Wuhan battling with a pneumonia outbreak has announced to suspend public transportation, and close the airport and railway stations to outgoing passengers, while asking citizens not to leave the city without specific reasons.

Zhang Shuai moved into the third round of the Australian Open in windy conditions on Wednesday.

Chinese researchers have identified a key protein essential for the novel coronavirus to infect humans, providing valuable information to help evaluate the public health risk.

Chinese health authorities announced Thursday that 571 confirmed cases of pneumonia caused by the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) had been reported in 25 provincial-level regions in the country by the end of Wednesday.

​The China Chamber of Commerce in the UK, the 48 Group Club and the China-Britain Business Council on Tuesday night jointly held the "Icebreaker" Chinese New Year Dinner 2020 in London, discussing new cooperation between Chinese and British enterprises and the new development of Sino-British economy and trade.

​Firms in China's internet and other related service sectors reported strong revenue expansion in 2019.

​The United States should stop spreading fabricated cliches repeatedly rejected by China and Pakistan about the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC).

China has stepped up efforts to combat unauthorized and unregulated online loans usually charged at exorbitant rates of interest, which have resulted in some borrowers breaking the law to repay them.

​Vendors should not hike prices of masks, according to Alibaba's shopping site Taobao.

The Asian Football Confederation confirmed on Wednesday that next month's Olympic women's football qualifying matches would be moved from Wuhan to Nanjing, amid concerns over the spread of the ongoing coronavirus outbreak.

​Britain's Brexit withdrawal bill was finally approved Wednesday night after historic votes in the Houses of Parliament, paving the way for Britain to leave the European Union (EU).

​The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday night postponed determining whether the novel coronavirus outbreak in China constitutes a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) to Thursday.

U.S. House impeachment managers, a group of seven House Democrats acting as prosecutors, started making their opening arguments Wednesday on why President Donald Trump should be convicted and removed from office, as an impeachment trial in the Senate entered the second day.

Tourism authorities of Wuhan, capital of central China's Hubei Province, suspended group tours through all local agencies from Jan. 22 to Feb. 8 as it issued a level II public health emergency response Wednesday to tackle the pneumonia epidemic.

China has launched emergency coordination of mask production to meet the growing demand for masks due to the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) spread, said the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT).