South Africa began to gradually ease its strict coronavirus lockdown on Friday, allowing some industries to reopen after five weeks of restrictions that plunged its str
AI-generated music is a fascinating new field, and deep-pocketed research outfit OpenAI has hit new heights in it, creating recreations of songs in the style of Elvis, 2Pac, and others. The results a
Photo taken on April 5, 2020 shows a blue-throated barbet eating food on Margalla hills in Islamabad, capital of Pakistan. (Photo by Pharahnaz Naveed/Xinhua)Most of the mammals and birds are rarely vi
Radomir Antic with Shandong Luneng in Nanjing, China, October 19, 2013. /VCG Shandong Luneng and Hebei China Fortune, the two Chinese top-flight clubs which Radomir Antic coached toward the en
Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan said today on Wolf Blitzer’s CNN show that the city of Detroit is on track to be the first city to deploy Abbott Lab’s 5 minute Covid-19 test. The mayor said that the test wo
The novel coronavirus has begun to infect political leaders worldwide, and an increasing number of politicians have gone into isolation. There are several reasons: They are themselves infected, ca
TOP HEADLINES- The UK will ban mass gatherings across the country from next week.- Denmark closes its borders to all except Danish nationals until 13 April- Spain enters a 15-day state of emergency-
Australian Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton has tested positive for COVID-19, and the result was confirmed on Friday afternoon. On his official twitter, Dutton wrote "this morning I woke up with a
Teatro alla Scala opera house in Milan, Italy, February 28, 2020. /Xinhua Editor's note: Alex Chan is a doctoral researcher in diplomacy at Peking University. He graduated in China studies fro
The lander and rover of the Chang'e-4 probe have resumed work for the 15th lunar day on the far side of the moon after "sleeping" during the extremely cold night.The la
The election in Emilia-Romagna could have led to a significant change in decades-old political sentiment in the region (Credit: CGTN) The coverage of regional polls anywhere in the world by an
Storm Gloria left behind a trail of destruction and misery, leaving at least 13 people dead in Spain. (Credit: AFP) The Spanish government is due to hold an emergency meeting on Friday after a
00:27 Residents of the Spanish holiday resort of Tossa de Mar woke up to ocean foam covering parts of the town after Storm Gloria lashed a number of provinces in the country.Floodwater
Tennis stars have come together for the Rally for Relief to raise money in aid of the bushfire relief efforts across Australia, at Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, January 15, 2020. /AP Photo Ten
People in Beijing woke up Monday to find the city had been covered in a blanket of white snow, marking the first snowfall of 2020. The snow started at about 5 p.m. Sun
Shelley Caban just wants it to be over.“Sometimes I think, ‘Fuck it, just burn it all, the house and everything,’” she says. “It’s the waiting and the limbo, you just f
Editor's note: Tom Fowdy graduated from Oxford University's China Studies Program and majored in politics at Durham University. He writes about international relations focusing on China and the De