from going into effect, until his administration takes office and can pursue a "political resolution" to the issue.

  • Development of China-US ties tempered by hope, pragmatism
    2024-12-27

    Chinese and the United States students perform at the opening ceremony of the 14th China-US Tourism Leadership Summit in Xi'an, Shaanxi province, in May. The event was held to expand China-US travel and people-to-people exchanges. [PhotoXinhua] This year has seen China and the United States mak...

  • US, EU can ride the tide of China's EV success
    2024-12-27

    JIN DINGCHINA DAIL Y The rise of Chinese-made electric vehicles in the global market has drawn both admiration and criticism. On the one hand, China's initiatives in the EV and renewable energy sectors have been widely acknowledged by international institutions such as the United Nations. China...

  • New Chinese fighter jet seen over Chengdu tacitly confirmed by military
    2024-12-27

    As footage and images of what might have been the maiden flight of China’s sixth-generation fighter jet went viral on Thursday, the country’s official military media appeared to tacitly confirm the speculation. A mysterious aircraft bearing a triangular tailless design was seen flying over Chengd...

  • Israeli warplanes hit Houthi targets in Yemen
    2024-12-27

    Israeli warplanes hit targets across Yemen on Thursday, including the international airport, energy facilities and ports, in retaliation for missile strikes by Iran-backed Houthi militants on the Jewish state. Israel’s military said on Thursday it had conducted “intelligence-based strikes” on targ...

  • Former Indian prime minister Manmohan Singh dies aged 92
    2024-12-26

    Manmohan Singh, India’s first Sikh prime minister and the architect of the big-bang economic reforms that set the stage for the country’s emergence as a global powerhouse, has died aged 92. A hospital statement attributed Singh’s death to “age-related medical conditions”. The government announce...

  • Donald Trump’s transition team seeks to pull US out of WHO ‘on day one’
    2024-12-26

    Donald Trump’s transition team is pushing to pull the US out of the World Health Organization on the first day of the new administration, according to experts who warn of the “catastrophic” impact it would have on global health.

  • Beijing, Tokyo chart relations during talks
    2024-12-26

    The China-Japan relationship is at a critical phase in efforts to improve ties, and the fruitful outcome of Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya's first visit to China in his current post illustrates efforts by Beijing and Tokyo to add certainty to the bilateral agenda and the region's stability,...