A federal officer points a less-than-lethal weapon at a crowd of a few hundred protesters in front of the Mark O. Hatfield US Courthouse on Thursday in Portland

A shuttered business is shown on July 21, in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, the US. Photo: AFPThe US economy shrank an annualized 32.9 percent for the s

People wait in line to take COVID-19 test at a health centre in Hyderabad, India, on July 29, 2020. India's COVID-19 tally crossed the 1.5 million-mark on Wedne

Lakshmana Saparamadu, the translator of the Chinese book "Prevention and Control of COVID-19," attends a launch ceremony of the book in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on J

Co-author Shen Heping, who develops perovskite cells, shows a part of the cell in the lab of Australian National University (ANU) in Canberra, Australia, July 1

Photo: Screenshot of Nicolle Flint's video on TwitterAlthough bilateral ties between China and Australia continue to sour recently, Chinese people have thrown t

Thailand's top anti-trafficking cop has vowed to boost training for police nationwide to better respond to a rising number of cases of sexual exploitation and f

Migrants disembark at Boiler Wharf in Senglea, Malta, on July 8, 2020. A group of 52 migrants who were rescued from the high seas on Saturday were allowed to

Customers are seen at the outdoor dining area of a restaurant at SoHo in New York, the United States, on July 30, 2020. The U.S. economy saw the sharpest contra

People tour the National Mall in Washington, D.C., the United States, July 19, 2020. (Photo by Ting Shen/Xinhua)

The Trump administration is preparing to orde

A passenger wearing a face mask is seen at a bus station in Brasilia, Brazil, on March 17, 2020. Photo: Xinhua
Brazil may surpass the US to become the world's n

 A pedestrian wearing a face mask walks past the New York State Department of Labor office in the Brooklyn borough of New York, the United States, on May 8, 202

Latin America could create 15 million new green jobs in climate and nature protection over the next decade if countries aim to cut carbon emissions as part of a

After surviving two strokes at age 27, Olivia Colt threw herself into starting a catering business, a lifelong dream. Ten years and another stroke later, she ha

A medical worker takes a sample for coronavirus test from a girl in an enclosed booth amid COVID-19 pandemic in central Israeli city of Tel Aviv on July 28, 202

People wait in line to take COVID-19 test at a health centre in Hyderabad, India, on July 29, 2020. India's COVID-19 tally crossed the 1.5 million-mark on Wedne

Women and children sit in a line, waiting for their turn to get food relief packages provided by Nepal Overseas Chinese Business Association at Bungamati in Lal

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan delivers a speech at the parliament in Ankara, Turkey, on Feb. 19, 2020. (Photo: Xinhua)Turkey's parliament on Wednesday

Zambian leader Edgar Lungu on Wednesday fired his education minister, David Mabumba, the presidency said, after nude video clips of him went viral on social med

Abdullah Ali Fadhel Al-Saadi, permanent representative of Yemen to the United Nations, addresses a Security Council meeting on the situation in Yemen at the UN

Damages at the National Museum in Yemen's Taez Photo: AFPYemen's separatists abandoned their declaration of self-rule in the south on Wednesday and pledged to i

The marble lion "Fortitude" is seen with a face mask in front of the New York Pubulic Library on the Fifth Avenue in New York, the United States, July 8, 2020.

People wearing masks pass by a store closing soon in Santa Monica, California, on Tuesday, amid the coronavirus pandemic. Photo: AFP
US top infectious disease e

A mask-clad woman stands on a ring delineating where worshippers sit around the Kaaba due to the COVID-19 pandemic at the almost empty Grand Mosque in Saudi Ara

Afghan Presiden Ashraf Ghani speaks after casting his vote in the presidential election in Kabul, Afghanistan. Photo: VCG Long-delayed peace talks between the A