A man sits in an empty cafe in London on Thursday after Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced new restrictions to combat the rise in coronavirus cas

US Vice President Mike Pence (front) attends a press conference on the coronavirus at the White House in Washington D.C., the United States, on March 2, 2020. (

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The total number of confirmed cases of African swine fever (ASF) in wild boars in Germany increased to 53 since the first case was detected in

US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that remaining US troops in Afghanistan should return home by Christmas.

Spurring ambitious-enough action to stem climate change will require persuading most people that its impacts - from deadlier weather to surging migration - are

Britain's Prince William on Thursday launched the "most prestigious" environmental prize of all time, aimed at turning "pessimism into optimism" by rewarding in

On hearing that they had been awarded a Nobel Chemistry Prize for their groundbreaking work on gene-editing, Jennifer Doudna and Emmanuelle Charpentier said the

Two policemen have been injured after a late night shooting in the French city of Herblay, north of the capital, Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said on Thurs

US President Donald Trump speaks to reporters before leaving the White House in Washington D.C., the United States, on March 3, 2020. (Xinhua/Liu Jie)

US Presi

Photo taken on Oct. 8, 2019 shows an aerial view of Manhattan in New York City, the United States. (Xinhua/Li Muzi)
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio on Wednes

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US Vice President Mike Pence and Senator Kamala Harris, the Democratic vice presidential nominee, clashed on Wednesday over White Hou

People attend a protest outside the New York City Hall in New York, the United States, June 30, 2020. Protests following the death of black man George Floyd hav

A man shops at a curbside fruit store in Toronto, Canada, on May 11, 2020. (Photo by Zou Zheng/Xinhua)
The Canadian government announced Wednesday that it is m

A woman gets COVID-19 test at a makeshift test site in Kew Gardens, one of the COVID-19 hotspot areas in New York City, the United States, Oct. 6, 2020. (Xinhua

Pedestrians walk amid COVID-19 outbreak, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Oct. 7, 2020. Brazil on Wednesday said 31,553 COVID-19 cases were reported over the past 24 hours

A security officer wearing a face mask checks the temperature of a customer outside an Apple store in Toronto, Canada, on Oct. 6, 2020.Photo:Xinhua
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Empty chairs sit on the Ellipse near the White House in Washington, DC, the United States, on Oct 4, 2020. Twenty thousand empty chairs were set up near the Whi

Despite the country's coronavirus lockdown, Costa Rica's island of San Lucas, a former penal colony with a dark history, has been newly converted into a tourist

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The Commission on Presidential Debates announced on Thursday that next week's debate between U.S. President Donald Trump and U.S. Democratic presi

US President Barack Obama greets US troops during a surprise visit to Bagram Air Field, north of Kabul, in Afghanistan, on Sunday, prior to the Memorial Day hol

File photo taken on June 27, 2019 shows Senator Kamala Harris of California being interviewed after the second night of the first Democratic primary debate in M

Image provided by the White House shows U.S. President Donald Trump participating in a phone call with Vice President Mike Pence, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo

Photo taken in Arlington, Virginia, the United States on Sept. 29, 2020 shows C-SPAN 2 live stream of U.S. President Donald Trump (L) and his Democratic challen

A man is seen with a picture of his family member who died from COVID-19 among U.S. national flags representing the 200,000 lives lost to COVID-19 in the United

A medical worker collects a swab sample from a woman for a RT-PCR COVID-19 test in Ghaziabad, India on Sunday. India reported about 6 million coronavirus infect