A large bronze mythical beast weighing about 150 kilograms was unearthed at the Sanxingdui Ruins site on Wednesday, along with other relics, as archaeologists continued
India's federal government on Saturday asked states to undertake in-depth analysis of the COVID-19 situation, strengthen health infrastructure, increase stock of essent
01:24 China's ancient port of Quanzhou was bestowed the much-coveted title of World Heritage Site by UNESCO's World Heritage Committee during its extended 44th session held in southeast
Muslims pray spaced apart as a precaution against the coronavirus outbreak during an Eid al-Adha prayer at Zona Madina mosque in Bogor, Indonesia, July 20, 2021. /AP Muslims across Indonesia m
Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic went to space (or the vicinity of space) in a PR-suffused event over the weekend. It was all rather twee, packed with maudlin riffs about childhood dreams and r
TOP HEADLINES• Portugal's capital, Lisbon, is witnessing a surge of infections of the Delta variant, with more than 70 percent of all cases in the area being attributed to that strain.• Germany plans
The Philippine president has agreed to ease a pandemic regulation requiring people to wear face shields on top of masks in most public areas, but health officials said
A general view shows smoke and flames at the volcanic eruption of Mount Nyiragongo near Goma, in the Democratic Republic of Congo May 22, 2021. /Reuters Lava from a volcanic eruption approache
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Germany’s powerful Catholic progressives are openly defying a recent Holy See pronouncement that priests cannot bless same-sex unions by offering such blessings at serv
Israeli police firing tear gas, stun grenades and rubber bullets clashed with stone-throwing Palestinians at a flashpoint Jerusalem holy site on Monday, the latest in a
Israel "firmly rejects" pressure not to build in Jerusalem, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday following days of unrest and spreading international condem
South Korea granted conditional approval on Friday that will allow the public to use two coronavirus self-test kits for the first time, as a surge in infections has rek
U.S. President Joe Biden arrives to speak from the Treaty Room in the White House about the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan, in Washington, D.C., April 14, 2021. /Getty Editor's no
Hit drama Sister, which helped drive China's box office revenue during the Tomb-sweeping Day holiday to a record high of 821 million yuan (125 million U.S. dollars), is set for release in Australi
India reported a record 145,384 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday and the highest number of deaths in more than five months, as it grapples with an overwhelming second-wav
01:19 A high-speed train going through blooming peach and apricot trees near the Juyong Pass of the Great Wall in Beijing's Changping District became popular among holi