Facebook Inc.'s Instagram photo-sharing app is launching its clone of TikTok in more than 50 countries.
The new Instagram feature will let users record and edit 15-second videos with audio, and will let users add visual effects. Users will be able (...)
Mexico's health ministry on Wednesday reported 6,139 new confirmed coronavirus cases and 829 additional fatalities, bringing the total in the country to 456,100 cases and 49,698 deaths, according to Reuters.
The new numbers put Mexico on track to (...)
The global death toll from coronavirus surpassed 700,000 on Wednesday as the total number of confirmed cases around the world hits more than 18 million, an increase of more than 1.7 million since last week, according to the latest figures.
Almost (...)
President Donald Trump repeatedly insisted on Monday that the government should get a cut from the sale of TikTok's US unit if an American firm buys it but it wasn't clear under what authority he can extract a payout.
The US president said he made a (...)
The United States and China have agreed to hold high-level talks on Aug. 15 with the aim of assessing compliance by China with respect to a bilateral trade agreement signed earlier in 2020, Reuters quoted the Wall Street Journal as reporting on (...)
Brazil reported 51,603 new cases of the novel coronavirus and 1,154 deaths from the disease caused by the virus in the past 24 hours, Reuters cited the health ministry saying on Tuesday.
Brazil has registered more than 2.8 million cases of the virus (...)
For Middle Eastern commercial real estate funds and investment firms, the US market is still the most desirable investment destination for foreign real estate properties.
Roxanne Kosberg said: "Investors from the Middle East remain active buyers in (...)
Two NASA astronauts splashed down safely in the Gulf of Mexico on Sunday for the first time in a commercially built and operated American crew spacecraft, returning from the International Space Station to complete a test flight that marks a new era (...)
The dollar rallied and equity markets rose today, on Monday as investors welcomed upbeat manufacturing data from around the world and as Microsoft's pursuit of TikTok's U.S. operations and other deals bolstered investor sentiment, Reuters (...)
The United States of America is in a new phase of the novel coronavirus outbreak with infections "extraordinarily widespread" in rural areas as well as cities, Reuters quoted White House coronavirus experts as saying today, Sunday.
Coronavirus cases (...)
Thousands of Germans took to the street in the capital Berlin on Saturday to protest against the country's coronavirus restrictions.
Demonstrators said measures including the wearing of facemasks violated their rights and freedoms.
Protesters who (...)
Russia is gearing up to begin mass vaccination campaign against coronavirus from October, the country's health minister said on Saturday.
Speaking to reporters, Health Minister Mikhail Murashko said that the vaccination will be free of charge, and (...)
India has extended the suspension of all international passenger flights until Aug. 31 as it battles a surge in coronavirus cases.
India's aviation regulator, Director-General of Civil Aviation, announced the decision on Friday in a statement.
"The (...)
US presidential contender Joe Biden's Clean Energy Plan aims to achieve "net-zero" greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, a feat he proposes to bring to reality through the investment of $2 trillion across a multitude of sectors.
Jobs will be created, (...)
The United States is set to pull out some of its troops from Germany amid President Donald Trump's long-simmering feud with Berlin.
The US military on Wednesday unveiled plans to withdraw about 12,000 troops from Germany but said it will keep nearly (...)
A 4.2-magnitude earthquake and its aftershocks rolled through the Los Angeles area early on Thursday morning, but there were no immediate reports of damage.
The United States Geological Survey showed that the earthquake struck just over a mile north (...)
Abdulla Al Ghurair Foundation for Education (AGFE) awards 86 underprivileged youths from the Arab region with full scholarships at Arizona State University (ASU) to pursue their Master's degrees as part of the Al Ghurair Open Learning Scholars (...)
The United States on Wednesday slapped a slew of new sanctions against President Bashar Al-Assad's government with an aim to deprive his government of funds.
Among the 14 blacklisted on Wednesday are Assad's son, Hafez, a Syrian businessman and nine (...)
As India recorded nearly 50,000 fresh cases of the coronavirus, Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched facilities in three major cities to significantly ramp up testing capacity.
The 49,931 cases reported on Monday brought India's tally to beyond 1.4 (...)
Kuwait's Emir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, who arrived in the United States last week to complete his medical treatment, is in a stable condition, a statement issued after a Cabinet meeting on Monday said.
Sheikh Sabah, who has ruled Kuwait since (...)
The global number of coronavirus cases crossed 16 million on Sunday, more than half of them in the Americas and the Caribbean.
The 16,050,223 cases include 645,184 fatalities with the United States the worst hit country, registering 4,178,021 (...)
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro announced on Saturday he has tested negative for the new coronavirus more than two weeks after being diagnosed with the virus on July 7, attributing his recovery to an unproven malaria drug.
"RT-PCR for Sars-Cov 2: (...)
People taking part in peaceful demonstrations across the United States, and journalists covering these protests, should not be subjected to disproportionate use of force or other violations, the UN human rights office said on Friday.
Spokesperson (...)
India began its first human trials of a novel coronavirus vaccine candidate as the world's second-most populous country recorded nearly 49,000 new cases.
The additional infections take India's total to more than 1.3 million on Saturday, with surges (...)
The United States recorded over 73,000 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours whereas Brazil reported almost 56,000 new cases.
More than 15.8 million people have been reported to be infected by the novel coronavirus globally and 638,271 have (...)
