01:45 FormerUruguaypresidentTabare Vazquez died on Sunday in Montevideo of cancer at the age of 80.Vazquez made history as the small Latin American nation's first elected leftist leade
A massive explosion, which was heard about 25 kilometres away, rocked an Engen refinery in South Africa's Durban at 7 a.m. (GMT 0500) on Friday, according to Xinhua News Agency.It is not clear what c
02:48 Many political observers are saying President Jair Bolsonaro is the biggest loser in elections held this weekend in Brazil, despite his name not appearing on any ballots.These we
China's Chang'e-5 lunar probe has successfully completed its second, also the final, braking on Sunday, as it prepares to land on the moon, according to the Lunar Explo
Russia's Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine is 95 percent effective, according to a second interim analysis of clinical trial data, its developers said on Tuesday.The calculations were based on prelimi
The Novosibirsk Vector research center has registered the second Russian coronavirus vaccine, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced during his online meeting with mem
02:41 After months of vacant classrooms and only partially available online instruction, pressure is building in Brazil to resume schooling.In Rio de Janeiro, some private schools have
India on Monday reported 82,170 new coronavirus infections in the past 24 hours, bringing its nationwide case tally beyond 6 million, according to local health authorities.The country also recorded 1
See how people in Japan are honoring the 75th anniversary of the 1945 atomic bombings, at Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima. On August 6th, 1945, the U.S. dropped the first
01:49 COVID-19 has forced millions of unemployed Americans to make impossible choices to make ends meet.And they’re facing even harder times as lawmakers wrangle over a second huge sti
Uzbekistan introduced second lockdown from July 10 to August 1 in an effort to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, the country's Special Republican Commission to Co
The Brazilian Health Ministry Friday raised the national count of COVID-19 cases to 1,539,081 with 63,174 deaths. Over the last 24 hours, the country reported 42,223 new cases and 1,290 more deaths,
Chinese lawmakers on Sunday began deliberating a draft amendment to the Patent Law that facilitates the utilization of patents. The draft was submitted for a second re
02:40 New York City has just started its second phase of reopening after the coronavirus emptied the city's streets, restaurants and stores.It’s a major milestone for a city that was o
02:18 Brazilhas nowsurpassed a millionCOVID-19 cases, a grim milestone for the country with the second most coronavirus infections in the world.It's been averaging about a thousand dea
Hubei will downgrade its COVID-19 emergency response level from two to three as of Saturday, a provincial official told a press briefing on Friday.The numbers refer to a four-tier response system, in
Thomas Lane, a former Minneapolis police officer who was involved in George Floyd's death, was released from jail on Wednesday after posting bond, according to the Hennepin County Jail website.Lan