Pedestrians walk past the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, the United States, Sept. 3, 2020. U.S. stocks plunged on Thursday, as a steep sell-off in

A Palestinian girl wearing a face mask and gloves stands in front of a grocery store in Gaza City, during the lockdown to contain the spread of COVID-19, on Sep

A girl sells flowers at the Corniche of Beirut, Lebanon, on Sept. 6, 2020. Lebanon's number of COVID-19 infections increased on Sunday by 415 cases to 20,426 wh

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Yury Borisov (R, front) arrives at Damascus international airport in Damascus, capital of Syria, on Sept. 6, 2020. A senior Russia

People wearing face masks carry shopping bags as they walk near Herald Square in New York City, the US on June 25. Photo: AFP

Malls in New York City and casin

A medical worker takes a swab sample from a child for COVID-19 test amid the pandemic in Mexico City, Mexico, Aug. 26, 2020. (Photo by Israel Rosas/Xinhua)

Me

A tour bus ticket salesperson waits for customers on Times Square in New York, the United States, Aug. 31, 2020. (Xinhua/Wang Ying)

"Industries that have not

A worker disinfects the Salt Cathedral in Zipaquira, north of Bogota, Brazil on Sunday during the COVID-19 pandemic. Photo: AFP

Brazil on Thursday said the co

A nurse prepares for medical examination of a volunteer for the COVID-19 vaccine study at the Research Centers of America in Hollywood, Florida, the US on Augus

Jonetta Ewing (center), partner of the late Dijon Kizee who was killed by sheriff's deputies, breaks down at the weekly Black Lives Matter protest in Los Angele

US Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden speaks during a campaign event in Wilmington, Delaware, the US on Wednesday. Photo: AFPUS Democratic presidential c

The international e-cigarette experience exhibition was held in Beijing in October 2017. Photo: VCG

Troubled e-cigarette maker Juul plans to pull out of Europe

Canada's chief public health officer on Wednesday urged couples to wear masks during sex to prevent the spread of coronavirus.

"The lowest risk sexual activity

Gunmen killed eight people including two minors and wounded more than a dozen others in an attack on a wake in central Mexico, prosecutors said Wednesday.

The

An information board shows canceled flights ahead of the arrival of Typhoon Maysak at Gimpo domestic airport in Seoul, South Korea on Wednesday. Flights were gr

Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga on Wednesday said he would run for leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), formally entering a race

Joshan missile vessel of Iranian Navy arrives at Baku port, Azerbaijan, on Oct. 19, 2016. (Xinhua/Tofik Babayev)

An Iranian defense official says Iran Navy's

U.S. soldiers guard at the site of a suicide bombing in Kabul, Afghanistan, Feb. 26, 2015. At least two people were killed while several others wounded after a

Screens display the flight number of the first-ever commercial flight from Israel to the UAE at the Ben Gurion Airport, Israel on Monday. The flight would carry

Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry (R) speaks during a joint press conference with visiting EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy

Silvio Berlusconi, former Italian prime minister and leader of Forza Italia party, prepares to cast his ballot at a polling station in Milan, Italy, May 26, 201

For the third time this year, torrential rains have hit Yemen, making "an already catastrophic humanitarian situation even worse," a UN spokesman said on Thursd

Demonstrators march on Wednesday in Kenosha, Wisconsin. The city declared a state of emergency curfew after a fourth night of civil unrest after the shooting of

Visual artists from the local College Of The Arts paint a mural in Namibian capital of Windhoek on Sept. 2, 2020. The mural illustrated Namibian people's fight

Silvio Berlusconi, former Italian prime minister and leader of Forza Italia party, prepares to cast his ballot at a polling station in Milan, Italy, May 26, 201