04:24 About 15,000 vulnerable families in Qom, Iran have received financial support from a local charity called People's Relief Headquarters during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the organ
A second donation of medical supplies from the Chinese government to Guinea-Bissau arrived Thursday at Bissau's Osvaldo Vieira International Airport. This batch of equipment, including 10,000 test ki
German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday presented a basic outline and goals of Germany's presidency of the EU Council starting in July, setting tackling COVID-19 as the "leitmotif" for its term.
COVID-19 has led to much more hospitalizations and deaths among those with reported underlying health conditions, according to a new report of the U.S. Centers for Dis
Photo taken on May 29, 2020 shows the White House in Washington D.C., the United States. (Xinhua/Liu Jie) BEIJING, June 11 (Xinhua) -- The China Society for Human Rights Studies on Thursday issued an
The three United Nations food bodies based here were key forces in Tuesday's UN policy brief calling for "urgent action" to reduce the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the world's hungriest popula
European foreign affairs ministers welcomed in an informal video conference held on Monday the announcement that almost 36 billion euros have been mobilized by the Team Europe package to support p
An infrared camera has captured the night movements of a snow leopard in a national nature reserve of northwest China's Gansu Province. The reserve's management author
Nelson Mandela Foundation on Thursday condemned police brutality against the black people in the United States, where the death of African American George Floyd has set
Economic ministers of the 10 member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), China, Japan and South Korea on Thursday reaffirmed the importance of
An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.8 rocked Indonesia's eastern North Maluku province on Thursday, but did not potentially trigger a tsunami, the meteorology and geop
A man walks inside the flooded Cochin international airport after the opening of Idamalayar, Cheruthoni and Mullaperiyar dam shutters following heavy rain, on the outskirts of Kochi, India, Augus
The global economy is suffering a devastating blow from the COVID-19 pandemic which is threatening to push over 60 million people into extreme poverty this year, World Bank Group President David Mal
Another 113 COVID-19 patients have died in Britain as of Saturday afternoon, bringing the total coronavirus-related death toll in the country to 38,489, British Secretary of State for Housing, Com
Millions of consumers sheltering in place to stem the spread of the novel coronavirus sent shockwaves through the global economy. Transportation-related companies were not spared in the upheaval. Mobi
India has about 0.3 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 of population which is among the lowest in the world, against the statistics of 4.4 deaths per 100,000 population for t
Thousands are attending rallies in defiance of a ban on large gatherings (AFP Photo/AMOS GUMULIRA) Officials and experts are sounding the alarm as Malawi shifts to top campaign gear with giant