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UN envoy says 38 protesters were killed in Myanmar Wednesday

Click arrows to view gallery A UN envoy is reporting 38 protesters killed in Myanmar Wednesday by security forces across several cities. It is the highest daily

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China slams UK's remarks on decision to charge 47 HK activists

China expressed strong opposition to the UK's remarks on the decision to charge 47 Hong Kong politicians and activists, the spokesperson of the Chinese embassy in the UK said in a statement on Tuesda

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Immigration, COVID-19 headline talks between Biden, Lopez Obrador

U.S. President Joe Biden told his Mexican counterpart Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador that Mexico's success was crucial to the hemisphere and that he would view the U.S. southern neighbor as an equal.The

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Nordic World Ski Championships underway in Germany

The Nordic World Ski Championships are underway in Oberstdorf, Germany. World champions will be crowned at the end of the 12-day event featuring ski jumping, cross-country skiing and Nordic combin

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China to donate 100,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine to Tunisia: embassy

China has decided to donate 100,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine to Tunisia, the Chinese Embassy in Tunisia announced Thursday."In view of the traditional and friendly rel

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First doses of COVAX AstraZeneca vaccines arrive in Ghana

Ghana received its first COVID-19 shots from COVAX, the World Health Organization’s global vaccine-sharing program Wednesday. A flight carrying 600,000 doses of the AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine prod

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China slams The Guardian's misuse of Air China's plane picture

The Chinese Embassy in the UK on Wednesday expressed strong dissatisfaction with The Guardian's misuse of a Chinese enterprise-related picture in one of its reports and

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China rebukes "conspiracy theories" by media about COVID-19 origin

The Chinese embassy in Germany expressed dissatisfaction regarding the local media's "conspiracy theories" on the "laboratory accident in Wuhan" and the so-called "study" cited by the media is not a

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Mount Etna erupts

Mount Etna, one of Europe’s most active ancient volcanoes, located in Sicily, Italy, erupted Monday evening, spewing ash into the air into Tuesday morning.Here’s a view from two

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Ferocious weather grips much of the United States

Click arrows to view gallery A historic cold snap brought the coldest air the United States has seen in decades and has dumped snow and ice all the way fro

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Thousands of Haitians protest government of President Jovenel Moise

Click arrows to view gallery Thousands of Haitians continued to protest the government of President Jovenel Moise in Port-au-Prince Sunday. They say the g

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Fiery crash at Daytona 500

Click arrows to view gallery Michael McDowell won the Daytona 500 NASCAR race in Florida for the first time, following a fiery 16-car pileup early in the race ah

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India lifts restrictions on mapping and surveying to help local firms

India said on Monday local firms will no longer need license or other permission to collect, generate, store and share geospatial data of the country, bringing sweeping changes to its earlier stance t

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Live: View of Xi'an Bell Tower during Spring Festival 2021 – Ep. 4

Xi'an Bell Tower is one of the most popular heritage sites in the capital city of northwest China's Shaanxi Province. Built during the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), it is t

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Cambodia approves emergency use of China's Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine

COVID-19 vaccines developed by China's Sinovac. /CFP Cambodia officially approved the emergency use of China's Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine, the country's Health Minister Mam Bunheng said on Frida

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The largest snow art in Finland, made of footsteps

Thousands of footsteps made this geometric artwork in the snow in the town of Espoo, outside of Helsinki, Finland. The artwork, the vision or IT consultant Janne Pyykkö, was made by a team of 12 v

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Scientists detect water vapor emanating from Mars

Korolev crater, in the northern lowlands of Mars, is filled not by snow but ice, with its center hosting a mound of water ice some 1.8 kilometers thick all year round, December 20, 2018. /CFP