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Historic drought bring water problems in California’s Mendocino

03:08 Much of the U.S. West Coast is suffering historic levels of drought.That’s leaving some cities and towns struggling to supply enough water for their homes and businesses.CGTN's Ma

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Children suffer parental loss in Mexico amid the COVID-19 pandemic

02:41 A study released last month by the medical journal The Lancet calls it a 'hidden pandemic' within the COVID-19 crisis, the children orphaned by coronavirus deaths.Researchers esti

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Louisiana’s seafood industry depends on a healthy coastline

05:00 Louisiana, perhaps the U.S. state suffering most fromclimatechange, has an ambitious 50-billion-dollar plan, to slow the destruction of its coastal wetlands. But this widely heral

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Five wounded after shooting in downtown New Orleans, U.S.

At least five people were wounded in a shooting early Saturday morning on Bourbon Street in New Orleans, U.S., local media reported.No arrests have been made hours after the incident took place, poli

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Catholic priest works to fight homelessness in Sao Paulo

03:31 Back in 2019 São Paulo authorities estimated the city’s homeless population in about 25,000 people. Figures have not been updated since but there are signs that the economic cris

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Austrian health minister says he is stepping down, exhausted

Austrian Health Minister Rudolf Anschober of the Greens, the junior partner in the country's conservative-led coalition, said on Tuesday he is stepping down as he is overworked because of the COVID-1

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Egypt receives second batch of donated Chinese COVID-19 vaccines

The second batch of COVID-19 vaccines donated by China arrived at Cairo'sinternational airport early Saturday morning, announced Egyptian health authorities.Officials s

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United Airlines Boeing 777 lands safely in Denver after engine failure

A United Airlines flight landed safely at Denver International Airport on Saturday after suffering a right engine failure, the Federal Aviation Administration said, with dramatic images showing debri

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Flamboyant former Argentine president dies at age 90

01:55 Former Argentina president Carlos Menem has died in Buenos Aires. He had been suffering ill health in recent months. Menem held office between 1989 and 1999 and oversaw major cha

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Germany pledges extra 3 billion euros for Global Aid at G-20

FILE PHOTO: German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) speaks during an interview with Reuters in Berlin, Germany, February 19, 2020. /Reuters German Finance Mini

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COVID-19 cases in Belarus rise to 8,022

Belarus reported 741 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, bringing the country's caseload to 8,022. According to the country's health ministry, 938 patients have recovered, while 60 coronavirus patients

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Story of Fighting COVID-19: Slovakia's home-sewn mask warriors

02:57 Zdena Nemethyova is an ordinary person making a special contribution to her country by sewing face masks to cope with the shortage of protective supplies in Slovakia. To share he

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Beijing offers free medical, psychological, legal consultation amid epidemic

A hotline staffed by over 600 specialists has been set up in Beijing to provide free medical, psychological and legal counseling services for citizens, local authoriti

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Chicago's Chinatown holds restaurant crawl after COVID-19 fears

01:14 Fear of COVID-19 has had a major impact on Chinese residents in the U.S. In fact, while local health officials say the virus isn't spreading in cities like Chicago, businesses in

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Egypt's former president Mubarak dies at 91

Egyptian former President Hosni Mubarak has died at the age of 91 after suffering a long illness, state-run Nile TV reported on Tuesday. Hosni Mubarak had served as Egyptian president for nearly 30

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Stabbing at mosque near Regents Park in London

Police were called to a mosque near Regents Park in London on Thursday after reports of a stabbing.Officers attended along with paramedics from the London Ambulance Service (LAS).A man in his 70s was

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Cholera outbreak kills 76 people in Ethiopia

The cholera outbreak has killed at least 76 people in Ethiopia, according to the country's Public Health Institute on February 15.The latest cholera outbreak is particularly severe in the Somali, Sou