Ninety-eight people have died due to severe heat in the Indian states of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, India Today reported on Sunday.The report said 54 people died in Uttar
President Joe Biden took steps to overhaul U.S. policy on marijuana on Thursday by pardoning thousands of people with federal offenses for simple marijuana possession a
Heatwaves and major droughts in the U.S., China, and Europe are threatening the world’s biggest economies, especially impacting energy generation, agriculture, and manu
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has tested positive for COVID-19 and is recuperating at his official residence, his office said on Sunday.They said Kishida had sl
Over 105,500 new daily COVID-19 cases were reported in Japan on Sunday, topping 100,000 mark for the third straight day, the Kyodo News reported.Japan is facing a seven
The U.S. economy shrank by 1.5 percent in the first three months of the year as weak business and private investment failed to offset strong consumer spending, the U.S.
China's latest economic data on Monday mirrored how seriously the COVID-19 pandemic has hit the country's industrial and service sectors.Industrial output declined by 2
Over 1.25 billion people in China, or 88.74 percent of the country's total population, had been fully inoculated against COVID-19 as of Thursday, a Chinese health offic
U.S. President Joe Biden has signed an executive order banning imports of Russian oil, liquefied natural gas and coal to the U.S., the White House said on Tuesday.The e
Tourism arrivals around the world are not expected to return to their pre-pandemic levels until 2024 at the earliest, the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) said Tuesda
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said his country was battling a third wave of COVID-19, but expressed confidence that progress had been made in the fight
President Joe Biden is set to virtually meet Prime Minister Kishida Fumio of Japan on Friday, after a planned meeting in the U.S. was cancelled due to the latest global
01:50 The current COVID surge in the U.S. is now pitting teachers against their employers in Chicago. Teachers voted to resume remote learning in defiance of the mayor’s insistence oni
Dutch police on Sunday tried to break up a crowd of several thousand who had gathered in the Dutch capital Amsterdam to protest against COVID-19 lockdown measures and vaccinations.Amsterdam mayor Fem
Airline carriers globally scrapped at least 2,366 flights on Friday, which fell on Christmas Eve and is typically a heavy day for air travel, according to a running tal
Apple plans to let Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) manufacture its self-designed 5G modems from 2023 in hopes of cutting its reliance on Qualcomm, Nikkei
Apple plans to let Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) manufacture its self-designed 5G modems from 2023 in hopes of cutting its reliance on Qualcomm, Nikkei