The United States of America reported 46,032 new confirmed COVID-19 cases and 355 deaths in the past 24 hours.
According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the toll number of COVID-19 cases reached 31,484,148, while death (...)
Former police officer Derek Chauvin was convicted of third-degree murder and manslaughter on Tuesday in the death of George Floyd, the Black man who was pinned to the pavement with a knee on his neck.
The case set off a furious reexamination of (...)
Chinese President Xi Jinping has called for global cooperation in the face of a growing anti-China front led by the United States, warning that an "open world economy" is essential to recovering from the pandemic.
"Attempts to erect walls or (...)
JEDDAH — Saudi Arabian Airlines revealed that the decision to resume international flights from May 17 is not applicable to 20 countries Saudi Arabia imposed a travel ban on in early February.
The Saudia sources said this in a statement on its (...)
RIYADH — Saudi women are playing a pivotal developmental role in Vision 2030, which has placed them at the forefront of many sectors and enhanced their participation in various positions in the local labor market, according to Ahlam Bint Abdulrahman (...)
The Earth's temperature continues to rise unabated, with 2020 being one of the three warmest years on record, as extreme weather events combine with the COVID-19 pandemic, impacting millions.
According to the World Meteorological Organization's (...)
India's opposition party leader Rahul Gandhi has tested positive for coronavirus as the crisis in the wake of the pandemic is deepening in the country, with hospitals buckling under increasing pressure from the second wave of infections.
In a (...)
COVID-19 infections have been rising at an alarming rate for eight consecutive weeks, the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned, as the virus sweeps unabated through hotspots in several corners of the globe.
More than 5.2 million new cases were (...)
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has canceled his visit to India as coronavirus cases continue to surge across the country.
Johnson was due to travel to India next week and hold a key meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
"Prime Ministers (...)
Russia has expelled 20 Czech diplomats in a retaliatory move, a day after Prague sent home 18 Russian embassy staff suspected of involvement in an explosion at an arms depot in 2014, which killed two people.
Czech authorities say the Russian (...)
India has registered 273,810 new COVID-19 cases within the past 24 hours, making it the largest daily increase to date, the health ministry said on Monday, according Sputnik News Agency.
The country's death toll has increased by over 1,600 (...)
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga asked U.S. pharmaceutical giant Pfizer Inc. on Saturday to provide additional supplies of COVID-19 vaccine to Japan, Kyodo cited Japanese officials as saying.
Suga made the request during telephone talks with (...)
The Unites States and China have announced their commitment to cooperate together and with other countries to tackle the climate crisis, which must be addressed with the "seriousness and urgency that it demands."
In a joint press statement released (...)
The transition to a global economic model, which will slow down climate change and create jobs will be the "biggest economic transformation since the industrial revolution" according to John Kerry, the US climate envoy.
Kerry expressed the view in a (...)
In this pivotal year for humanity, now is the time for bold climate action. The science is irrefutable and globally agreed: to stop the climate crisis from becoming a permanent catastrophe, we must limit global heating to 1.5 degrees Celsius.
To do (...)
The crackdown on journalists, cutting off the Internet and disrupting the flow of information across Myanmar, is "not working", and the world is not buying the military leadership's "propaganda" that it is exercising restraint against protesters, (...)
Police have named 19 years old Brandon Scott Hole of Indiana as the alleged shooter who opened fire at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis that left at least eight people dead and several injured in the state.
Special agent in charge of the (...)
India reported a record daily increase of 234,692 COVID-19 infections over the last 24 hours, Health Ministry data showed on Saturday.
Total cases reached nearly 14.5 million, second only to the United States, which has reported more than 32 million (...)
Rystad Energy's comprehensive COVID-19 monthly report calculates the effect of the pandemic on our lives and offers updated estimates for global energy markets.
By monitoring recent developments, travel restrictions, quarantine obligations and new (...)
The global death toll due to COVID-19 has now passed three million, according to a tally from Johns Hopkins University.
The European Union and Economic Area account for at least 645,412 deaths, according to the European Centre for Disease Prevention (...)
Brazil would need to receive $10 billion annually in foreign aid in order to reach economy-wide net zero carbon emissions by 2050, instead of 2060 as currently planned, Reuters cited the country's environment minister, Ricardo Salles as telling it (...)
Brazil would need to receive $10 billion annually in foreign aid in order to reach economy-wide net zero carbon emissions by 2050, instead of 2060 as currently planned, Reuters cited the country's environment minister, Ricardo Salles as telling it (...)
Eight Egyptian architects have been awarded the job of restoring the historic Al-Nouri Mosque complex in Mosul, Iraq, the UN cultural chief announced on Thursday.
Selected by an international jury from among 123 entries in a global competition, the (...)
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Friday that Russia will expel 10 US diplomats, curb the activity of US non-profit groups in the country and sanction US officials in a series of measures meant to retaliate for President Joe Biden's (...)
The United States of America has reported new 74,834 confirmed cases of Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), in addition to 834 deaths.
Statistics posted by various US centers for disease control and prevention indicated here today that the overall tally (...)
