Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Monday ordered the immediate suspension of high school instructions, large meetings and major sports events for 15 days over COVID-19 concerns. Ethiopia has so
Due to COVID-19, China postponed the start of the new semester for all schools. Contactless online classes are being promoted, which may bring some new changes to both
Japan continues to prepare to host the Olympic Games in Tokyo this summer, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Saturday, despite widening concern about the viability of t
Two specialized coronavirus hospitals in Wuhan, the city at the epicenter of the outbreak, will be put to use on February 3 and 6 respectively, the mayor of Wuhan has a
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday proposed a set of measures to stimulate investment in the country, saying a new investment cycle is needed. "The growth rate of the gross domestic produ
TheReds’worststartsincetheGreatDepressionpromptedaquickhookforBryanPrice.Cincinnatifireditsfifth-yearmanageronThursdaybecauseofa3-15start,thefirstmanagerialchan
MiamiMarlinsleft-handerJarlinGarciawastakenoutafterallowingnohitsinsixinningsagainsttheNewYorkMets.TheMarlinsled1-0,andGarciathrew77pitchesinhisfirstmajorleague
JordanSpiethmadeablazingstarttotheMastersatAugustaNationalGolfClubonThursday.Comingoutfiringonallcylinders,the24-year-oldAmericangolfer,whowontheMastersin2015,e
Britain’sQueenElizabethwillbetheofficialstarterofthisyear’sLondonMarathon–30milesawayonaspecialrostruminthegroundsofWindsorCastle.Thisyear’sLondonMarathon,which
TheJusticeDepartmenthasmadeclearitsproposedbanontransgendermilitaryrecruitsisonhold,meaningtheirenlistmentcanstartMonday.Butthefuturefortransgenderpeopleinthear
Israelistart-upcompaniesandstateagenciesaregearingupwithinvestmentsinnewsmartvehicletechnologies,inhopeofmakingthecountryakeyplayerintheloomingfieldofauto-techi
A new study shows that tobacco use in US-released movies aimed at young people rose sharply between 2010 and 2016.
AnewstudyshowsthattobaccouseinUS-releasedmoviesaimedatyoungpeoplerosesharplybetween2010and2016.Duringtheperiod,46percentoffilmswithsmokingimagerywereyouth-rated
TopEUandBritishofficialsheld"talksabouttalks"onBrexitinBrusselsonMonday.Buttheyfailedtonaildownadateforthestartofofficialnegotiations.AsUKPrimeMinisterTheresaMa
For many, the beginning of the year means bitterly cold days, long, dark nights and wondering whether winter will ever end.
In the first of a two-part series examining the city’s expanding start-up ecosystem, we look at the annual festival and talk with its key speakers and local enterprises and investors
Japan and South Korea have agreed to start negotiations for a new currency swap arrangement, to replace the one that expired in February 2015 amid deteriorating bilateral relations.