Cheer of excitement and joy erupted from the crowds gathered outside the Government Center in downtown Minneapolis, when the judge read out the verdict from the jury, finding that Derek Chauvin, the police officer who killed George Floyd with his knees, was guilty of murder and manslaughter. Celebration...more

A fresh effort to propel China's vision for technological self-reliance is in the works, with Shenzhen in South China's Guangdong Province issuing draft measures aiming for breakthroughs in key components and chips for 5G. The drive for technological independence will also focus on 6G-related research and experiments, according...more

Under tremendous pressure, the US, which has remained silent in face of the unprecedented humanitarian crisis in India, an important partner to Washington's Indo-Pacific strategy, over the weekend, finally responded positively, pledging medical aid such as raw materials for vaccines and oxygen concentrators. Such a U-turn in attitude...more

President Kim Il Sung (1912-1994), founding father of socialist Korea, had deep relations with religious figures. From his childhood, he was exposed to the religious world. He would often go to the church with his mother when he was a child. His maternal grandfather, who engaged in education...more

Kathmandu. Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda', Chairman of the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) extends his good wishes on the very occasion of International Day of the Working People. Issuing a statement today, Ex-Prime minister Prachanda extends his best wishes to the working people. The statement signed by...more

Kathmandu. The World Meeting of Solidarity with Cuba, hosted by the Cuban Workers Federation (CTC by its Spanish acronym) and the Cuban Friendship Institute (ICAP by its Spanish acronym), began today with the virtual participation of friends and trade unionists from all over the world. In his opening...more

Kathmandu. Communist Party of USA (CPUSA) has issued an official statement on the occasion of International Workers' Day (May Day) 2021. The Full text of the CPUSA statement reads as: We struggle for the right to be human. To the ruling class, we are units of labor-power endowed...more

Cuba is a country with a long history of struggle against colonialism and imperialism. Cuba is a land of Carlos Manual de Cespedes, who fought to liberate the Cuban Soil. Cuba is also the land of great hero Jose Marti, who envisioned the Cuban independence and sacrificed his...more

US President Joe Biden is scheduled to attend a meeting of the Group of Seven (G7) in the UK in June, and the US will urge its G7 allies to step up pressure on China over the use of so-called forced labor in Xinjiang, a top White House...more

Kaoru Yasui was a professor and doctor of law at Hosei University of Japan and the first director-general of the International Institute of the Juche Idea. In the 1950s, he conducted positive social activities against atomic and hydrogen bombs, and for this won the International Lenin Peace Prize...more

It is acknowledged that the EU is not a stakeholder in the South China Sea issues nor a regional player for that matter. Yet it claims economic, political and strategic interests in the region and keeps pointing its finger at the territorial disputes from time to time. On...more

There were some major mistakes that the BBC made in its latest TV program Newsnight, including a biased tone and misinformation on the illegal protests led by radical anti-government figures who were wrongfully deemed "pro-democracy activists," a Chinese scholar who recently engaged in an online debate with Hong...more

Approximately 90 percent of the young Chinese participating in the latest survey conducted by the Global Times Research Center believe China should not "look up to the West" anymore, with more people in the past five years even "looking down on the West" due to multiple reasons including...more

Pakistan has offered to provide relief support, including ventilators, to India to help fight the deadly wave of COVID-19, according to Indian media reports. In a statement on Saturday, Islamabad said the two countries can explore possible ways to further co-operation to mitigate the challenges posed by the...more

Chinese population experts predicted that China's annual births may fall below 10 million during the 14th Five-Year Plan period (2021-2025) and suggested that China should loosen its family planning policy as soon as possible, although the central government has not yet released the specific data from the seventh...more