02:50 In the U.S., where vaccination rates are relatively high, there is optimism that the worst of the pandemic is over. Not so north of the border. Canada is struggling with a third w
In the early 2000s, Jeff Bezos gave a seminal TED Talk titled “The Electricity Metaphor for the Web’s Future.” In it, he argued that the internet will enable innovation on the same scale that electric
08:14 As the coronavirus death toll surpasses 20,0000 in India, the country suffered a deadly second wave. What is the ground situation of COVID-19 in India? And how are ordinary people
India's COVID-19 infections crossed the 18 million mark on Thursday (Apr 29) with almost 380,000 new cases, breaking another world record for new daily infections./Xinhua India's COVID-19 infe
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The UK is "at or close to the bottom" of coronavirus levels, according to England's deputy chief medical officer. /VCG The UK is "at or close to the bottom" of coronavirus levels, according to
China's Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian on Wednesday called on the Japanese government to revoke its decision to dump nuclear polluted water into the ocean and apologize, in response to a q
People wait in line at a local COVID-19 vaccination center in the Goregaon suburb of Mumbai, India, April 27, 2021. /CFP The World Health Organization (WHO) said Tuesday that a variant of viru
01:41 A slow vaccine rollout and record deaths in a second wave of infections has provoked fears in Peru that the country could face a prolonged COVID-19 pandemic.Officially, there are
Pakistan’s Federal Minister for Economic Affairs Omar Ayub Khan (L, front) addresses the handover ceremony in Islamabad, Pakistan’s capital, on April 26, 2021. (Xinhua/Li Hao) The third batch
China is willing to provide support and assistance to India to help it combat its new wave of the COVID-19 pandemic once the India side asks for specific demands, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperso
A health worker checks a passenger's temperature and pulse at a railway station platform amid the spread of COVID-19 in Mumbai, India, April 7, 2021. /Reuters Bangladesh has imposed a ban on t
Russia has put the U.S. on its list of "unfriendly" states, Russian news agency TASS reported on Monday, quoting Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova.The move comes amid an escalating diploma
Iran said on Saturday that it would bar travellers from India over a COVID-19 variant to avert its spread in the already stricken country.Officials, however, did not sa
02:32 A slow vaccine rollout and record deaths in a second wave of infections has provoked fears in Peru thatthe countrycould face a prolonged COVID-19 pandemic.Officially, there are mo
Cases of the coronavirus have skyrocketed in India, with hospitals begging for more supplies, the most important one being oxygen, to help patients struggling to breathe, the Associated Press reports
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