Aerial photo taken on April 8, 2019 shows the Maputo Bay Bridge in Maputo, Mozambique. The bridge is part of the Maputo Bridge and Link Roads project built by t

The China town of Melbourne. Photo: IC

Amid a vortex of worsening bilateral ties between Australia and China and tightened immigration policies, complicated by

A pod of killer whales swim in the waters off the coast of the Great Barrier Reef on August 11. Photo: IC
Climate change has become the biggest threat to UN-lis

Japan wants to ban sales of new petrol cars in around 15 years' time as part of efforts to reach carbon neutrality by 2050, reports said Thursday.

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Scientists said on Wednesday they have restored sight in mice using a "milestone" treatment that returns cells to a more youthful state and could one day help t

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US President-elect Joe Biden on Wednesday promised a group of workers hit by the raging COVID-19 pandemic that more aid would be on the way

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers a statement on Iran's nuclear weapons development site in Jerusalem, on Sept. 9, 2019. (Xinhua/Gil Cohen Mage

From avoiding family members to skipping extra study at "cram schools," the coronavirus has forced nearly half a million South Korean test-takers and proctors t

An illustration shows vials of a COVID-19 vaccine and syringes with the logos of US pharmaceutical company Pfizer and German partner BioNTech, released on Tuesd

Photo taken on Nov. 11, 2019 shows the bushfire in Taree in New South Wales, Australia. (Xinhua/Bai Xuefei)
Australian fire crews are battling massive bushfires

A medical worker wearing protective gear pushes a trolley at a hospital in Kommunarka outside Moscow, Russia, on Nov. 27, 2020.(Photo: Xinhua)

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrives for the European Union special summit in Brussels, Belgium, on Oct. 1, 2020. (Photo: Xinhua)
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People light candles at the Porta Nigra for the victims after a car drove into pedestrians in Trier, southwestern Germany on Tuesday. Photo: AFP
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Women wearing face masks are seen at a market in Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian-controlled Kashmir, Nov. 26, 2020. India's COVID-19 tally reached 9,266,

Medical workers work at a drive-through COVID-19 testing site in Dallas, Texas, the United States, March 21, 2020.(Photo: Xinhua)

U.S. state of Texas will rec

A strawberry-flavored tablet for children living with HIV will be rolled out in African countries in 2021, the first generic pediatric version of a key anti-ret

Medical workers carry a patient from an ambulance to George Washington University Hospital in Washington D.C., the United States. File Photo: Xinhua

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US President-elect Joe Biden (second right) wears a boot after he twisted his ankle as he departs after an event at The Queen Theater in Wilmington, Delaware, t

The coal industry is under increasing financial pressure, a coalition of environmental groups said Wednesday, but insurers are not ditching the polluting fuel f

People wait in line to get tested for COVID-19 at a testing site in Washington, D.C., the United States, Nov. 23, 2020. (Photo: Xinhua)

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Balloons are released during a ceremony to mark the Aug. 4 port explosions in Beirut, Lebanon, on Oct. 4, 2020.(Photo: Xinhua)
Portraits of victims are seen du

Photo taken in Arlington, Virginia, the US on August 20 shows screens displaying images of Joe Biden speaking in a video feed of the 2020 Democratic National Co

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While China has been upholding free trade and multilateralism and sustaining trade with partners including Australia, d

The Olympic rings are reinstalled at the waterfront in Tokyo, Japan on Tuesday, with officials hoping the symbol will help build enthusiasm for the coronavirus-

Trump Photo:VCGUS President Donald Trump's controversial coronavirus adviser resigned Monday, while hopes for a first wave of vaccinations before the end of 202