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Canadian wildfire evacuees monitor situation, while some restrictions lifted

Thousands of people in Canada remain on evacuation orders as hundreds of fires burn across the country.Many evacuees continue to wait and monitor the news for updates o

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U.S. Federal Reserve raises interest rates by a quarter of a percentage point

The U.S. Federal Reserve raised interest rates by a quarter of a percentage point on Wednesday, May 3, while signaling it may pause further increases. The decision lif

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Chinese ambassador calls on U.S., UK to handle ties with China by showing respect

Chinese Ambassador to Britain Zheng Zeguang called on the United States and Britain to handle their ties with China by showing respect and avoiding confrontation, in an

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DFS sales drive New Year's holiday tourism consumption in Hainan

Customers wait in line at a checkout counter in a duty-free shop in Hainan, China, June 25, 2020. /CFP During the three-day New Year's holiday, offshore duty-free sales (DFS) in south China's

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Sony beefs up electric vehicle ambitions with plans for new company

Journalists wait for Sony Corp's new President and Chief Executive Officer Kenichiro Yoshida's news conference on the company's business plan at Sony's headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, May 22, 2018.

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Mexico asylum applications surge in 2021, Haitians top list

Haitian migrants line up as they wait for a QR code to register their migratory situation, in Tapachula, in Chiapas state, Mexico, December 29, 2021. /Reuters The number of asylum applications

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COVID-19: Number of booster jabs administered in UK reaches 10 million

Ten million COVID-19 booster jabs have now been administered in the UK, latest figures show.The milestone - hailed by the prime minister - was reached after 409,663 thi

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Kenyans shun voter registration exercise ahead of 2022 polls

Only 760 000 Kenyans have registered as new voters against the set target of 4.5 million by this week.According to the independent electoral and boundaries commission c

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Most Afghans evacuated to Qatar are now in Europe, U.S.

In this image provided by the U.S. Marine Corps, evacuees wait to board a Boeing C-17 Globemaster III during an evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Aug

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Africa's COVID-19 cases surpass 7.74 mln: Africa CDC

Citizens wait in the queue at Mitchell’s Plain CHC to receive the COVID-19 vaccine on July 31, 2021 in Mitchell’s Plain, South Africa. (Photo by Brenton Geach / Gallo Images via Getty Images)

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China calls for holding U.S. accountable for actions in Afghanistan

U.S. soldiers stand guard as Afghan people wait at Kabul airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, August 16, 2021. /CFP As of April, an estimated 241,000 people had lost their lives as a direct resu

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FDA fully approves Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted full approval to Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine, making it the first vaccine to achieve that status. The mRNA-based vaccine has been a

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South Africa reports 14,728 new COVID-19 infections, 384 new deaths

Citizens wait in the queue at Mitchell's Plain CHC to receive the COVID-19 vaccine on July 31, 2021 in Mitchell's Plain, South Africa. ( Photo by Brenton Geach / Gallo Images via Getty Images)

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Salesforce’s Kathy Baxter is coming to TC Sessions: SaaS to talk AI

As the use of AI has grown and developed over the last several years, companies like Salesforce have tried to tap into it to improve their software and help customers operate faster and more efficient

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UK reports 27,429 new COVID-19 cases, 39 deaths

FILE PHOTO: People wait to be inoculated at a mass vaccination event at the London Stadium in London, U.K. /Getty Images The UKreported 27,429 new cases of COVID-19 and 39 deaths within 28 day

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Africa CDC: The continent's COVID infections surpass 6.81M

People wait to get inoculated against COVID-19 at a vaccination site in Cape Town, South Africa, on May 7, 2021. /Xinhua The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Africa reached 6,815,341 as o

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Coronavirus infections in Africa surpass 6.75 mln: Africa CDC

Students wait in line at the school gate for COVID-19 screening in Cape Town, South Africa, July 28, 2021. /Xinhua The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Africa reached 6,755,192 as of Mond