A crane lifts the wreckage of a car as rescue workers search for survivors in the debris of a collapsed building on Sunday in Izmir, Turkey. Photo: AFPRescue wo

As Myanmar prepares for a general election next week, an opposition politician has found a new way of connecting with voters facing novel coronavirus restrictio

New Zea­land Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern unveiled what she called an "incredibly diverse" cabinet Monday that includes the country's first openly gay depu

Twenty-five years after Israeli Prime Minister's assassination, enthusiasm appears to have waned among a generation of young Israelis who pledged support for th

Rescuers work at a site of a collapsed building after an earthquake in Izmir province, Turkey, on Oct. 31, 2020. (Xinhua Photo)

At least 79 people were kille

Sikh priest Giani Jagtar Singh (center) sits behind the Guru Granth Sahib (Sikh holy book) during a Jalau, a display of Sikhism's symbolic items, inside the Gol

Voters walk into a polling station during the Virginia primary in Arlington, Virginia, the United States, March 3, 2020. Polling stations opened on the US East

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Argentina could obtain 25 million doses of the Russian Covid-19 vaccine "Sputnik V" between December 2020 and January 2021, President

Flowers and a candle are placed in front of the house of a woman killed in a Halloween attack on Sunday in Quebec, Canada. Photo: AFPThe sword-wielding attacker

Fires in Brazil's Amazon rainforest surged in October and the number of blazes is up 25 percent in the first 10 months of 2020, compared to 2019, data from gove

Combo photo shows U.S. President Donald Trump (L) and his Democratic rival Joe Biden attending their respective events on different occasions.Photo:XinhuaUS Pre

Austrian Interior Minister Karl Nehammer speaks at a press conference in Vienna, capital of Austria, Nov. 3, 2020. One person was killed and several people were

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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday defended his decision to impose a new lockdown on England, the

People pay tribute to victims of knife attack outside Notre-Dame basilica in Nice, France, Oct. 30, 2020. France's vigilance against terrorism is raised to the

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At least one person dead, 15 injured in Vienna shooting, which Austrian authorities called a “repulsive terror attack”: media report

The water level of the Nile near the confluence of its two major tributaries, the White Nile and the Blue Nile, starts to gradually decline after unprecedented

A woman wearing a face mask walks past a graffiti in tribute to health workers at Clinicas Hospital in Sao Paulo, Brazil on Oct. 2, 2020. (Photo by Rahel Patra

An empty road is seen in Chennai in India's southern Tamil Nadu State on June 19, 2020. Photo: Xinhua
Local government in India's southern state of Tamil Nadu o

At least four people were killed as Typhoon Goni pounded the Philippines Sunday with authorities warning of "catastrophic" conditions in the hardest-hit regions

Australia's foreign minister has welcomed Qatar's steps to ­prosecute those responsible for subjecting female travelers to gynecological searches at the Gul

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US President Donald Trump said on Friday that the United States will suspend preferential trade benefits for certain Thai products under the s

A health worker takes swab samples from a woman for COVID-19 test on the roadside, in Bangalore, India on Oct. 9, 2020. (Str/Xinhua)

India's COVID-19 tally re

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India's federal government has decided to import one million tonnes of potatoes to check rising prices, state-run broadcaster - All India Radio (AIR)

A federal judge in Texas scheduled an emergency hearing for Monday on whether Houston officials unlawfully allowed drive-through voting and should toss 100,000

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The COVID-19 death toll in the United States is expected to reach almost 400,000 by Feb 1, according to an updated key COVID-19 model.

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