CGTN Global Watch

23/01/2024

Dragon boats, modified with ice skates, race on frozen lakes in northern China to the strong drumbeat in the background. The thrilling competition has attracted tourists from across the country.

23/01/2024

Storm Isha has brought strong winds and torrential rains in Ireland. Over 100 flights were canceled at Dublin airport and more than 230,000 people were without power on Monday. Paul Hawkins reports.

23/01/2024

In the US, over 90 dead from fierce winter storms. Environmental justice advocate Kari Fulton talked about the impact of extreme weather on infrastructures in the US. Fulton said Infrastructure are not built and designed to adapt to rapid weather changes.

23/01/2024

Ryan Petersen, Founder and CEO of Flexport, a leader in global supply chain technology, says the Red Sea tensions are having huge effects on the global supply chain.

23/01/2024

’s new president, Joseph Boakai, has been sworn into office after his narrow win in a November election. At age 79, he has become the country's oldest president. During his inauguration ceremony, Boakai began to show signs of physical distress while speaking, which led to an abrupt end of his speech.

23/01/2024

and have announced that their ambassadors will resume their duties after the two countries agreed to de-escalate tensions. Iran's FM Hossein Amir-Abdollahian is due to visit Pakistan next Monday at Jilani's invitation.

23/01/2024

More than 90 weather-related deaths have been recorded across the US after the country was pummelled by ferocious winter storms for the past week. Tens of thousands of people also remain without power. Icy conditions are expected to ease off in the next few days, but more weather challenges are on the horizon.

23/01/2024

The 3rd South Summit ended on Monday in the Ugandan capital Kampala with a focus on "Leaving No One Behind". The summit brought together the supreme decision-making body of the Group of 77. High-level representatives of nearly 100 countries and heads of United Nations agencies attended the meeting.

23/01/2024

Representatives of the Arab League have met in Cairo on Monday for an emergency meeting over the war in Gaza, and the humanitarian crisis unfolding in the region. The chairman of the session Mohamed Ait Ouali called for more international pressure to reach a ceasefire and deliver humanitarian supplies.

23/01/2024

China's State Council Information Office on Tuesday released a white paper titled "China's Legal Framework and Measures for Counterterrorism." It says terrorism is the common enemy of humanity and all members of the international community share the responsibility to fight it.

23/01/2024

EU foreign ministers were pushing for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as they met on Monday to discuss the situation in Gaza. They also talked about a naval mission to secure shipping routes in the Red Sea.

23/01/2024

In Jerusalem, families of hostages still held in Gaza are protesting outside the residence of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Netanyahu is still insisting that the relentless military offensive in Gaza is the only way to bring them home.

23/01/2024

The four South American countries known as CAN or the " " agreed on Sunday to form a special regional security group to combat transnational organized crime. The group sees a recent crime wave in Ecuador as a potential threat to their collective security. Nicolas Suarez reports.

23/01/2024

The Supreme Court agreed to temporarily let border patrol agents cut or remove razor-wire fencing that Texas placed along the southern state's border with to deter illegal border crossings. Over 250 million encounters have been recorded at the US-Mexico border in the fiscal year of 2023 that ended in September. Alasdair Baverstock reports.

23/01/2024

China's State Council Information Office on Tuesday released a white paper titled "China's Legal Framework and Measures for Counterterrorism."

China's State Council Information Office on Tuesday released a white paper titled "China's Legal Framework and Measures for Counterterrorism."Besides the preface and conclusion, the white paper consists of five parts: "An Improving Legal Framework for

23/01/2024

Explosions shook Yemen's capital Sanaa in the early hours of Tuesday morning as US and UK forces carried out a fresh round of strikes there. The Pentagon said a Houthi underground storage site was targeted, as well as missile and surveillance capabilities used by the group against Red Sea shipping.

23/01/2024

LIVE: ​The State Council Information Office holds a press conference on the performance of agriculture and rural economy in 2023.

23/01/2024

11 people have been found dead in a mountainous village after a in China's Yunnan province on Monday evening. The search continues for the remaining 36 reported missing. Over 1,000 rescue workers, equipped with 45 rescue dogs and 120 vehicles are being deployed.

23/01/2024

A 7.1-magnitude jolted Wushi county in Aksu prefecture in Northwest ’s Uygur Autonomous Region on Tuesday, January 23, at 2:09 am BJT, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC). Several rescue teams have arrived at the village close to the epicenter, where two residential houses and livestock sheds collapsed.

22/01/2024

The annual Yuyuan Garden Lantern Festival has officially begun with the lighting up of the dragon-themed lanterns in Shanghai. The garden created a fantasy world combining the dragon with marine life to celebrate the coming Chinese New Year.

22/01/2024

Houthi attacks in the are disrupting global supply chains. This poses big challenges for countries with high imports and trade deficits, as well as those already facing price rises.

22/01/2024

President Xi orders all-out search and rescue of people missing in SW China landslide

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday ordered all-out rescue efforts for those missing in a landslide in southwest China's Yunnan Province.

22/01/2024

's second largest city, St. Petersburg, and its vicinity are on high alert, after a huge fire broke out at a Baltic Sea fuel export terminal due to a suspected drone attack. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Russia shelled over 100 cities across 9 regions in a single day. Dasha Chernyshova reports.

22/01/2024

A volunteer doctor living in a tent in the Gaza Strip has been offering medical treatment and assistance amid the conflict. Fida Al-Qurshali says despite the inconvenience of carrying out medical work in a tent, she feels compelled to continue helping others.

22/01/2024

China Media Group held the 2nd dress rehearsal for the Gala. Sub-venues in four different Chinese cities -Shenyang, Changsha, Xi'an and Kashgar, made their first joint appearance with the main venue in Beijing on Sunday.

22/01/2024

In the , local media says at least 91 people have been killed, with much of the country whip-lashed by Arctic winds. Two weeks of winter have affected tens of millions in the country, with alerts issued in multiple states. The weather has also tested US infrastructure. Owen Fairclough reports.

22/01/2024

The Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, Gaston Browne, has landed in Beijing for a week-long official visit to China. His visit comes at the invitation of Chinese Premier Li Qiang. This is Browne's second trip to China as prime minister, after a previous visit in 2014. Browne shared his hopes for his visit.

22/01/2024

Indian PM Narendra Modi will inaugurate a grand temple to the Hindu god Lord Ram today. Many see it as a political move to boost Modi's BJP party ahead of a crucial national vote.

22/01/2024

Preliminary result showed a magnitude-5.1 earthquake struck Aksu Prefecture, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region on Monday, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center.