Alcala Gate is decorated with festive lights in Madrid, capital of Spain, Nov. 28, 2020. The festive lights for Christmas were displayed from Nov. 26, 2020 and

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko attends a wreath-laying ceremony to commemorate the 74th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War II

Photo taken on April 16, 2021 shows the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia in Moscow.Photo:Xinhua
The Russian Foreign Ministry on Friday announced a series o

After gifting and selling tens of millions of COVID-19 vaccine doses to nations abroad, India suddenly finds itself short of shots as new infections surge in th

Chung Eui-yong (C), South Korean President Moon Jae-in's top national security adviser, attends a press briefing in Seoul, South Korea, on Sept. 6, 2018. Chung

People rally to protest against the Japanese government's decision to dump contaminated radioactive wastewater in Fukushima Prefecture into the sea, in Tokyo, c

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Alexander Garden by the Kremlin Wall to mark Defender of

International observers monitoring the conflict in eastern Ukraine have documented a sharp uptick in violations of peace agreements as Western countries sound

Queen Elizabeth II faces the twilight of her record-breaking reign without her most trusted adviser and personal confidant - husband Prince Philip, the Duke of

The European Union's top environment official told Brazil on Wednesday that the South American country's updated climate pledge "sends a bad signal" by only com

New Zealand border workers on Thursday began trialing a monitoring app designed to detect ­coronavirus before the user develops any noticeable symptoms, in

Cambodia brought in a coronavirus lockdown in Phnom Penh and a satellite district of the capital on Thursday in a bid to contain a spike in coronavirus cases in

A senior Japanese politician said cancelling the Tokyo Olympics over the coronavirus remains a possibility on Thursday, as a surge in cases renews concerns abou

Researchers on Thursday reported the first clinical evidence that drug-resistant mutations of the parasite responsible for malaria are gaining ground in Africa.

Photo taken on March 26, 2018 shows the Russian national flag at Embassy of Russia in Washington DC, the United States.Photo:Xinhua
The United States on Thursda

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Russian Geographical Society via video link on April 14, 2021.(Photo: Xinhua)

Holding the postponed Tokyo Olympics in the summer of 2021 will be "really difficult" given a spike in coronavirus infections across Japan, the head of the Toky

In her tiny Hanoi apartment, tattoo artist Ngoc inks middle-aged women whose lives have been upended by divorce or illness, each of them searching for healing t

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Russia will use other opportunities if it is disconnected from SWIFT, but Moscow is not rejecting the system yet, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister A

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On April 12, 1961, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin pronounced his famous "Poyekhali!" (Let's Go!) as the Vostok spacecraft lifted off the ground, tak

Rebecca Phiri, a trader dealing in baby wear and beddings, works at a market in Lusaka, Zambia, on April 5, 2021.(Photo: Xinhua)
Boyd Siame, a household produc

The African Union on Tuesday announced the launch of a partnership to manufacture vaccines at five research centers to be built on the continent within the next

South Korean President Moon Jae-in ordered officials on Wednesday to explore petitioning an international court over Japan's decision to release water from its

New Zealand will force banks to reveal the impact their investments have on climate change under world-first legislation intended to make the financial sector's

A highly contagious variant of COVID-19 first identified in Britain does not cause more severe disease in hospitalized patients, according to a new study publis