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The president of the United States doesn't wear mask. Neither does his vice-president. Wearing a face mask has gotten political in the United States, where coronavirus cases have exceeded 2.5 million, and killed over 125-thousand people.

Johnson & Johnson has decided to stop selling skin-whitening creams popular in Asia and the Middle East. The decision comes after these products came under renewed social pressure amid a global debate about racial inequality.

China’s largest 618 mid-year shopping festival came to a close today. As the first big shopping festival since the Covid-19 pandemic hit the country, e-commerce giants include JD.com and Alibaba have seen a boom in sales, indicating that online shopping is alive despite a slowdown in the economy.

Former National Security Adviser John Bolton has written a book about his time in the Donald Trump administration. But Donald Trump doesn't want you to read it. He also says Bolton has broken the law by publishing the account, called "The Room Where It Happened." It discusses the events that led to Trump's impeachment by the House of Representatives.

President Donald Trump went to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point to give a speech to its graduates over the weekend, but two video clips from his appearance are suspicious to viewers. The president celebrated his 74th birthday on Sunday, making him the oldest first-term president in US history.

Beijing has dismissed a Harvard Medical School study which suggests coronavirus may already have been spreading in Wuhan in as early as August. The study has used satellite imagery of hospital parking lots in Wuhan and data for symptom-related queries on search engines for cough and diarrhoea. According to the study, increased hospital traffic and symptom search data in Wuhan preceded the documented start of the coronavirus outbreak in December. The study, however, has not been peer-reviewed by other scientists.

China is turning to a "street vendor economy" amid a wave of unemployment caused by the economic shock of Covid-19. Encouraging people to set up open-air stalls marks a U-turn from the government's previous policies. In a visit to a city in Shandong Province last week, Premier Li Keqiang said street stalls and small shops are important sources of jobs and an integral part of people's normal lives. Can "street vendor economy" really help ease the pressure on employment?

China is home to Asia's top two universities. Tsinghua University topped the list for a second consecutive year and Peking University climbs three places to rank second, according to the latest Times Higher Education (THE) Asia rankings.

Many Chinese smokers say they have taken their last puff. As the Covid-19 pandemic spreads, the crisis is forcing smokers to confront – and quit – one of their nastiest habits: cigarettes. That’s according to a recent online survey by Fudan’s Health Communication Institute, in Shanghai.

After months of closing amid social distancing restriction to contain the spread of the covid-19, primary and middle school students in Beijing finally return to their campuses today.