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COVID-19: Liverpool manager Klopp to miss Chelsea game due to virus

FILE PIC: Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp celebrates after the match, as play resumes behind closed doors following the outbreak of COVID-19. /Xinhua English Premier League club Liverpool will

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China Mobile forced to cease operations in Canada by government order

CMLink, China Mobile's subsidiary in Canada, will cease operations on January 5, 2022, in compliance with the request of the Canadian Federal Government, according to a statement on Tuesday.The Canad

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U.S. and Russia: Progress in talks or preparations for war?

Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) and U.S. President Joe Biden meet at the Villa la Grange in Geneva, Switzerland, June 16, 2021. /AP Editor's note:Nikola Mikovic is a freelance journalist

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Cautious optimism surrounds restoration of Iran nuclear deal

Parties to the Iran nuclear deal hold a meeting chaired by Enrique Mora, the deputy secretary-general and political director of the EU diplomatic service in Vienna, Austria, December 17, 2021. /G

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Iraqi amputees form football team to defy fate

The amputee team are training in Baghdad, Iraq, on Nov. 23, 2021. /Xinhua Just like the famous words of Ludwig van Beethoven "I will take fate by the throat," a group of young Iraqi amputees c

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J&J booster slashes Omicron hospitalizations: S African study

A vial, syringe and small toy figures are seen in front of displayed South Africa flag in this illustration. /Reuters A booster dose of Johnson Johnson (JJ) single-dose COVID-19 vaccine was 8

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Latest data shows Chinese economy is recovering

On October 18, China's National Bureau of Statistics announced the country's latest economic data in the third quarter of this year. The latest financial data has shown

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U.S. needs to constantly remind itself about its outdated China policy

A farmer drives a cotton picker in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China, October 15, 2021. /Getty Editor's note: Bobby Naderi is a London-based journalist, guest contributor in print, radio

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Deepest ever images of Milky Way show stars moving around supermassive black hole

Video released by the European Southern Observatory zooms in on Sagittarius A* and shows how it warps the orbits of stars.

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Biden urges Supreme Court to KEEP his vaccine mandates in place

The Biden administration is urging the Supreme Court to keep in place its controversial mandate requiring large businesses either mandate Covid-19 vaccinations or test

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NASA probe 'touches the sun' in landmark spaceflight

It is one of the most extreme journeys a spacecraft has ever endured, coping with extreme radiation and temperatures close to the melting point of steel.

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New blueprint for making vaccines within 100 days could 'save many lives'

The new research could enable vaccines to be developed in as little as 100 days from the moment a virus is first detected.

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Rocket Lab’s order backlog tops $141M as the company inks five-launch deal with Kinéis

It was a busy first half of the year for U.S.-New Zealand company Rocket Lab, which posted earnings for the first six months of 2021 on Wednesday – the first such reporting since the company went publ

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Egyptian fintech MNT-Halan lands $120M from Apis Partners, DisrupTech and others

Over 70% of Egypt’s young and fast-growing population of over 100 million is financially underserved despite mobile penetration exceeding 90%.Traditional banks often overlook this segment becaus

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Domestic travel vaccine mandate back in spotlight

The debate over requiring COVID-19 vaccines for domestic travel is back in the spotlight this week, despite pushback from the business community and the potential for s

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Biden lifts Omicron travel ban on 8 Southern African countries

U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday, Dec. 28, lifted travel restrictions imposed against eight Southern African countries over the Omicron COVID-19 variant.Under the pr

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On the supply chain and freight fluidity: Enforcement, not reformation

It's not hard to guess the catalyst that sparked the recent House-approved Ocean Shipping Reform Act (H.R. 4996), its expected companion bill currently under developmen