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My Tibet Story: My first visit to Lhasa

03:17 In 2006, Spanish-Argentinian award-winning travel photographer Angel Lopez-Soto was a privileged witness of the inauguration of the Beijing-Lhasa railway. One mon

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President Xi: China proposes to hold int'l anti-food waste conference

Chinese President Xi Jinping attended the Group of 20 (G20) summit on Saturday via video link in Beijing at the invitation of Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud.In

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Havana airport reopens after seven months COVID closure

01:55 Havana's International Airport is again welcoming tourists from abroad, more than seven months after shutting down in response to the coronavirus pandemic.It's not quite 'busines

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AU, EU vow continued support to peace, security efforts in Sahel

Chief of the General Staff of the French Armies General Francois Lecointre (L), arrives at the base of the Barkhane mission in Africa's Sahel region, in Menaka, Mali on March 21, 2019. /AFP Ex

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Pakistan telecom regulator blocks TikTok over 'immoral and indecent' content

Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) on Friday said it has blocked social media app TikTok for failing to filter out "immoral and indecent" content, adding that t

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Pakistan telecom regulator blocks TikTok over 'indecent' content

Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) on Friday said it has blocked social media app TikTok for failing to filter out "immoral and indecent" content, adding that the authorities remain open to f

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LSE agrees to sell Borsa Italiana to Euronext for $5 billion

London Stock Exchange. /Reuters London Stock Exchange (LSE) said on Friday it had accepted a 4.33 billion euro ($5.09 billion) cash offer by pan-European bourse operator Euronext about the sal

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New York City is welcoming students back to school

After being the U.S. epicenter for COVID-19, New York City is welcoming its 500,000 students back to school.Its now the first big U.S. city to reopen all schools to in-pers

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New York's MoMA, British Museum to reopen August 27

This file photo shows guests attending the MoMA's Second Annual Film Benefit, Honoring Tim Burton at the MOMA in New York, November 17, 2009. /CFP New York's Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) and th

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Uganda reopens zoo as lockdown restrictions ease

File photo shows giraffes were at the Uganda Wildlife Education Center in central Uganda, Dec. 9, 2016. (Xinhua/Ronald Ssekandi)Uganda has reopened the Uganda Wildlife

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AMC Entertainment reports $561 mln quarterly loss amid pandemic

AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc., the largest U.S. movie theater chain owned by Chinese conglomerate Wanda Group, reported Thursday a net loss of 561 million U.S. dollars in the second quarter due

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Space Force debuts official logo and motto, both reminding you that it’s ‘always above’

Earlier this year, the oft-mocked but actually pretty important new branch of the military, the Space Force, revealed an image that was suspiciously reminiscent of Star Trek. Now the Space Force has r

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Amazon’s Scout robot deliveries expand to additional cities in Georgia and Tennessee

One thing’s for certain about Amazon’s Scout robot: it’s as much of a brand ambassador as it is an experiment in the future of last mile delivery. After debuting early last year, the company has limit

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Indonesian dancers wearing face shields practice Javanese traditional dance amid COVID-19 outbreak

Members of Surya Kirana dance group wearing face shields practice Javanese traditional dance amid the COVID-19 outbreak at Desa Seni in Beautiful Indonesia Miniature Park (TMII), Jakarta, Indonesia, J

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What do investors bidding up tech shares know that the rest of us don’t?

The biggest story to come out of the post-March stock market boom has been explosive growth in the value of technology shares. Software companies in particular have seen their fortunes recover; since

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Decoupling with China will come at "significant cost" to U.S. competitiveness: WSJ

Decoupling with China will come at "a significant cost to America's own competitiveness," a commentary published Tuesday by The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) has warned. "

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Hims & Hers launch Spanish language telemedicine services

Hims Hers, the startup focused on providing access to elective treatments for things like hair loss, skin care, and erectile disfunction and online telemedicine services, is expanding its services to