SHANGHAI: More than 80,000 people have been evacuated because of heavy rains and floods in the southwestern Chinese province of Sichuan, state media...
SHANGHAI: More than 80,000 people have been evacuated because of heavy rains and floods in the southwestern Chinese province of Sichuan, state media...
Dubai: Some of the foreign contractors who powered the logistics of America’s "forever war” in Afghanistan now find themselves stranded on an unending...
WELLINGTON: Under pressure from businesses and public sectors facing a worker shortage that policymakers fear will fuel inflation, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda...
ROME: Italian police on Monday blocked several groups on mobile messaging app Telegram where users could buy fake COVID-19 health passes required to...
A raging wildfire in northern California, now the second-largest recorded in state history, expanded to nearly 500,000 acres late on Sunday and has...
VENICE: Rare summer flooding submerged Venice's famed Piazza San Marco in up to a metre of water overnight. The lagoon city is often...
BEIJING: China reported on Monday more COVID-19 infections in its latest outbreak of the disease, while some cities added rounds of mass testing...
SYDNEY: Australia expanded a COVID-19 lockdown to a rural town and the coastal region of Byron Bay on Monday, as fears grew that...
ATHENS: Greek authorities have begun assessing the damage from wildfires that have devastated huge swathes of forest and forced thousands to flee from...
SEOUL: South Korea's health minister apologised for COVID-19 vaccine shortages on Monday, saying U.S. drugmaker Moderna Inc would deliver less than half its...
Cairo: Russia resumed flights to Egyptian resorts on the Red Sea on Monday, ending a ban that had lasted around six years following...
The UN panel on climate change sounded a dire warning on Monday, saying the world is dangerously close to runaway warming - and...
India’s Supreme Court allowed an antitrust investigation to proceed against Amazon.com Inc.’s local unit and Walmart Inc.-backed Flipkart Internet Pvt. for allegedly abusing...
Lusaka: Zambia's President Edgar Lungu will seek to fend off a perennial opposition challenger in a vote on Thursday that may be decided...
COVID-19 vaccinations should be required for U.S. teachers to protect students who are too young to be inoculated, the head of the nation's...
LONDON - Britain’s competition watchdog said Sunday it will look into the cost of COVID-19 testing for travelers after Health Secretary Sajid Javid...
MEXICO CITY - Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador will discuss COVID-19 vaccines with U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris on Monday, amid recent...
Saudi Arabia will gradually begin receiving Umrah pilgrimage requests from abroad for vaccinated pilgrims starting Aug. 9 after about a year and a...
