A lion dance is performed on Super Saturday, as part of the reopening ceremony at London’s Chinatown on July 4, 2020. Photo: Courtesy of the Zhejiang UK Associ

Pope Francis on Sunday joined an international chorus of condemnation against Turkey's decision to convert Istanbul's iconic Hagia Sophia landmark back into a m

People are seen by the road in Burlingame, California, the United States, July 4, 2020. (Photo by Li Jianguo/Xinhua)


US state California announced Monday tha

Leaders of a minority Muslim sect in Bangladesh on Saturday accused "fanatics" of digging up the body of a baby girl from a cemetery grave just hours after bein

The total number of COVID-19 cases surpassed the 800,000-mark in India on Saturday, reaching 820,916, even as the total deaths stood at 22,123, said the data r

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Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday urged a coordinated national response of federal and provincial governments and organizations to c

Workers package cigarettes at Gudang Baru cigarette factory in Malang, East Java, Indonesia, July 11, 2020. Workers wearing face masks work with bordering plast

The governing People's Action Party (PAP) won Singapore's general election, retaining its more than 55-year grip on power, according to results reported online

The number of COVID-19 infection cases has risen to 326 as of Friday, according to latest figures by the Ministry of Health and Sports.

A total of five new i

A CV-22 Osprey aircraft of the United States Air Force performs at the International Sanicole Airshow in Hechtel, Belgium, Sept. 15, 2019.Photo:Xinhua
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Afghan authorities said on Thursday they have offered the Taliban a choice to submit a new list of 592 prisoners after Kabul refused to release inmates the mili

Colorful cotton fabrics are left out to drying having just been dyed in their different colors, in Narshindi a district in central Bangladesh. The material will

Passengers disinfect their hands at the Kamlapur Railway Station in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on May 31, 2020. Offices, businesses and transport services resumed in Ba

Visitors are seen at the sightseeing spot Asakusa, in Tokyo, Japan, June 21, 2020. Photo: Xinhua
Chinese experts said that the recent spike in new coronavirus i

Tokyo officials confirmed 206 new coronavirus infections on Saturday, public broadcaster NHK reported, as Japan's capital struggles with a resurgence in cases a

The economy added 953,000 jobs in Canada, and the jobless rate fell to 12.3 percent in June, as businesses reopened after the COVID-19 shutdown, according to

A gas explosion shook a residential building in Iran's capital Tehran on Saturday, injuring one person, the semi-official Iranian Students News Agency (ISNA) qu

Indian residents attend a peace gathering at a war memorial in Ahmedabad on June 26. Photo: AFPIndia's federal health ministry Monday morning said 500 new death

Broad mask-wearing will be key to ensuring a faster U.S. economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, a senior U.S. Federal Reserve official said Friday.

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Photo taken on March 27, 2020 shows fire engines with the U.S. Capitol building in the background in Washington D.C., the United States. (Xinhua/Liu Jie)The Uni

People walk in front of Hagia Sophia on Saturday in Istanbul, a day after a top Turkish court revoked the sixth-century Hagia Sophia's status as a museum, clear

A boat with refugees and migrants arrives at Skala Sikaminias, on the Greek island of Lesbos, Greece, Feb. 29, 2020. (Xinhua/Marios Lolos)French rescue services

British Brexit negotiator David Frost (center) arrives for negotiations with EU representatives at EU headquarters, in Brussels on Monday. The EU and Britain la

Microsoft founder Bill Gates said on Saturday he was "optimistic" about the battle against COVID-19 and called for medicines and vaccines to be distributed to t

Mickey waved from a distance and visitors wore colorful face masks with mouse ears on Saturday as Florida's Walt Disney World opened to the public for the first