CGTN covers the 2021 World Table Tennis Championships.

Table Tennis: Peace through Sport

Thursday marks Thanksgiving Day in the United States, celebrating the harvest and other blessings of the past year.

Family farm works with charities to help homeless on Thanksgiving

Honduras will hold general elections this weekend in a vote that will decide the country's elected leaders – from mayors to members of parliament, to the president – for the next four years.

Hondurans prepare for general election

Brazil has administered around 298-million doses of COVID-19 vaccine. According to Reuters, that’s enough for more than 70% of the population.

When will Brazilian children under 12 get COVID-19 vaccine approval?

Starting a business anywhere in the world today is a difficult task.

Starting a business amid a crisis

The number of rat sightings in New York City has jumped substantially this year. 

Rat sightings rise in New York

Honduras’s general election Sunday appears to have resulted in a landslide victory for the country’s opposition coalition, a triumph that will end 12 years in power for the ruling party and have international implications far beyond the country’s borders. CGTN’s Alasdair Baverstock reports.

Opposition party appear victorious in tense Honduras election

Mexico is struggling to close the year with signs of economic recovery.

Multiple factors cause strain to Mexico’s auto industry

Some of your favorite liquor might be harder to find in the store ahead of the holiday season.

Liquor industry faces shortages from supply chain crunch ahead of holiday season

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Table Tennis: Peace through Sport

CGTN covers the 2021 World Table Tennis Championships.
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