Vanuatu Prime Minister Bob Loughman (4th,R) and Chinese Ambassador to Vanuatu Zhou Haicheng (3rd,R) attend the handover ceremony of the first batch of China-donated COVID-19 vaccines at the Natio
People dine under a canopy at a restaurant in London, Britain, June 1, 2021. (Xinhua/Han Yan) Leading online dating apps have teamed up with the British government to encourage more adults to
"A nation stays alive when its culture stays alive," reads a sign at the entrance of the National Museum of Afghanistan in Kabul.As an important node on the Silk Road, Afghanistan boasts a syncretic
Growth in China's bulk commodity market was moderated to a five-month low in May, with sales, supply and stocks reporting month-on-month contraction, industrial data sh
Zhou Jihong of China attends a news conference of the FINA Champions Series in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, south China, January 13, 2020. /CFP Husain Al-Musallam of Kuwait was elected new pr
Construction work on the China-aided future headquarters of the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) is running "very smoothly with full force," a long-serving African Un
VCG The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Africa reached 4,913,645 as of Sunday afternoon, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said.The Africa CDC, the speci
The import of pre-packaged basic basket products will be mandatorily made in large packages. /VCG The new measures on pre-packaged products imported into Angola will come into force next week,
VCG The expansion of 84-km Kenol-Sagana-Marua road that passes through central Kenya will be completed next year, according to a government official.James Macharia, cabinet secretary in the Mi
VCG Water hyacinth, an invasive plant species, is choking Lake Victoria and threatening the lake's ecosystem and investments, including operations of ports, an official said on Sunday.The Lake
Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani on Sunday met with the visiting U.S. inter-ministerial delegation led by Zalmay Khalilzad, U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation, the presi
Four people were killed and over 170,000 were affected by days of strong gales and heavy rains which lashed out across Sri Lanka over the last few days, the Disaster Management Center said on Saturda
At least eight people were injured after a landmine placed along the road went off in the Somali capital of Mogadishu, police and witnesses said Saturday.A police officer who did not want to be ident
FILE PHOTO: A bus queues alongside shoppers on Oxford Street in London, England. /VCG The UK on Saturday reported another 5,765 COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours as the government continues
FILE PHOTO: Medical equipment being brought in and set up at the Covid-19 care centre and ICU facility coming up at Ramlila Maidan near GTB Hospital at Dilshad Garden in New Delhi, India. /VCG
A woman gets a COVID-19 vaccine shot in Harlingen, Texas, U.S. /AP Editor's note: Bradley Blankenship is a Prague-based American journalist, political analyst and freelance reporter. The artic
A health worker prepares a vaccine at the FF Robeiro Clinic at Sammy Marks Square vaccination site in Pretoria, South Africa, May 25, 2021. /CFP COVID-19 is the 21 century's Chernobyl moment -