FILE PHOTO: French Interior Minister Christophe Castaner speaks during a joint news conference with Ivory Coast Security Minister Sidiki Diakite in Abidjan, Ivory Coast May 20, 2019. /REUTERS
A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck northern Chile early Wednesday morning, the GFZ German Research Center for Geosciences (GFZ) said.The quake struck at a depth of 145 kilometers (90 miles), GFZ added
France's coronavirus case numbers are continuing to decline, health officials said on Saturday, with 14,380 patients currently in hospital, down from 14,695 a day earlier. /REUTERS France's co
A Mi-8 military helicopter made an emergency landing at Anadyr airport in Russia's Far East with casualties, Russian media outlet Sputnik cited local authority to report on Tuesday. Earlier, Sputn
China is open to joint efforts by the international science community to identify the source of the virus, and the process must be professional, impartial and construc
The U.S. Department of Commerce on Friday announced that it was extending the Temporary General License that allows certain transactions with Huawei Technologies Co Ltd for another 90 days. The licen
The Taipei 101 skyscraper, China's Taiwan region. /VCG The Chinese mainland on Friday issued a circular (link in Chinese) requiring coordinated efforts to support the development of Taiwan-fun
Italy now has a total of 217,185 COVID-19 infections. Italy's COVID-19 death toll has surpassed 30,000, making it the second highest fatality figure in Europe.The country reported 243 new fata
Health workers conducting coronavirus tests in the lab. /W.H.O Saudi Arabia announced on Wednesday nine deaths from COVID-19 and 1,687 new cases of the coronavirus disease on Wednesday.Of the
Weather information for selected Chinese tourist destinations on May 1 (temperatures in Celsius): Min. Max. Condition Sanya 25 33 clear/cloudy Jiuzhaigou 11 28 overcas
A Russian Il-76 transport military aircraft is loaded with medical aid to be sent to Italy amid the Covid-19 pandemic. /Photo: Russian Defence Ministry A cargo plane loaded with medical suppli
Japan's Olympic Games, which were intended to begin on July 24, 2020, will instead start on July 23, 2021, reported NHK citing source.The Games were postponed due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
The Seychelles confirmed two coronavirus cases on Saturday, the country's health commissioner said.Two Italian citizens visiting the country tested positive, Jude Gedeon said. Source(s): Reuters
Abdelmounaïm Bah is expected to assume office immediately, and will hold the position until the next meeting of the CAF Executive Committee. /Getty Images Abdelmounaïm Bah has been appointed t
Turkish forces shot down a Syrian military plane by air-to-air missile and the plane fell near the city of Maarat al-Numan in the northwestern province of Idlib, accor
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
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