Firefighters battle a wildfire in Carrascal, Proenca a Nova, Portugal on Aug 6, 2023. (PHOTO / AFP) ODEMIRA, Portugal – Hundreds of firefighters scrambled on Tuesday to put out a blaze raging in southern Portugal that has scorched thousands of hectares of land and forced the evacuation of around 1,400 people. The wildfire, currently being […]
This illustration provided by the National Ignition Facility at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory depicts a target pellet inside a hohlraum capsule with laser beams entering through openings on either end. The beams compress and heat the target to the necessary conditions for nuclear fusion to occur. (LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY VIA AP) US scientists […]
Tembe Indigenous dancers perform at the start of a ceremony presenting Brazil's national Indigenous census at Theater da Paz for a in Belem, Brazil, Aug 7, 2023. (PHOTO / AP） BRASILIA – Brazil has 1.69 million Indigenous people, almost twice as many as previously acknowledged by the state, according to numbers announced on Monday by […]
Demonstrators gather in front of the Embassy of Niger in Paris, in support of Nigerien President Mohamed Bazoum and ECOWAS, on Aug 5, 2023. (PHOTO / AP) NIAMEY/WASHINGTON – US Acting Deputy Secretary of State Victoria Nuland met Niger's coup leaders to push for a solution to the current political crisis in Niger on Monday without […]
This handout photograph taken and released by the Russian Space Agency Roscosmos on Aug 7, 2023, shows technicians finishing to assemble a Soyuz 2.1b rocket carrying the Luna-25 lander ahead of its launch scheduled for August 11, 2023, at the Vostochny cosmodrome, some 180 km north of Blagoveschensk, in the Amur region. (PHOTO / AFP) […]
Storm clouds darken the sky over the Washington Monument, Aug 7, 2023, in Washington. Thousands of federal employees were sent home early Monday as the Washington area faced a looming forecast for destructively strong storms. (PHOTO / AP) WASHINGTON – US government offices in the Washington DC area closed early on Monday because of threatening […]
Seabed images of wreckage give new insight, fuel fresh surge of interest The SS Nomadic, a tender to RMS Titanic and the last surviving White Star Line boat, is displayed at Titanic Belfast, a visitor attraction near the Titanic's birthplace in Belfast, Northern Ireland. (PHOTO PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY) Editor's note: More than a century […]
Tou Thao listens as prosecutor Erin Eldridge speaks during his sentencing hearing in Hennepin County District Court on Aug 7, 2023, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (PHOTO / AP) Former Minneapolis police officer Tou Thao was sentenced on Monday to 4-3/4 years in prison for aiding and abetting manslaughter in the 2020 killing of George Floyd, a […]
In this Aug 12, 2017 file photo, white nationalist demonstrators clash with counter demonstrators at the entrance to Lee Park in Charlottesville, US. (PHOTO / AP) The United States has become a breeding ground for a growing number of "active clubs" that train white supremacist extremists in martial arts, neo-Nazi ideology, and in defending their […]
Demonstrators gather in front of the Embassy of Niger in Paris, in support of Nigerien President Mohamed Bazoum and ECOWAS, on Aug 5, 2023. (PHOTO / AP) NIAMEY – West African leaders scheduled a summit for Thursday to discuss the Niger junta's rejection of an ultimatum to reinstate the ousted president, as the United States […]
US President Joe Biden speaks during a Juneteenth concert on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, June 13, 2023. (PHOTO / AP) A federal appeals court on Monday blocked the Biden administration from proceeding with another piece of its student debt relief agenda, a rule that would make it easier for people […]
Russian S-400 air defense missile systems move at the embankment along the Kremlin wall after the Victory Day military parade in Moscow, Russia, May 9, 2023, marking the 78th anniversary of the end of World War II. (PHOTO / MOSCOW NEWS AGENCY VIA AP) MOSCOW – Russia's air defense system has destroyed an unmanned aerial […]
In this photo taken on June 15, 2020, a forensic scientist at a morgue in the coastal city of Sfax prepares to take a DNA sample from the body of one of the 52 African migrants, who died at sea when their boat capsized near Tunisia's Kerkennah islands. (PHOTO / AFP) TUNIS – Seven more […]
Workers with heavy machinery on the bank of the Amazon River in Tabatinga, Brazil, on the border with Colombia, on July 7, 2023. (PHOTO / AFP) SAO PAULO — Eight Amazon rainforest nations are expected to face divisions over proposals to block new oil drilling and end deforestation when they meet on Tuesday for their […]
A man cools off in Skopje, on July 18, 2023, as Europe braces for record-smashing heat. (PHOTO / AFP) BRUSSELS/LONDON — Major increase in solar power generation in southern Europe played a leading role in averting energy shortages during the heatwaves of recent weeks when temperatures broke records and drove unprecedented demand for air conditioning. […]
A man cools off in Skopje, on July 18, 2023, as Europe braces for record-smashing heat. (PHOTO / AFP) BRUSSELS/LONDON — Major increase in solar power generation in southern Europe played a leading role in averting energy shortages during the heatwaves of recent weeks when temperatures broke records and drove unprecedented demand for air conditioning. […]
This photo taken and released by the Russian Space Agency Roscosmos shows technicians preparing the Luna-25 rover (Moon-25) for the launch at the Vostochny cosmodrome, some 180 km north of Blagoveschensk, in the Amur region on August 1, 2023. (PHOTO / AFP) Russia will evacuate a village in its far east on Aug 11 as […]
In this picture taken from a video distributed on Aug 6, 2023 by the Italian Alpine Rescue squads, a migrant stranded on a rocky reef on the tiny Italian southern island of Lampedusa, Sicily is pluck to safety by helicopter. (PHOTO / ITALIAN ALPINE RESCUE VIA AP) ROME – Two people died and around 30 […]
Restrictions offer no real protection and damage bilateral relations, experts say Supporters of TikTok rally at the Capitol in Washington, March 22, 2023. (PHOTO / AP) Editor's note: As the United States has been imposing economic sanctions and export controls of technology on China, this page analyzes its purpose and reviews some of its sanctions […]
As leaders of five emerging economies prepare to convene for the 15th BRICS summit on Aug 22 to 24 in South Africa, there are high expectations among observers about the outcomes of the meeting. It will be the first physical meeting of member countries, namely Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa since the COVID-19 […]
