China's manned space mission has reached the Tiangong (Heavenly Palace) space station, which is currently under construction. The three-man crew reached the space station around six and a half hours after launching into space, China's manned space (...)
The US will reopen transAtlantic flights to vaccinated passengers on Nov. 8, following 18 months of restrictions that have hit many international carriers, travel companies and businesses hard.
The White House on Friday said it would lift COVID-19 (...)
India was re-elected to the UN Human Rights Council for the 2022-24 term on Thursday with an overwhelming majority in the General Assembly, with New Delhi's envoy describing the election as a "robust endorsement" of the country's strong roots in (...)
A Chinese man who set his ex-wife on fire as she livestreamed to her online followers was sentenced to death on Thursday, concluding a murder case that received nationwide notoriety, CNN reported on Friday quoting Chinese media.
The victim, (...)
Apple has taken down one of the world's most popular Koran apps in China, following a request from officials, BBC reported on Friday.
Quran Majeed is available across the world on the App Store -- and has nearly 150,000 reviews. It is used by (...)
The United States has said it will reopen its borders to fully vaccinated travellers from 33 countries on Nov. 8, BBC reported on Friday.
Under new rules announced by the White House, vaccinated people who have had a negative test in the 72 hours (...)
More than 100 countries on Wednesday committed to develop, adopt and implement an effective post-2020 global framework, that aims to put biodiversity on a path to recovery, by 2030 at the latest.
The Kunming Declaration, adopted at the end of the UN (...)
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday launched an expert group that will examine the origins of new pathogens, including SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes COVID-19.
The proposed members of the WHO Scientific Advisory Group for the (...)
Carbon emissions are rebounding strongly and are rising across the world's 20 richest nations, BBC reported quoting a new study.
The Climate Transparency Report says that CO2 will go up by 4% across the G20 group this year, having dropped 6% in 2020 (...)
The much anticipated re-opening of Indonesia's famed tourist island Bali has seen a slow start, with no international flights scheduled, BBC reports.
As of Thursday, fully vaccinated travellers from 19 countries including China, India, and France (...)
With global transport at a crossroads, government leaders, industry experts, and civil society groups are meeting in Beijing, China, for a UN conference to chart the way forward to a more sustainable future for the sector, and greater climate action (...)
Deaths from tuberculosis – one of the top infectious killers in the world – have increased for the first time in a decade, as a direct result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday.
New data from the UN health (...)
The US has said it will reopen its borders with Mexico and Canada to fully vaccinated travelers from November, BBC reported.
In a statement, its Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said it will allow travel for non-essential purposes via land and (...)
Many developed countries have announced plans to ensure that fossil-fuel powered cars will be taken off the roads in the coming decades, but Jean Todt, the UN Special Envoy for Road Safety, stresses that, in developing countries, much more immediate (...)
China is preparing to test tens of thousands of blood bank samples from the city of Wuhan as part of a probe into the origins of Covid-19, CNN reported on Wednesday quoting a Chinese official. The move comes amid increasing calls for transparency (...)
Computer chip shortages, epic port congestion and a serious lack of truck drivers. The world's delicate supply chains are under extreme stress, CNN reports.
The supply chain nightmare is jacking up prices for consumers and slowing the global (...)
Diriyah Biennale Foundation (DBF) announced the artists that will be participating in Saudi Arabia's first contemporary art biennale, to be held from Dec. 11, 2021, through March 11, 2022 in the JAX district of Diriyah, just outside of (...)
The Group of 20 major economies is determined to tackle the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan, even if it means having to coordinate efforts with the Taliban, Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi said on Tuesday after hosting an emergency summit, (...)
Guinness World Records, the global authority on record-breaking, Wednesday announced that Turkey's Rumeysa Gelgi is the tallest woman living standing at 215.16cm (7ft 0.7in).
Rumeysa first achieved a Guinness World Records title back in 2014, aged (...)
The arrest of Hong Kong pro-democracy activist and woman human rights defender Chow Hang-Tung, on charges of "incitement to subversion" and being a foreign agent, is a source of "deep concern" four UN independent human rights experts said on (...)
A young girl in China has apologized for "deceiving fans" after trying to join a boy band, BBC reported on Wednesday.
Fu Jiayuan, 13, said she lied about her gender to a popular management company because she was "young and ignorant".
Even though (...)
Beijing on Tuesday unveiled an array of measures to continue the country's endeavor to build a beautiful China as the 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP15) is held in Kunming, capital of (...)
Thailand plans to end Covid quarantine requirements for fully vaccinated travellers from at least 10 low-risk nations from 1 November, BBC reported..
PM Prayuth Chan-ocha admitted that "this decision comes with some risk" -- but it is seen as a key (...)
The price of coal used in China's power plants has surged to a new record high as another of the country's key mining regions is hit by flooding, BBC reported.
Heavy rains hit Shanxi in recent days, the country's biggest coal producing province, (...)
