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Shijiazhuang COVID-19 quarantine center nears completion

00:58 District 1 of Huangzhuang apartment isolation site in Shijiazhuang, north China's Hebei Province, entered the final stage of construction on Monday, soon to be pu

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COVID-19 presence in Brazil dates back to December 2019: study

A server wearing a protective mask and face shield talks to a cyclist outside a restaurant in the Vila Madalena neighborhood of Sao Paulo, Brazil, July 6, 2020. /CFP The presence of IgG antibo

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Flash floods wreak havoc in southern Tanzania

VCG At least one person has been killed, 39 made homeless, 117 houses damaged and 315 other houses submerged in water by flash floods due to heavy rains in Tanzania's southern region of Mtwara

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Yo-Kai Express introduces Takumi, a smart home cooking appliance

Yo-Kai Express is known for autonomous restaurant technology for venues like office campuses, malls and hotels. As people continue staying home because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the company is introdu

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Saildrone launches a 72-foot autonomous seabed-mapping boat

Mapping the ocean’s floor is a surprisingly vital enterprise, which helps with a range of activities including shipping, coastal protection, and deep-sea resource gathering. It’s also a ve

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Uganda denies reports of fish poisoning in Lakes Victoria, Kyoga

FILE PHOTO: Fishermen on a boat on the Lake Victoria. /Getty Images) Ugandan authorities denied speculation that poisoning was the cause behind an increase in the death of fish in Lakes Victor

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Fog rises over the Yellow Sea in NE China

A sudden drop in temperature caused fog over the Yellow Sea off the coast of Dalian City, northeast China's Liaoning Province.Due to the higher temperature of the sea t

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Food for Mozambicans will be curtailed without more funding

FILE PHOTO: A man walks between tents at a displacement camp in Mozambique. /Getty Images) The United Nations Food relief agency, WFP, continues to supply food for hundreds of thousands of peo

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Walk on the blue ice!

00:56 A fantastic scene of blue ice was unfolded recently at a lake in the Ili River valley in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.Viewed from above, the

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'Bubble ice' appears on river in north China's Hebei Province

On the morning of January 7 in the wetland park of Jize County in Handan City, north China's Hebei Province, the river banks were photographed covered with "bubble ice"

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Bolivia's Tuni glacier is disappearing

01:44 Global warming in Bolivia is causing a glacier in the Andes Mountains to disappear even faster than scientists initially predicted.Residents of the nearby cities of La Paz and El

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The Amazon-Berkshire Hathaway-JPMorgan healthcare joint venture is officially ending

A somewhat nebulous, but high-profile and potentially heavily-moneyed joint venture is coming to an end: Haven, the JV created by Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan Chase, is being “disba

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Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia agree to hold more talks on Nile dam

A general view of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam near Guba Town in the Benishangul-Gumuz Region of Ethiopia,December 26, 2019. /CFP The ministers of foreign affairs and irrigation of Egyp

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Norway landslide: Second body found as rescue mission continues

FILE PHOTO: The scene of a landslide in the Alta municipality of Norway after a powerful landslide that sent eight buildings into the sea./Anders Bjordal/Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Dire

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One dead, nine still missing in Norway landslide

A hillside collapses in Ask Village, 25 kilometers northeast of the capital Oslo, December 30, 2020. /CFP Rescuers on Friday found a dead body and continued searching for nine other people sti

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The AU, UN reiterate commitment to Sudan as joint mission ends

A UNAMID police officer interacts with women at a water point in Nifasha camp for internally displaced persons, north Darfur. /VCG The United Nations Secretary-General and the Chairperson of t

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Ethiopia: Mekelle's banks reopen for 1st time since conflicts began

Children play before a building in Tigray region of north Ethiopia, December 9, 2020. /CFP Banking services have resumed in the capital of Ethiopia's northern Tigray region for the first time