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Heavy rain in India, Sri Lanka leaves 41 dead, authorities say

Heavy rain across southern India and Sri Lanka has killed at least 41 people, authorities said on Thursday, with weather forecasters expecting the downpour to ease in t

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Islamic State claims responsibility for Kabul hospital attack

Islamic State (IS) has claimed responsibility for an attack that targeted Afghanistan's largest military hospital on Tuesday.At least 25 people were killed and more tha

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Russia and China owe no one an explanation for their relations

At present, we may be unable to discern why Russian President Vladimir Putin was piqued when he recently declared that his country's relations with China are "not direc

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ISIS claims responsibility for bomb attack in Ugandan capital

The Islamic State has claimed responsibility for a bomb attack that killed at least one person in a restaurant on the outskirts of the Ugandan capital Kampala, reported

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Democrats abandon free community college as White House warns social safety net bill will shrink below $2T

President Biden told progressive lawmakers on Tuesday that the final social spending bill is expected to drop tuition-free community college and curtail the child tax c

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US official: American, Taliban officials to talk on evacuees

U.S. officials will meet with senior Taliban officials on Saturday and Sunday for talks aimed at easing the evacuations of foreign citizens and at-risk Afghans from Afg

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Sidney Powell countersues Dominion Voting Systems after failing to get its lawsuit against her tossed in court

Sidney Powell, the attorney who filed multiple lawsuits in an effort to overturn former President Donald Trump's 2020 election loss, on Friday filed a countersuit again

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Biden, Xi discuss need to avoid conflict amid global competition

President Joe Biden told Chinese leader Xi Jinping late Thursday that the United States wants to “responsibly manage the competition” between the two countries, in hope

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Colorado teens encourage hesitant people to get the COVID-19 vaccine

02:59 According tothe Biden administration’s COVID-19 response team,halfof all 12 to 17year old Americans have received at least one dose ofaCOVID-19 vaccine.​That’s an improvement over

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U.S. states clash over mask mandates as schools reopen

02:38 Schools around the U.S. are opening their doors to millions of students, many of whom are not eligible for COVID-19 vaccines and vulnerable to the Delta variant. A growing number

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Virgin Galactic looks to late September, early October for first commercial crewed flight

Just two months after celebrating its first manned launch to orbit – which is now under investigation with the Federal Aviation Administration – Virgin Galactic wants to return to space.The company wi

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Helping the visually impaired to travel

Li Manshuo (R) talks with her companion on a trip. /CGTNThirty-six visually impaired visitors head to the Hulun Buir grassland in north China's Inner Mongolia. Li Mansh

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North Carolina student dies in school shooting, suspect in custody

A North Carolina high school student was shot and killed on Wednesday by a fellow student, who was taken into custody hours after the incident, police said.Student William Chavis Raynard Miller, Jr.

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The art of governance

Two visitors look at Discussing State Affairs, a relief sculpture by Wu Weishan on show at the ongoing exhibition, Togetherness, at the National Art Museum of China in Beijing, which runs through

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Biden defends U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan

In a televised address to the nation, U.S. President Joe Biden defended the administration's withdrawal and evacuation from Afghanistan, calling the mission an "extraor

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“It’s humanity”: U.S. volunteer groups help Afghans resettle

03:58 Thousands of Afghans have been evacuated from Kabul in the past few weeks.After the chaos and panic of leaving, they're preparing to start a new life.Volunteer groups and donation

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Chile receives new shipment of Sinovac COVID-19 vaccines

Chile received a new shipment of COVID-19 vaccines from the Chinese pharmaceutical company Sinovac on Friday. /VCG Chile received a new shipment of COVID-19 vaccines from the Chinese pharmaceu