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Acting Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Anthony Tata has tested positive for the coronavirus, the Pentagon said in a news release la

A health worker (left) collects a swab sample from a boy to test for the COVID-19 coronavirus at a center in a residential area, in Hyderabad, India. Photo: AFP

Pakistan's Ambassador to China Moin ul Haque (center) presents civil award of Pakistan upon "Hilal-i-Pakistan" to Song Tao (left), head of the International Dep

Dozens of exuberant villagers scooped up handfuls of cow dung to mold and toss at each other like snowballs this week for the Gorehabba festival, which is a loc

Passengers take an escalator at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York, the United States, March 13, 2020.File photo:Xinhua

Riot police stand guard during a protest outside the Iraqi capital Baghdad's Green Zone on Saturday, demanding the departure of remaining US forces from Iraq. P

Some of Switzerland's carbon dioxide emissions are to be offset through projects in Ghana, the Swiss government announced Wednesday, after concluding a similar

A handout photo provided by Iran's Atomic Energy Organization shows officials of the country's atomic agency, including its head Ali Akbar Salehi, meeting with

An F-35 fighter jet performs during the annual Wings Over Houston Airshow at the Ellington Airport, state of Texas, the United States, Oct. 19, 2019. (Xinhua/So

US President Donald Trump (R, Front) welcomes Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison (L, Front) during a ceremony at the White House in Washington D.C., the U

Afghan security forces stand guard at an Afghan National Army outpost after an attack by Taliban militants, in Kunduz Province, Afghanistan on Wednesday. Photo:

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Russia and China have sustained high-level inter-regional cooperation despite the COVID-19 pandemic, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesper

People gather outside a house as seen from a broken glass pane after a gunfight at village Samboora of Pulwama district, about 15 km south of Srinagar city, the

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Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin on Thursday urged members of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) to recommit themselves

Britain will ban petrol and diesel vehicle sales from 2030 as part of a 10-point plan for a "green industrial revolution" to be unveiled Wednesday by Prime Mini

The three largest glaciers in Greenland - which hold enough frozen water to lift global sea levels some 1.3 meters - could melt faster than even the worst-case

University students wear masks depicting Italian politicians during a demonstration against the government measures to curb the spread of COVID-19 outside the P

US President Donald Trump leaves a news conference on the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC on May 11, 2020.

Palestinians wearing face masks walk on a street in Gaza City, during the lockdown to contain the spread of COVID-19, on Sept. 5, 2020. Palestine on Saturday re

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The latest economic data from the world's second-largest economy has attracted wide attention in Italy, with local media praising C

A woman wearing a mask walks past a closed restaurant in Paris, France, Nov. 18, 2020. France on Tuesday became the first European country to record over two mi

A woman wearing a face mask walks her dog past a mural of Anthony Fauci, director of the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, in New York, t

Australian celebrity chef and conspiracy theorist Pete Evans was ditched by several companies and had his books pulled from shelves on Tuesday after he posted a

A man wearing a mask sits on a bench at a park in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Aug. 5, 2020. (Photo by Martin Zabala/Xinhua)

Argentine President Alberto Fernandez

US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi speaks during a press conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., the United States, on Sept. 17, 2020. (Photo by Ting Shen/Xi