A draft EU ban on microplastics would allow industry to use even smaller particles in cosmetics, detergents and paints, which could be more damaging than the ti

A bug involving US-based telecoms giant CenturyLink briefly interrupted internet service in several global markets Sunday, affecting popular streaming services,

A share of the cattle supplied to Brazil's markets are fattened on illegally deforested Amazon land. To conceal that fact from buyers, the animals often are pas

People wearing face masks walk on a street in Washington, D.C., the United States, Aug. 14, 2020. A new ensemble forecast published by the U.S. Centers for Dise

Nicole Blake Chafetz (left), the aunt of Jacob Blake, embraces Victoria Pacho, a US Black Lives Matter (BLM) protester, during a BLM rally on Sunday in Seattle,

At a factory south of Japan's Toyota City, robots have started sharing the work of quality-control inspectors, as the pandemic accelerates a shift from Toyota's

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Regional Revitalization Minister Shigeru Ishiba react after passing controversial security bills during a lower house plen

At least 10 people have been killed in fresh fighting between nomadic herders and farmers in southern Chad, a local prosecutor said Sunday, with the most of the

A French woman arrested for allegedly making a video of herself without clothes on a holy bridge in India apologized Sunday, but denied being completely naked a

A Palestinian groom wearing a face mask is seen at his wedding ceremony in the southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis, on Aug. 31, 2020. Palestine recorded the

Migrants stand on board the rescue ship Louise Michel, funded by British street artist Banksy, during a rescue operation by crew members of civil sea rescue shi

Qatar announced changes to its labor laws on Sunday, raising the minimum wage by 25 percent to 1,000 riyals ($275) a month and scrapping a requirement for worke

A US national flag and flowers are seen at a cemetery in New York, the United States, July 29, 2020. (Xinhua/Wang Ying)

Only 6 percent of COVID-19 deaths in t

A woman walks past damaged buildings in Beirut, Lebanon, Aug. 29, 2020. Two huge explosions rocked Port of Beirut on Aug. 4, shaking buildings all over Lebanon'

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau addresses party members at the Liberal Party campaign headquarters in Montreal, Canada, Oct. 21, 2019. (Photo by Raffi Ki

People sit by the roadside in Burlingame, California, the United States, July 4, 2020. (Photo by Li Jianguo/Xinhua)
Leading epidemiologists warned on Monday tha

Image provided by the National Security Commission shows the Federal Police personnel guarding sacks with "black cocaine" in Mexico City, capital of Mexico, on

A pedestrian wearing a face mask walks on the street in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Aug. 12, 2020.(Str/Xinhua)
Brazil on Monday said its COVID-19 death toll surpassed 12

German leaders Sunday condemned the "unacceptable" attempt by protesters to storm the Reichstag parliament building during a mass rally against coronavirus rest

Indian forces opened fire with shotgun pellets and tear gas Saturday at a procession by hundreds of Muslims in troubled Kashmir, injuring dozens of people who h

Shinzo Abe Photo: AFP

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announcing Friday he would step down from his post due to the recurrence of the same intestinal disea

A Palestinian health worker measures the body temperature of a woman at Al Amal hospital, in the southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis, on Aug. 28, 2020. Pale

A health worker collects swab samples for COVID-19 test in Hyderabad, India on Aug. 28, 2020. (Str/Xinhua)

India's COVID-19 tally reached 3,387,500, and death

Two men wearing face masks sit on a bench in a park in Ankara, Turkey, on Aug. 28, 2020. Turkey confirmed 1,517 new COVID-19 cases on Friday, raising the total

Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga attends a news conference at Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's official residence in Tokyo, Japan on May 29, 2017. Phot