Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has signed a decree allowing the transfer of presidential power to the security council if he is murdered or otherwise unable
Japan on Friday extended the COVID-19 state of emergency in Tokyo and three other areas until May 31 to curb a surge in novel coronavirus cases just months before the Tokyo Olympics.
The Philippines on Friday received another batch of Sinovac Biotech's CoronaVac vaccines with 1.5 million doses, purchased from China, the fifth delivery until now.The country has secured 25 million
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) announced on Tuesday it had started a rolling review of an inactivated COVID-19 vaccine developed by China's Sinovac Biotech.A rolling review is a regulatory tool
A logo of NASA. /CFP U.S. space agency NASA has told Elon Musk's SpaceX to halt work under a contract it won to develop a lunar spacecraft, pending the outcome of challenges by rival bidders a
VCG Portugal has extended its ban on non-essential flights from countries highly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic until May 16.The ban extension announced on Saturday will now also cover Indi
The Mars Ingenuity helicopter is seen on the surface of Mars, April 29, 2021 /NASA NASA's Mars helicopter fizzled Thursday on its fourth flight attempt.The 4-pound (1.8-kilogram) helicopter na
Tokyo Olympics organizers on Wednesday said they won't decide how many spectators - if any - can attend the Games until June, as coronavirus surges raise fresh uncertainty."As we look into the evolvi
03:30 From the unprecedented coronavirus postponement to a ban on overseas fans, the path to staging the 2020 Tokyo Olympics has been far from smooth. With nearly 90 days to go until th
02:31 Thursday marks the 109th anniversary of one of the biggest maritime disasters of all time. In the early hours of April 15, 1912, the massive British passenger liner struck an ice
The massive Ever Given container ship ran aground on March 23, causing massive disruption to the key maritime passage for six days. /AFP The Suez Canal Authority (SCA) announced on Thursday th
Russia's Deputy Prime Minister Tatiana Golikova gives an interview to the TASS Russian News Agency. Vladimir Gerdo/TASS (Photo by Vladimir Gerdo\TASS via Getty Images) Russia has decided to re
At least one person has been killed and two injured in a huge fire that burned through a historic factory in Russia's second city Saint Petersburg on Monday, sending plumes of black smoke over the ci
Night curfew will be imposed in Delhi, India, from 10:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. local time with immediate effect until April 30, in the wake of the COVID-19 situation, local media reported on Tuesday.
The Bank of Japan headquarters in Tokyo, Japan. /CFP The Bank of Japan (BOJ) began experiments on Monday to study the feasibility of issuing its own digital currency, joining efforts by other
Russia's state communications regulator said on Monday it would extend its move to slow down Twitter traffic until May 15.Russia said on March 10 that it was slowing down the speed of Twitter for wha
This undated photo shows a view of Porto, a coastal city in Portugal. /CFP Portugal has decided to extend its land border closure for tourists until April 15 because of a surge in COVID-19 cas
简体中文
