This file photo shows a courier deliver food orders made by residents outside a residential compound in Haidian District of Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 23, 2022. (Xinhua/Ren Chao) BEIJING, China -- Beijing authorities said on Monday that the city is working to relieve the strain on courier...
SHANGHAI, China – China's major cities of Beijing and Shanghai were blanketed with security on Tuesday in the wake of nationwide rallies calling for political freedoms and an end to Covid lockdowns. Police vehicles are pictured along a street in Beijing on November 28, 2022. Noel CELIS / AFP...
SYDNEY, Australia – Australia's Great Barrier Reef should be added to a list of "in danger" World Heritage sites, according to UN experts who warned the fading wonder has been "significantly impacted" by climate change. AFP PHOTO/ MANILA BULLETIN A UNESCO-tasked report said on Monday warming...
LOS ANGELES, United States -- The devastation that Covid-19 has inflicted globally is truly historic and highlights the world's overall lack of public health preparedness for an outbreak of this magnitude, US top infectious diseases expert Anthony S. Fauci wrote in a newly-published perspective....
GENEVA, Switzerland -- To avoid racist stereotypes and stigmatization, the World Health Organization (WHO) recommended on Monday that the monkeypox virus be renamed "mpox." Both names -- mpox and monkeypox -- will be used simultaneously for one year while the latter is phased out, the WHO said in a...
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres (Front) speaks at a Security Council open debate on integrating effective resilience-building in peace operations for sustainable peace at the UN headquarters in New York, on Nov. 3, 2022. (Eskinder Debebe/UN Photo/Handout via Xinhua) UNITED NATIONS -- UN...
Twitter owner Elon Musk (AFP) SAN FRANCISCO, United States – Twitter owner Elon Musk on Monday opened fire against Apple over its tight control of what is allowed on the App Store, saying the iPhone maker has threatened to oust his recently acquired social media platform. Musk also joined the...
