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Extreme drought fueling historic blazes

02:02 Fire crews are battling dozens of wildfires across the western coast of the United States.InCalifornia, wildfires have already scorched three times more land than in the same peri

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PLA and firefighters step forward as record rainfall hits Henan

01:31 Record rainfall continues to bash Henan Province. The Chinese People's Liberation Army and the People's Armed Police Force dispatched their servicemen and equipme

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Trump Organization CFO Weisselberg surrenders amid tax probe: report

Trump Organization CFO Allen Weisselberg on Thursday surrendered to authorities as part of a criminal probe into former U.S. President Donald Trump's company, the New York Times reported.(Cover: Trum

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Bitcoin fans and experts discuss challenges of cryptocurrency industry

03:07 Over the weekend, the city of Miami hosted the largest in-person cryptocurrency event since beforepandemic times. At least 12,000 people gathered to share their love for Bitcoin a

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How fake news affects protesters in Colombia

02:04 During the demonstrations that have kept Colombia on edge over the past couple of weeks, fake news on social networks like WhatsApp and Twitter has at times intensified the unrest

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China mulls sending spacecraft to the edge of the solar system

The distance from the sun to Earth is about 150 million km. /CFP Chinese scientists are evaluating the feasibility of a project to send spacecraft to the edge of the solar system, said Wu Weir

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China mulls sending spacecraft to the edge of the solar system

The distance from the sun to Earth is about 150 million km. /CFP Chinese scientists are evaluating the feasibility of a project to send spacecraft to the edge of the solar system, said Wu Weir

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Blinken rejects claims of 'cold war' between China and U.S.: FT

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken rejected the claims of "cold war" between China and the U.S. in an interview with the Financial Times, adding that he resisted "putting labels on most relations

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Small businesses impacted by Georgia boycott

03:44 Calls for boycotts to Georgia-based businesses and corporations continue over a recent election law that many believe amounts to voter suppression. The latest addition is Home Dep

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UK Defence Secretary Slams Reports About Boris Johnson Saying 'Let the Bodies Pile High' as False

A Daily Mail report suggesting that Boris Johnson was ready to "let the bodies pile high in their thousands" in a bid to avoid lockdown, is false, Defence Secretary Ben

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Guangxi artists help preserve ancient folk songs

Folk songs are typically those sung in the fields during or after work, which are popular in China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Among local ethnic minorities, the Zhuang people love to sing

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Biden to seek tax increase on rich to fund child care, education: NYT

U.S. President Joe Biden will announce a plan to raise taxes on the wealthiest Americans to fund childcare and education programs and other spending plans, the New York Times reported on Thursday cit

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A study shows COVID-19 impact based on poverty in Brazil

02:42 The COVID-19 pandemic is a global tragedy,but not everyone has been affected in the same way.Brazilian researchers found in a recentstudythat poverty is oneofthe factors that put

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COVID-19: Peru suffers from high excess mortality rate

02:19 Peru continues to have the highest excess death rate in the world, according to the Financial Times, surpassing its neighbors, Ecuador and Bolivia, which are also in the top five

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Netanyahu arrives at court as corruption trial resumes

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday arrived at court in Jerusalem for his corruption trial, which is hearing opening arguments and the first witnesses.The 71-year-old is accused of bribery, fraud

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One dead, three injured in Chicago shooting

A 23-year-old man was killed and three people were wounded after they were shot while riding a party bus early Saturday in the U.S. city of Chicago, local newspaper Chicago Sun-Times reported.The gun

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U.S. Senate confirms William Burns as CIA director

The U.S. Senate on Thursday unanimously confirmed William Burns as the director of the Central Intelligence Agency, installing an experienced career diplomat to head the spy agency.Burns, 64, who has