Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on Monday set a 2050 deadline for the world's third-largest economy to become carbon neutral, significantly firming up the
2020-10-28India's southern city of Hyderabad is known as a high-tech hub - but its infrastructure is looking increasingly dated in an era of strengthening climate change
2020-10-28An incident at Doha airport in which Australian women were subjected to an invasive search on the tarmac after the discovery of an abandoned newborn baby in the
2020-10-28Malaysia said on Monday it will host the first ever virtual summit of leaders from Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) economies in November.
Doubts had a
Yoshihide Suga Photo: VCG
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday welcomed Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga's pledge to cut greenhouse gas emissi
Melbourne on Tuesday recorded its second consecutive day with no new coronavirus cases, as bars and restaurants in the epicentre of Australia's second-wave outb
2020-10-28A security guard stands on an empty main street at dusk in Namie, north of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan on March 9, 2016.
2020-10-28The Atomic Bomb Dome seen at dusk on August 4, 2020 in Hiroshima, western Japan, as the city of Hiroshima marks the 75th anniversary of the US atomic bombing.
2020-10-28A train for the Orange Line arrives at a subway station in Lahore, Pakistan, Oct. 26, 2020. (Xinhua/Liu Tian)
After a five-year construction, Pakistan's firs
A resident holds onto his umbrella in strong wind as others stand by their wooden boats along the coastal area of Legaspi in Albay Province, the Philippines on
2020-10-28A suicide bomber struck near an education center in the Afghan capital Kabul on Saturday, killing at least 18 people in an attack claimed by the extremist Islam
2020-10-26Photo taken on May 18, 2020 shows a logo in front of AstraZeneca's building in Luton, Britain. AstraZeneca, which is developing a possible vaccine against COVID
2020-10-26Photo: CFP
The "less-furious" final presidential debate before the US election played out on Thursday night, in which US President Donald Trump and Democratic
A Palestinian woman spreads dates to dry before packaging inside their house in Dir Al Balah city, central Gaza Strip, on Oct. 22, 2020. (Photo by Rizek Abdelj
2020-10-26Photo taken on Oct. 24, 2020 shows an Orange Line metro train preparing for commercial operation in Pakistan's eastern city of Lahore. Pakistan's first ever me
2020-10-26A pedestrian walks past a Samsung Electronics billboard in Seoul, South Korea, Aug. 24, 2012. (Xinhua/Park Jin-hee)Lee Kun-hee, the charismatic leader of Samsun
2020-10-26Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez (C) takes part in an emergency cabinet meeting in Madrid, Spain, on Oct. 25, 2020. Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on
2020-10-26Britain has banned sexual relations between government staff giving aid and people receiving it, as lawmakers seek to stamp out abuse in the aid sector followin
2020-10-26A policeman patrols during the curfew in Nice, southern France, Oct. 24, 2020. The "grave" resurgence of the epidemic has forced the French government to exten
2020-10-26French President Emmanuel Macron pays his respects by the coffin of Samuel Paty in Paris on Wednesday during a national homage to the French teacher, who was be
2020-10-26Italian police officers clash with far-right activists during a protest against the government restriction measures to curb COVID-19 in Rome, Italy on Saturda
2020-10-26Russian Ambassador to China Andrey Denisov Photo: Courtesy of organizersThe Russian Culture Center in Beijing celebrated the 10th anniversary of its establishme
2020-10-26Under stress from a historic drought, large swathes of forest and wetlands in central South America known for their exceptional biodiversity have been ravaged b
2020-10-26Marc Short (left), Chief of Staff to the US Vice President Mike Pence. Photo: AFP
US Vice President Mike Pence's chief of staff tested positive for the corona
The cover of New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo's new book American Crisis: Leadership Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic. (Xinhua)
American Crisis: Leader