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Court to weigh reinstating Boston marathon bomber's death sentence

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to consider the U.S. Justice Department's bid to reinstate Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's death sentence for helping carry out the 2013 attack that

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Anti-lockdown demonstrators gather in London

Click arrows to view gallery Protesters gathered near Hyde Park in London Saturday to protest against the latest lockdown measures amid the spread of COVID-19. Thousands of de

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Official: Half of UK adults have received first COVID vaccine dose

More than half the UK's adult population has now received a first COVID vaccine dose, British Health Secretary Matt Hancock said Saturday."I'm delighted to be able to say that we've now vaccinated ha

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Africa's confirmed COVID-19 cases surpass 4.04 mln: Africa CDC

FILE PHOTO: Airline officials cleaning loaded carriers at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) in Lagos, on September 5, 2020. The number of accumulative confirmed COVID-19 cases

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A beginner's guide to Mexican hand gestures

02:45 In Mexico, how you gesture with your hands say a whole lot more than what you may be saying with words. Take a look at this guide to Mexico hand gestures.What hand gestures are u

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U.S. state of Colorado hit with heavy winter snow storm

The U.S. city of Denver, Colorado has been hit by a massive late-winter snow storm. More than 1800 flights into and out of the city have been canceled this weekend and high

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Two Chinese-funded garment factories set on fire in Myanmar

More than 20 people on motorcycles set fire to two Chinese-funded garment factories in an industrial zone in Yangon, Myanmar at around 1:50 p.m. local time on Sunday.Carrying iron rods, axes and gaso

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Minority residents suffer water crisis in capital city of Mississippi

02:18 Life in Jackson, Mississippi is slowly returning to normal, but it still has a long way to go.The late winter ice storm that punished much of the south, hit the state's capital h

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Mongolian officials receive 1st injection of Chinese COVID-19 vaccine

On Wednesday, Mongolian Deputy Prime Minister Sainbuyan Amarsaikhan and Ulan Bator Mayor Dolgorsuren Sumiyabazar received their first shots of a COVID-19 vaccine donated by China.Mongolia launched a

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EU may block export of some COVID-19 vaccines for jab ramp-up

The European Union may block further exports of some COVID-19 vaccines, following the Italian government's decision to block the export of 250,000 doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines, European

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Brazilian judge overturns convictions against ex-President Lula

A Brazilian Supreme Court judge overturned on Monday the graft convictions against former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, clearing the way for him to run in the 2022 presidential election.Justic

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Fire at migrant facility in Yemen kills at least eight, UN says

A fire at a holding facility for migrants in the Yemeni capital Sanaa has killed at least eight people including guards, and injured more than 170 others on Sunday, the United Nations Migration Agenc

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China-U.S. relations under Biden administration

03:37 When then President elect Joe Biden unveiled his new foreign policy team last November it could not have been more different than than that of his predecessor. But when it comes

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Finding solutions to replace single use plastics in Mexico

02:31 ​During a year the UN secretary-general has called "crucial" in the fight against climate change,the focus on environmental sustainability is more urgent than ever. In Mexico, a

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More than 30 torchbearers drop out of the Tokyo Olympics torch relay

00:45 More than 30 torchbearers, including several celebrities, dropped out of the Tokyo Olympic torch relay, which is set to begin on March 25.

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U.S. initiative to understand long-hauler COVID-19 syndrome

02:54 According to Johns Hopkins University, there have now been roughly 115 million cases of COVID-19 globally.More than 2.5 million people have died of the disease. But many more sti

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Live updates: Worldwide coronavirus deaths top 2.5 million

SUMMARYThe number of confirmed COVID-19 cases worldwide has exceeded 113 million, with over 2.5 million deaths and more than 64 million recoveries, according to the latest data from Johns Hopkins Uni