Seven virus testing professionals from the Chinese mainland arrived in Hong Kong on Sunday afternoon as the first batch of mainland supportive teams to help contain a worsening spread of COVID-19 in Hong Kong.

China unveiled new, shortened negative lists for foreign investment, as part of efforts to further open up the economy and improve its business environment amid the novel coronavirus epidemic.

China's national observatory issued a blue alert for Typhoon Sinlaku Saturday, which is expected to bring gales and torrential rains to south China.

California, the most populous state in the United States with a population of around 40 million, became the first state in the country to have more than half million confirmed cases of COVID-19, authorities said on Saturday.

Microsoft Corp said on Sunday that it would continue discussions to acquire popular short-video app TikTok from Chinese internet giant ByteDance and that it was aiming to conclude the negotiations by September 15.

Only 34 percent of Americans approve of U.S. President Donald Trump's handling of the novel coronavirus pandemic, according to a new ABC News/Ipsos poll.

In an overall view, both Chinese and foreign airlines are showing an increasing trend of adding more international flights to the Chinese mainland in August.

The Global IPv6 Testing Center officially launched its Guangzhou laboratory in Nansha district during the IPv6 Summit on July 30th. Meanwhile, Nansha established an IPv6-Only development base and vowed to boost digital economy and enhance cybersecurity.

Starting from Sunday (August 2nd), it's going to cool down a little. Rainstorms and strong gales will hit Guangzhou with concentrated rainfall in southeast areas. In addition, from August 1 to 5, continuous heavy precipitation will batter Meizhou, southern Heyuan, and other cities in eastern and western Guangdong and the southern Pearl River Delta.