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Africa's COVID-19 infections top 1.93 million mark

VCG Image The number of confirmed COVID-19 infections in Africa surpassed the 1.93 million mark on Friday as the continent's caseload continues to rise steadily.According to the latest data fr

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Made-in-China 'drone taxi' flies over Seoul, South Korea

00:42 An empty "drone taxi" took a 3.6-km flight for seven minutes in the skies above Seoul, South Korea as part of a government demonstration to promote a future traffic management sy

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Azerbaijan says it has taken Karabakh's second-largest city, Armenia denies it

Azeri President Ilham Aliyev said on Sunday his country's forces had taken Shusha, the second-largest city in the Nagorno-Karabakh enclave, a statement that Armenian of

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PLA fighter jet completes 10-hour patrol mission to South China Sea

00:42 A Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force fighter jet recently completed a 10-hour armed patrol mission to the South China Sea. It broke the PLA Air Forc

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South Africa's economy contracts by 51 percent in Q2

Gross domestic product in South Africa shrank by more than half from April to June compared with a year earlier, battered by the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, the country's statistics agency sa

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South Korea reports lowest daily tally in three weeks

00:33 South Korea has reported 168 new coronavirus cases, the lowest daily tally in three weeks. It comes after the country tightened social distancing rules to blunt a second wave of

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Latest count of confirmed COVID-19 cases worldwide at 0000 GMT, Aug. 22

The following are the latest updates on the COVID-19 global confirmed cases in hardest-hit countries by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University at 0000 GMT, Aug.

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M6.8 earthquake strikes Banda Sea off Indonesia: CENC

An earthquake of magnitude 6.8 struck the Banda Sea off Indonesia at 11:09 p.m. Jakarta time on Friday, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC).The quake at a depth of 640 km was mon

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6.9-magnitude quake hits 220 km SSE of Katabu, Indonesia -- USGS

An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.9 jolted 220 km SSE of Katabu, Indonesia at 04:09:52 GMT on Friday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The epicenter, with a depth of

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China sends medical team to South Sudan, Guinea to fight COVID-19

China has sent a team of medical experts to South Sudan and Guinea to help the two countries fight the COVID-19 epidemic, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian announced Wednesday. The team, orga

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7.0-magnitude quake hits seawaters south of Sumatra, Indonesia

A 7.0-magnitude quake hit seawaters south of Sumatra, Indonesia at 6:29 a.m. Wednesday, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC). The epicenter, with a

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Latest count of confirmed COVID-19 cases worldwide at 0000 GMT, Aug. 15

The following are the latest updates on the COVID-19 global confirmed cases in hardest-hit countries by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University at 0000 GMT, Aug.

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Latest count of confirmed COVID-19 cases worldwide at 0500 GMT, Aug. 14

The following are the latest updates on the COVID-19 global confirmed cases in hardest-hit countries by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University at 0500 GMT, Aug. 1

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A tour to South Africa's largest wind power farm

Ever since its operation, South Africa's largest wind power farm has been providing clean energy for as many as 300,000 families. With 163 gigantic wind turbines installed, the wind power farm has hel

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Latest count of confirmed COVID-19 cases worldwide at 0500 GMT, Aug. 11

The following are the latest updates on the COVID-19 global confirmed cases in hardest-hit countries by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University at 0500 GMT, Aug. 1

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Uruguay’s secret to success in fighting coronavirus

03:14 Despite sharing a border with Brazil, which reports more than three million COVID-19 cases, Uruguay has reported just 37 deaths and 1,300 cases.It is the only country in the Amer

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Latest count of confirmed COVID-19 cases worldwide at 0000 GMT, Aug. 8

The following are the latest updates on the COVID-19 global confirmed cases in hardest-hit countries by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University at 0000 GMT, Aug.