Lawyers laid out their cases on Monday in the trial of the former Minneapolis police officer charged with killing George Floyd. Prosecutor Jerry Blackwell said Derek Chauvin, the white American policeman, betrayed his badge when he used excessive force to subdue Floyd. Chauvin's lawyer argued the use of force was unattractive but necessary. The May 2020 incident sparked protests in the US and across the world against police brutality and racism.

The Ever Given container ship has been partially refloated after being stranded in the Suez Canal for nearly a week. The 224,000-ton vessel ran aground in the canal last week. Crews from Egypt and around the world have been working nonstop to try to refloat the ship. Previous efforts have failed. The latest attempt is being carried out when the water in the channel is at the highest level.

In its latest weekly news briefing of global COVID-19 activity, the World Health Organization (WHO) said that cases rose for the fourth week in a row, led by emerge in the Americas and Europe.

US Customs and Border Protection on Tuesday released photos and videos of South Texas immigration detention center, which showed children huddled together in crowded makeshift rooms.

Australian prime minister Scott Morrison said on Tuesday he was shocked and disgusted by the latest sex scandal to rock his government, and vowed to do more to attract women into politics.

2021 Tokyo Olympics Committee has officially announced to ban overseas spectators to attend this summer’s rearranged Olympic and Paralympic Games due to COVID-19 concerns.

New data show nearly 3,800 anti-Asian hate incidents were reported in the United States over the course of roughly a year during the pandemic. The data compiled by nonprofit organization "Stop AAPI Hate" covers incidents which occurred between March last year and February this year. More than 500 incidents have taken place in 2021 alone.

Chinese movie "Better Days" was nominated for Best International Feature Film at the 93rd Academy Awards on Monday. Directed by Derek Tsang, starring Zhou Dongyu and Yiyang Qianxi, the movie tells the story of a high school student who is often subjected to bullying and is later caught up in a murder. The topic of school bullying struck a strong personal chord with audiences after its debut in China in October 2019 and quickly became a national hit, raking in many nominations and prizes.

YouTube has taken down almost 3,000 channels and accounts, claiming they are Chinese and Russian state-coordinated influence operations. Twitter has added a controversial 'hacked materials' warning label to tweets, claiming this aims to keep it a place for reliable information. Are they justified to do so?

A court in Beijing has ordered a man to pay a full-time housewife 50,000 yuan in compensation, as the couple gets ready to divorce. In the meantime, the woman will receive her share of the family asset after it is divided. This is the first ruling of its kind after China's new Civil Code took effect in January.

Lights have come back on for millions of people in Texas after days of unprecedented frigid temperatures. However, they were still struggling without drinkable water over the weekend. Burst pipes have flooded thousands of homes, prompting state governor to ask plumbers from other states to come to Texas and help. So far around 70 deaths have been attributed to the cold wave. President Joe Biden has issued a major disaster declaration for 77 of the hardest-hit counties in the state.

Chinese livestreaming celebrity Li Jiaqi has been included in the 2021 Time 100 Next list. The list is an expansion of the flagship Time 100 franchise and highlights 100 emerging leaders who are shaping the future. 29-year-old Li is known as China's "king of lipstick". In 2018, he once sold 15,000 lipsticks in just five minutes. In 2019, he helped drive 145 million sales on online marketplace Taobao during the Singles Day shopping gala.

Roughly 3 million people in Texas have had to deal with outrage since Monday as power generators and natural gas pipes froze following massive snowstorm.

The president of the Tokyo Olympics organizing committee Yoshiro Mori said on Tuesday that Japan would hold the Summer Olympics regardless of the situation with the COVID-19 pandemic.

As cases of COVID-19 in the United States began to skyrocket during winter, so did cases in Los Angeles's homeless population.

A recent proposal to prevent the rise of “feminine” male teenagers has triggered an online debate about masculinity in modern China. In a public response to the debate, the Ministry of Education suggested the “decline” of masculinity is linked to physical health. Is it necessary to address the issue of effeminate young boys? How is the decline of masculinity connected to physical health? Check out today's show to find out more.

China's annual Spring Festival travel rush has officially kicked off. The travel rush is usually seen as the largest human migration in today's world. However, this year is probably marking the first time the Chinese government encourages people to celebrate the country's most important holiday at their working place, rather than returning to their hometown, amid sporadic coronavirus outbreak in multiple regions.

In China, audiences are falling in love with a new TV drama featuring poverty alleviation these days. "The love between mountain and sea" is enjoying a rating of 9.4 out of 10 on social networking service platform Douban. Any rating higher than 9 is considered a high rating. The drama tells a story of how residents in a mountainous area in the northwestern Chinese region of Ningxia bid farewell to poverty under the help from the coastal province of Fujian. Ding Heng explains the drama's...

While tens of millions of people are expected to travel and united with families, China plans to impose tightened travel guidelines during the upcoming Spring Festival as it's fighting the Covid-19 resurgence in northern regions.

The draft Family Education law was submitted to China’s Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress for deliberation today.

The U.S. government has urged Australia to ditch proposed media laws that would force tech giants Google and Facebook to pay local news organizations for sharing their content.

With just three days until President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration, officials in Washington, D.C., are on high alert. At least 13 states have deployed their National Guards troops to the capital city of the United States. The massive undertaking reflects the extraordinary security concerns that have gripped Washington following the deadly Jan. 6 insurrection at the US Capitol by pro-Trump rioters.

For the first time on record, South Korea reported more deaths than births in 2020, prompting calls for action to revamp demographic growth and sustain the economy.

Douyin, the Chinese version of TikTok, released its “2020 User Data Report” yesterday. From cooking to traveling, from online education to e-commerce, the report has outlined some of the trends that have dominated the short-video platform over the last year.

A 22-year-old female employee at China’s fastest-growing e-commerce group Pinduoduo died on her way home from work last Tuesday. News of her sudden collapse went viral online as netizens connected it to the Chinese tech industry’s overwork culture.