Joe Biden has given himself an imposing to-do list for his earliest days as president and many promises to keep over the longer haul.Overshadowing everything at the ver
02:48 Monday, 18th January, is Martin Luther King Jr. Day.It's a major public holiday in the United States, but it's supposed to be a day "on" rather than a day "off."A day in which a
VCG More than 20,000 people have been arrested in South Africa for failing to comply with lockdown regulations since Dec. 29, 2020, when the country introduced level-three measures against the
Domestic demand for cosmetic surgery procedures in South Korea is picking up with the introduction of coronavirus vaccines. Many residents are embracing an idea that facial coverings might not las
On the last day of 2020, New York City’s Metro Transit Authority announced that it has finished its roll out of contactless payment systems. With the addition of a final stop in Brooklyn, every MTA su
02:35 As coronavirus vaccines start rolling out across the U.S., there are concerns about resistance in so-called "anti-vax hotspots." In the state of Texas, more and more parents have
FILE PHOTO: Travelers queue to buy bus tickets at the Namirembe Bus Park in Kampala, Uganda. /Getty Images Drivers in Uganda have been put on notice that they will face prosecution if found gu
File Photo: A waiter sanitizes a chair in a restaurant at the Montecasino complex in Johannesburg, July 3, 2020. /AFP South Africa's Minister of Health Zweli Mkhize has urged citizens to be mi
08:35 A man is judged by his clothes and a horse by its saddle. You can tell a lot from what people wear. If you are new to a place and want to learn about the culture,
04:59 Mohamed Sahbi Basly was Tunisia's ambassador to China from 2004 to 2010, and he is also a big fan of Chinese jackets. "I feel like one of them," said Mohamed show
FILE PHOTO: A local community volunteer carries a sack of seeds distributed by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in the opposition controlled town of Thonyor, in Leer county, So
The Walt Disney Co. announced plans to lay off 4,000 more employees largely due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.The announcement by the company was made in a U.S. Securities and Exchange C
00:50 Joel Miggler is not your average looking 22-year-old German. He has 11 stretched holes in his face. He’s had “flesh tunnels” professionally stretched in his nose, lips and cheeks
FILE PHOTO: South African Minister of Health, Dr Zweli Mkhize. /Getty Images South Africa's Minister of Health Dr. Zweli Mkhize denied reports that the country was experiencing a second wave o
02:37 It may appearto bebusiness as usual in downtown Chicago, but the city is about to undergo a tightening of restrictions.Although stopping short of a mandatory stay-at-home order,
The U.S. has seen a record in positive COVID-19 cases since the beginning of November.On Tuesday, the U.S. recorded 136,325 new coronavirus cases, according to Johns Hopkins University. This makes se
FILE PHOTO: Visitors wear face masks on the boardwalk in Huntington Beach, California, U.S., July 1, 2020. /VCG Experts have expressed worries that the United States is ill-prepared for the in
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