Category Archives: World

BEIJING - In a rare admission of the weakness of Chinese coronavirus vaccines, the country's top disease control official says their effectiveness is low and the government is considering mixing them ...

LONDON - British teen drama "Rocks" and American gig-economy Western "Nomadland" lead the race for the British Academy Film Awards, which are being handed out Sunday during a pandemic-curbed ceremony....

BEIJING - Rescuers on Sunday were trying to reach 21 coal miners who were trapped by an underground flood in China's northwest, a state news agency reported. The mine in Hutubi County in the Xinjiang ...

YANGON, Myanmar - At least 82 people were killed in one day in a crackdown by Myanmar security forces on pro-democracy protesters, according to reports Saturday from independent local media and an org...

PANAMA CITY, Fla. - A cluster of severe storms swept across the South early Saturday, leaving one person dead in Louisiana, toppling trees and power lines in Mississippi, dropping large hail on an Ala...

SRINAGAR, India - Government forces killed five suspected rebels, including a teenager, in gunfights in Indian-controlled Kashmir, police said Sunday. The back-to-back clashes began late Saturday afte...

TEHRAN, Iran - A spokesman for Iran's civilian nuclear program says an "accident" has struck the electrical distribution grid of the country's Natanz nuclear facility, without elaborating. Behrouz Kam...

LIVERPOOL, England - Rachael Blackmore broke down one of the biggest gender barriers in sports by becoming the first female jockey to win the grueling Grand National horse race. Blackmore, a 31-year-o...

MALANG, Indonesia - A strong earthquake killed at least six people and damaged buildings on Indonesia's main island of Java and shook the tourist hotspot of Bali, officials said Saturday. No tsunami w...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - The United Arab Emirates named the next two astronauts in its space program Saturday, including the country's first female astronaut. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktou...