Visitors are seen at the sightseeing spot Asakusa, in Tokyo, Japan, Oct. 4, 2020. This is the first Sunday following the Japanese government including Tokyo in

People enjoy food at a Chinese restaurant named "Ginyaki" in Islamabad, capital of Pakistan on Oct. 7, 2020. (Xinhua/Ahmad Kamal)

Muhammad Ahmed, a resident o

People rest in front of the Sydney Opera House in Sydney, Australia, on Aug. 6, 2020. (Xinhua/Bai Xuefei)

Australian universities are renowned for drawing mil

People wearing face mask walk at a market in Kathmandu, Nepal, on Oct. 7, 2020. With new infections reported in last 24 hours, the total COVID-19 cases in the c

People bicycle to work in Manila, the Philippines on Monday amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Photo: AFP

The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the Philippines s

Bangladesh must do more to tackle child marriage if it is to meet its own goal of eliminating the crime by 2041, according to a United Nations report released o

Japan is planning to remove a ban on overseas travel to China and 11 other countries and regions in November, the Yomiuri newspaper reported on Thursday.

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Two girls returning from Jordan by a UN plane are seen at the Sanaa International Airport in Sanaa, Yemen, on Oct. 4, 2020. A UN plane brought Yemeni civilian p

A woman walks past the United Nations headquarters in New York, the United States, Sept. 14, 2020. (Photo: Xinhua)
The "snapback" mechanism on sanctions against

Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani arrives at Doha International Airport in Doha, Qatar on Oct. 5, 2020. Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani on Monday le

Airport worker sprays disinfectant on the luggage of passengers upon entering the Damascus International Airport in the Syrian capital Damascus on Oct. 1, 2020.

Photo taken on Oct. 8, 2020 shows flooded area in central Vietnam's Quang Tri Province.Photo:Xinhua
Heavy rains and floods have left five people dead and three

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic Photo: AFP

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic spoke highly of the Serbia-China friendship when he attended a reception the

PA musician plays cello in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, capital of Germany, May 26, 2020. (Photo: Xinhua)

Effective Oct. 1, Germany has lifted a g

A person wearing a mask walks across the Millennium Bridge in London, Britain, on March 9, 2020. As of 9 a.m. (0900GMT) on Monday, 319 people in Britain have te

A woman wearing a face mask walks on a street in Tehran, Iran, on Sept. 26, 2020. The total number of COVID-19 infections confirmed in Iran reached 443,086 on S

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The 2020 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Harvey J. Alter, Michael Houghton

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen arrives for a special EU summit in Brussels, Belgium, July 20, 2020. (European Union/Handout via Xinhua)Europ

Firefighters prepare to turn over a plane damaged by strong wind at Lucko Sport Airport near Zagreb, Croatia, Oct. 4, 2020. A big storm with strong wind, heavy

A large amount of cocaine hidden inside fertilizers are displayed at the Ambarli Port in Istanbul, Turkey, Oct. 6, 2020. Turkish police seized 228 kilograms coc

The 2020 Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to Roger Penrose, Reinhard Genzel and Andrea Ghez., the Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet announced on Tu

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The UK is unlikely to follow the path of the US government in restricting Chinese students, a major source of revenue for the UK education

Russia on Wednesday evacuated more than 2,000 people from nearby villages after a wildfire set off explosions at a munitions depot in the Ryazan region southeas

People walk on Tower Bridge in London, Britain, on Sept. 14, 2020. (Photo by Tim Ireland/Xinhua)

The British government announced Wednesday further details fo

A man wearing a protective mask is seen in Moscow, Russia. File photo: Xinhua

Russia registered 11,115 new COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, close to its