All Olympic Solidarity programs related to Tokyo 2020 will continue to support athletes till 2021 after Tokyo 2020 sets the new dates in summer 2021.

The United Kingdom has suffered its deadliest 24-hour period of the novel coronavirus outbreak yet after figures released on Tuesday revealed 393 people had died in the previous 24 hours, taking the total loss of life to 1,808.

The national college entrance examination, or gaokao, will be postponed for a month to July 7 and 8 due to the novel coronavirus outbreak, the Ministry of Education said.

The willingness among Chinese to travel to popular tourist sites has shown signs of recovery, particularly for the upcoming holidays in late spring and early summer, as the novel coronavirus epidemic continues to abate domestically, according to industry experts.

Chinese scientists have for the first time systematically measured the depth of the seven major lakes in Hoh Xil, Qinghai Province, the Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research under the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) announced Monday.

As China's central leader-ship attaches increasing importance to ecological progress, environmental monitoring data has become a key factor that is taken into consideration when officials' performances are assessed by their superiors.

A pet cat of a patient diagnosed with COVID-19 in Hong Kong has tested positive for the virus, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government said on Tuesday.

The victims include 18 firefighters and a local forest farm worker who led the way for the firefighters. They were trapped in fire due to a sudden change in wind direction at around 2 a.m. on Tuesday. The fire started on a local farm at 3:51 p.m. Monday and quickly spread to nearby mountains due to strong winds. So far, a total of 2,044 people have been dispatched to put out the fire and a total of 18,152 people in the neighboring three towns were evacuated.

Railway repair is well underway after a train derailed in Chenzhou Monday that killed one and injured 127.

Huaibin County, relying on the advantages of local resources, has developed 26 industries like Chinese herbal medicines and mushroom plantations, helping more than 20,000 poverty-stricken families boost their income and get rid of poverty.