The Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) said Thursday that it would not hold its annual conference this year due to the impact of COVID-19. "The raging COVID-19 pandemic across
An earthquake of magnitude 4.5 has struck 41 kilometers (25 miles) southeast of Baracoa town in the province of Guantanamo, Cuba, the European Mediterranean Seismological Center (EMSC) said on Wednes
Namibia has postponed one of the country's major tourism and investment festivals to 2021 due to COVID-19 outbreak, officials said Tuesday. The annual Luderitz Crayfish Festival is one of the
Europe is currently in eye of the storm of the COVID-19 pandemic, with the number of cases nearing a million, the World Health Organization's (WHO) European regional director said on Thursday."Case n
An earthquake of magnitude 5.9 on Thursday struck near Myanmar's northwestern town of Falam, close to the country's western border with India, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said.The quake struck
As many as 200 bodies were found in a mass grave in Syria's northern province of Raqqa on Tuesday, the state TV reported. The mass grave is located in the town of Raqe
01:28 As all 50 states are under a major disaster declaration, stay-at-home orders have also been in place across major metropolitan regions. Chicago, one of the most densely-populated
02:44 With New York City becoming the epicenter of the COVID-19 outbreak in the U.S., some city dwellers are looking to get out of town.Travel companies are seeing a surge in demand fo
Hundreds of U.S. nationals were repatriated from South Africa on Thursday, with more to fly home the next day, the U.S. embassy said. "This afternoon, two repatriation
00:50 A bridge on a main road in Italy has collapsed into a river, injuring two truck drivers.The incident happened shortly before 10:30 local time but the normally busy route was almo
An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.5 jolted 219 km southeast of the town of Severo-Kurilsk on the Kuril Islands, Russia around 13:49 local time (0249 GMT) on Wednesday, the U.S. Geological Survey sa
The Police of the Republic of Mozambique (PRM) announced Monday the occurrence of an armed attack by insurgents on the barracks of the Defense and Security Forces in the village of Mocimboa da Praia
An oil pipeline explosion on Sunday hit a satellite town of Lagos, Nigeria's economic hub, and casualties are feared, a rescue official told Xinhua. A police source, who also confirmed the incident,
The death toll in Monday's road crash near the town of Kintampo has increased to 31, the police have said. On Monday, two buses that traveled in opposite directions collided and caught fire immediate
The Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) announced on Monday that it will postpone its annual conference to support and cooperate with measures taken by governments around the wo
The Spanish Ministry of Health, Consumer Affairs and Social Services confirmed on Saturday morning that the number of COVID-19 cases has risen to 441, with eight deaths in the country. The region sur
02:51 Providing proper medical care for remote, rural, often poor, communities is a challenge all over the world. In Mexico, one initiative has grown quite popular.In hard to reach com
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