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Researchers highlight risks posed by alien species

Researchers warned that protected natural areas around the world should notice potential invasion risks from alien species, according to a recent research article published in the journal Nature Com

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Alcohol abuse strains healthcare system in S. Africa's COVID-19 epicenter

Alcohol abuse is straining the healthcare system in the Western Cape province, South Africa's epicenter of the COVID-19 outbreak, which is already under pressure due to the virus, authorities warned

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Palestine threatens to stop recognition of Israel if annexation plan implemented

Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammed Ishtaye warned on Monday that Palestine will stop the recognition of Israel if the Israeli government implements its plan to annex

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IATA Boss: 'Reasonable' flight prices will continue despite pandemic

08:00 Alexandre de Juniac, Director General and CEO of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) joins Stephen Cole to explain how they plan to return to a new normality for a

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Palestinian official warns against Israeli, U.S. attempts to normalize ties with Palestinian firms

Palestinian official on Saturday warned against Israeli and American attempts to normalize ties with information technology companies in Palestine. Israel and the United States have invited Palestin

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Italy keeps downward infection trend, with no region showing reproduction rate above one

File Photo: Passengers wearing face masks wait for a train at Roma Termini Train Station in Rome, Italy, June 3, 2020. (Xinhua/Cheng Tingting) Italy kept registering a decreasing number of COVID-19

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India remains at risk of COVID-19 "explosion": WHO warns

Michael Ryan, the Executive Director of the World Health Organization's Health Emergencies Program. Even though the COVID-19 outbreak has not “exploded” in India, the country remains at risk

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Egypt announces plan to end Libyan conflict

FILE PHOTO: A fighter of Libya’s UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) of Fayez Serraj, fires his rifle during clashes with forces of the self-styled Libyan National Army (LNA) led by Lib

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Coronavirus epidemic "under control" in France: gov't advisor

The coronavirus epidemic is now "under control" in France, Jean-Francois Delfraissy, an immunologist and head of the scientific council that advises the French government on COVID-19, said on Frid

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Roundup: Iran sets new record in daily COVID-19 cases amid pandemic resurgence

Iran on Thursday witnessed a record daily rise in COVID-19 cases amid the continuing resurgence of the coronavirus pandemic, while China delivered another batch of medical aid to help Syria fight

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UN chief calls for solidarity in response to COVID-19

Video: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on June 3, 2020, calls for solidarity in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and a "people's vaccine" against the virus. (Xinhua) "Looming crises could contr

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China lodges stern representations with UK over Hong Kong comments

China lodged stern representations with the UK on Wednesday over its foreign secretary's remarks on Hong Kong, saying Britain has no jurisdiction or supervision over th

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France reports 107 new single-day deaths from COVID-19

With 107 COVID-19 deaths reported in the last 24 hours, France's total death toll from the coronavirus-caused disease rose to 28,940 on Tuesday, official figures showed. Among the deaths, 18,590 wer

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Russia’s Putin tells government to act quickly on repairing economy

Russian President Vladimir Putin has instructed his government to take quick steps to repair economic damage from the coronavirus pandemic.Prime Minister Mikhail Mishus

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Decoupling with China will come at "significant cost" to U.S. competitiveness: WSJ

Decoupling with China will come at "a significant cost to America's own competitiveness," a commentary published Tuesday by The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) has warned. "

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France's single-day COVID-19 deaths lowest since mid-March

On the eve of the second phase of de-confinement, France recorded 31 COVID-19 deaths in the last 24 hours, the lowest daily increase since mid March, bringing the overall death toll of the epidemic t

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WHO warns of disturbing rates of antimicrobial resistance during COVID-19 pandemic

The World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Monday warned that the world is "losing its ability" to use critically important antimicrobial medicines. Speaking