South Korea on Saturday reported more than 100 new coronavirus cases for the first time in four months, while South Africa announced a surge in infections and some U.S. states...
July 25, 2020
The Church of Sweden has more female than male priests for the first time, according to numbers released this month, a sign of huge strides for gender equality since women...
July 25, 2020
At least seven potential pro-democracy candidates for Hong Kong's Legislative Council elections in September have received questionnaires from the government asking them to show they haven't violated the city's mini...
July 25, 2020
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called an emergency meeting after an individual suspected of having COVID-19 illegally crossed the border from South Korea, state media said on Sunday. If...
July 25, 2020
Warnings have sounded that a second wave of the coronavirus pandemic is already hitting Germany as daily infection rates rise, with the government's infectious diseases institute also saying it was...
July 25, 2020
Hundreds of people gathered outside the U.S. consulate in Chengdu on Saturday as American employees prepared to leave after China ordered the shutdown of the mission. The U.S. emblem was...
July 25, 2020
Warnings have sounded that a second wave of the coronavirus pandemic is already hitting Germany as daily infection rates rise, with the government's infectious diseases institute also saying it was...
July 25, 2020
A German vessel operated by travel giant TUI Cruises, is testing the cruise industry waters as it became the first large cruise ship to resume operations, following months of shutdowns...
July 25, 2020
Tens of thousands of people demonstrated in support of the detained former governor of Khabarovsk in the far east of Russia for the third Saturday in a row. Despite a...
July 25, 2020
In the impoverished Gaza Strip, where most people struggle to make ends meet amid a crippling blockade, the suffering of stray dogs and cats often goes unnoticed. Said el-Er, who...
July 25, 2020
Lights! Crickets. Birds. Bats. Action! The ancient theater of Epidaurus, renowned for its acoustics, has reopened for a limited number of open-air performances, with organizers planning a live-streamed event Saturday...
July 24, 2020
The displaced Toronto Blue Jays will play in a minor league ballpark in Buffalo, New York, this year after being turned down by the Canadian government and blocked from playing...
July 24, 2020
Jussara de Jesus never thought that her family would live in a shack. But work as a hairdresser dried for up after the novel coronavirus hit Brazilian metropolis Sao Paulo....
July 24, 2020
Russian scientists are working to retrieve the well-preserved skeleton of a woolly mammoth, which has some ligaments still attached to it, from a lake in northern Siberia. Fragments of the...
July 24, 2020
A Hail Mary reopening of dollar stores in Cuba to deal with the coronavirus pandemic's fallout has angered many Cubans, as the increasing inequality in a society that claims to...
July 24, 2020
An opposition candidate who planned to challenge Belarus' longtime authoritarian leader in next month's presidential election has fled the country with his children, fearing arrest. Valery Tsepkalo, a former ambassador...
July 24, 2020
Fulfilling a dream of his Islamic-oriented youth, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan joined hundreds of worshipers Friday for the first Muslim prayers in 86 years inside Hagia Sophia, the Istanbul...
July 24, 2020
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July 24, 2020
Cuba expanded the number of food stores that accept US dollars, another step in the government's efforts to capture much-needed hard currency to shore up the island's ailing economy. …...
July 24, 2020
The U.N. weather agency warned Friday that average temperatures in Siberia were 10 degrees Celsius (18 Fahrenheit) above average last month, a spate of exceptional heat that has fanned devastating...
July 24, 2020
Beijing partially reopened movie theaters Friday as the threat from the coronavirus continues to recede in China's capital. Cinemas in parts of the city deemed at low risk of cross-infection...
July 24, 2020
Every chapter of Iraq's modern history can be seen in the sprawling cemetery of Wadi al-Salam outside the holy city of Najaf. Its sandy expanse is growing, this time with...
July 24, 2020
BEIJING – China ordered the closure of the U.S. consulate in Chengdu on Friday in retaliation for the U.S. shutdown of China's consulate in Houston. The Chinese Ministry of Foreign...
July 24, 2020
Thousands of worshippers converged on Istanbul's Hagia Sophia on Friday for the first Muslim prayers since the museum was reconverted into a mosque by a controversial presidential decree. Most prominent...
July 24, 2020
After an Iranian passenger plane reportedly had a dangerously close encounter with a U.S. fighter jet in Syrian airspace, Tehran said it is considering taking legal steps against the U.S....
July 24, 2020
BEIRUT – Israeli helicopters late Friday raided Syrian army posts in Quneitra in southwestern Syria, wounding two Syrian soldiers, state media reported. State-run broadcaster Syria TV, citing a military source,...
July 24, 2020
Israeli police used water cannons to disperse protesters in central Jerusalem and arrested at least 55 of them as clashes broke out overnight after thousands staged a protest against Prime...
July 24, 2020
China ordered the United States on Friday to close its consulate in the western city of Chengdu, ratcheting up a diplomatic conflict at a time when relations have sunk to...
July 24, 2020
China on Friday ordered the United States to close its consulate in the western city of Chengdu in an increasingly rancorous diplomatic conflict. The order followed the U.S. closure of...
July 24, 2020
Nearly three years after Hurricane Maria tore through Puerto Rico, tens of thousands of homes remain badly damaged, many people face a hurricane season under fading blue tarp roofs and...
July 23, 2020
The foundation of Britain's Prince William and Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge have awarded almost 1.8 million pounds ($2.3 million) to support the mental health of front line workers and...
July 23, 2020
While sharks are abundant at some coral reefs, a four-year study reveals they are “functionally extinct” at one in five reefs across the globe, according to researchers. Scientists placed 15,000...
July 23, 2020
With COVID-19 infections rapidly accelerating around the world and containment policies faltering in some countries, a new United Nations report is proposing that developing nations re-purpose budgets to provide the...
July 23, 2020
A year after he passed away at age 17, Benjamin Canlas is still making the world a better place — one bike at a time. The teenager is the inspiration...
July 23, 2020
China successfully launched Tianwen-1 – its first independent mission to Mars – on Thursday afternoon. A Long March 5 rocket carrying the spacecraft ignited at the Wenchang Space Launch Site...
July 23, 2020
Unfounded U.S. charges that China controls U.N. health chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus could hamper the global fight against the COVID-19 pandemic that has now surpassed 15 million cases, he said...
July 23, 2020
BOGOTA, Colombia – Bolivia will postpone its general elections until Oct. 18 as the country's coronavirus outbreak shows no signs of relenting, the electoral authority announced on Thursday. There will...
July 23, 2020
China ordered the U.S. to close its consulate in the southwestern city of Chengdu, after the American government forced China to leave its mission in Houston earlier this week. "The...
July 23, 2020
The small, neighboring sheikhdoms of Bahrain and Qatar have the world's highest per capita rates of coronavirus infections. In the two Mideast countries, COVID-19 epidemics initially swept undetected through camps...
July 23, 2020
There were few bare faces among rush-hour commuters in Australia's second-largest city on Thursday morning as Melbourne residents were largely complying with a new law making face coverings compulsory. Melbourne...
