Evening commuters cross the street in the Shinjuku district in Tokyo, Japan, on Thursday, July 29, 2021. /CFP Newly reported daily COVID-19 cases in Japan reach a record-high 10,743 on Friday,
More than 1.6 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines had been administered across China as of Wednesday, the National Health Commission (NHC) said Thursday.
Russia on Thursday imposed a fine of 3 million rubles (about $41,017) on Google for refusing to localize its users' data in the country, Google's first fine for the offence, Moscow's Tagansky Distric
An earthquake of magnitude 6.2 struck near Luwuk, Indonesia on Monday, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said. The quake was at a depth of 10.7 km.
02:52 After getting his first job in Chongqing, Gianluca Luisi, an Italian entrepreneur, fell in love with the city where hot and spicy food conquers all. "I'm actually
The Attorney General's Office of El Salvador has ordered the arrest of 10 government officials from a prior administration, including former President Salvador Sánchez Cerén, it said in a statement o
Zhengzhou City in central China's Henan Province downgraded the emergency response for flood control from Level I to Level III on Thursday, local authorities said.
A total of 15 people among 15,000 were tested positive for COVID-19 after arriving in Tokyo for the Olympics Games between July 1 to 16, which is a low rate, and all positive cases were immediately i
The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) said on Friday the security forces prevented a terrorist attack in a crowded place in Moscow.A Russian citizen who allegedly planned to organize a terrorist
At least four killed and 11 others were injured in an explosion that occurred in the Afghan capital Kabul, police said.The incident happened at around 2:50 p.m. local time. No group has claimed the a
China said on Tuesday that the Biden administration's report renewing genocide allegations against China in Xinjiang is the "biggest lie of the century."The U.S. report, which claimed that President
England will go ahead with plans to lift almost all legal restrictions on day-to-day life on July 19, health minister Sajid Javid said on Monday."We firmly believe that this is the right time to get
The death toll in the collapse of a Miami-area condominium rose to 90 on Sunday from 86, as crews continued their grim search for human remains in the building's wreckage, Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella L
The executive board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved a proposal for a new general Special Drawing Rights (SDR) allocation of $650 billion, the largest allocation in IMF history,
Most British troops have been pulled out of Afghanistan, with the rest to come home shortly, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced on Thursday."All British troops assigned to NATO's mission
Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven said on Monday he had handed in his notice of resignation, giving parliament's speaker the job of finding a new prime minister.Lofven lost a no-confidence vote in
U.S. President Joe Biden said on Friday at a meeting with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani that the partnership between the United States and Afghanistan "is not ending, it's going to be sustained," des