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Inside an Italian hospital fighting the second wave of COVID-19

Italy's second wave of COVID-19 infections is just as critical as the first, according to intensive care doctors in the country.Since the beginning of November, intensi

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US Supreme Court sides with religious groups on virus rules

The US Supreme Court has barred New York from imposing coronavirus restrictions on houses of worship in a ruling likely to be heralded by conservatives as a victory for

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Inside an Italian hospital fighting the second wave of COVID-19

02:15 Italy's second wave of COVID-19 infections is just as critical as the first, according to intensive care doctors in the country.Since the beginning of November, intensive care un

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Global cases top 60m, Germany extends lockdown: COVID-19 bulletin

TOP HEADLINES• Germany has extended its partial lockdown until at least December 20, while Chancellor Angela Merkel admits restrictive measures will be in place until at least the end of December and

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NYC mayoral wannabe Eric Adams holds in-person fundraiser inside Queens COVID ‘yellow zone’

Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams held an in-person fundraiser for his mayoral campaign at a club located inside a COVID “yellow zone” in Queens on Saturday.It came

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Nigerian army kills several bandits, rescues 3 kidnapped people

FILE PHOTO: Nigerian Army soldiers stand at a base. /Getty Images The Nigerian military said that it killed several suspected bandits and arrested three others following a series of security o

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Shanghai carries out nucleic acid testing overnight after new cases

VCGAfter it reported two domestic COVID-19 cases on Sunday,Shanghai carried out over 2,500 nucleic acid tests of people and more than 130,000 cold chain food sampling t

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Italy approves latest stimulus package to help pandemic-hit business

Italy’s government has approved a new package worth around 10 billion euros ($11.9 billion) to support businesses hit by the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic.Und

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Beijing 2022 announces new competition schedule

The Beijing 2022 organizers released the seventh edition of the competition schedule for the Olympic Winter Games on Tuesday, with curling mixed doubles the first event

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Beijing 2022 announces new competition schedule

The Beijing 2022 organizers released the seventh edition of the competition schedule for the Olympic Winter Games on Tuesday, with curling mixed doubles the first event to start.Ahtough the lastes

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First high level Sino-Africa media forum discusses convergence

Editor's note:Stephen Ndegwa is a Nairobi-based communication expert, lecturer-scholar at the United States International University-Africa, author and international affairs columnist. The article

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Full Text: Keynote speech by Xi Jinping at APEC CEO Dialogues

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday delivered a keynote speech titled "Fostering a New Development Paradigm and Pursuing Mutual Benefit and Win-win Cooperation" via video at the APEC CEO Dialogu

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DR Congo announces end to its 11th deadly Ebola outbreak

FILE PHOTO: Healthcare members prepare to inoculate people to take precautions against the Ebola disease in Butembo, Democratic Republic of the Congo. /Getty Images The Democratic Republic of

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A Biden presidency doesn’t need a Green New Deal to make progress on climate change

Even without a Green New Deal, the sweeping set of climate-related initiatives many Democrats are pushing for, President-elect Joe Biden will have plenty of opportunities to move ahead with much of th

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More nuance in Biden's Israel strategy

Editor's note: Hannan Hussain is a foreign affairs commentator and author. He is a Fulbright recipient at the University of Maryland in the U.S. and a former assistant researcher at the Islamabad

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Facebook’s Messenger Kids app redesigned to look more like Messenger

Facebook today is rolling out an updated version of its Messenger Kids app with the goal of making it easier for kids to interact with their friends and family, navigate the app, and personalize their

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5 key innovations taking e-scooters to a half-billion rides in 2021

Four years ago, shared e-scooters didn’t exist. Today, they’re on track to surpass half a billion rides globally by 2021, far outpacing early growth in the carbon-heavy ride-hailing industry founded b