03:08 Much of the U.S. West Coast is suffering historic levels of drought.That’s leaving some cities and towns struggling to supply enough water for their homes and businesses.CGTN's Ma
02:41 A study released last month by the medical journal The Lancet calls it a 'hidden pandemic' within the COVID-19 crisis, the children orphaned by coronavirus deaths.Researchers esti
05:00 Louisiana, perhaps the U.S. state suffering most fromclimatechange, has an ambitious 50-billion-dollar plan, to slow the destruction of its coastal wetlands. But this widely heral
At least five people were wounded in a shooting early Saturday morning on Bourbon Street in New Orleans, U.S., local media reported.No arrests have been made hours after the incident took place, poli
03:31 Back in 2019 São Paulo authorities estimated the city’s homeless population in about 25,000 people. Figures have not been updated since but there are signs that the economic cris
Austrian Health Minister Rudolf Anschober of the Greens, the junior partner in the country's conservative-led coalition, said on Tuesday he is stepping down as he is overworked because of the COVID-1
The second batch of COVID-19 vaccines donated by China arrived at Cairo'sinternational airport early Saturday morning, announced Egyptian health authorities.Officials s
A United Airlines flight landed safely at Denver International Airport on Saturday after suffering a right engine failure, the Federal Aviation Administration said, with dramatic images showing debri
01:55 Former Argentina president Carlos Menem has died in Buenos Aires. He had been suffering ill health in recent months. Menem held office between 1989 and 1999 and oversaw major cha
FILE PHOTO: German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) speaks during an interview with Reuters in Berlin, Germany, February 19, 2020. /Reuters German Finance Mini
Belarus reported 741 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, bringing the country's caseload to 8,022. According to the country's health ministry, 938 patients have recovered, while 60 coronavirus patients
02:57 Zdena Nemethyova is an ordinary person making a special contribution to her country by sewing face masks to cope with the shortage of protective supplies in Slovakia. To share he
A hotline staffed by over 600 specialists has been set up in Beijing to provide free medical, psychological and legal counseling services for citizens, local authoriti
01:14 Fear of COVID-19 has had a major impact on Chinese residents in the U.S. In fact, while local health officials say the virus isn't spreading in cities like Chicago, businesses in
Egyptian former President Hosni Mubarak has died at the age of 91 after suffering a long illness, state-run Nile TV reported on Tuesday. Hosni Mubarak had served as Egyptian president for nearly 30
Police were called to a mosque near Regents Park in London on Thursday after reports of a stabbing.Officers attended along with paramedics from the London Ambulance Service (LAS).A man in his 70s was
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