The COVID-19-related economic slowdown failed to put a brake on climate change drivers and accelerating impacts, said a UN report released on Monday. (6 hours ago)
Hundreds of passengers from Australia began arriving in New Zealand airports on Monday after authorities reopened borders, a pandemic milestone that allows quarantine-free travel between the countries for the first time in over a year.
Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla has agreed to Japanese Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide's request to supply additional doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, the vaccine minister of Japan said on Sunday.
The growth rate of the Asian economy in 2021 is expected to reach at least 6.5 percent, according to a report released by the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) Sunday.
The European Commission intended to approve the European Union's (EU) member states' recovery and resilience plans by summer and then begin to disburse funds from the Recovery and Resilience Facility accordingly, the commission's executive vice-president responsible for economy Valdis Dombrovskis said on Friday.
The number of new cases per week has nearly doubled globally over the past two months, approaching the highest rate seen so far during the pandemic, the head of the World Health Organisation said.
India reported yet another fresh high of 217,353 new COVID-19 cases, as the daily spike surpassed 200,000 for the second consecutive day, taking the total tally to 14,291,917, according to the data released by the federal health ministry Friday.
The Republic of Korea President Moon Jae-in is scheduled to visit Washington D.C. in the latter half of May for summit talks with US President Joe Biden at the invitation of Biden, the ROK presidential Blue House said Friday.
NDO – Following his recent visit to Russia, European Union (EU) High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell said that relations between the two sides are “at a crossroads”.
A senior Japanese ruling party official said on Thursday that cancelling the Olympics in Tokyo remains an option if the coronavirus crisis becomes too dire, as Japan tackles its fourth wave of infections less than 100 days ahead of the planned start of the Games.
NDO – Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov recently paid a visit to the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) to discuss bilateral cooperation as well as “hot” international issues. With efforts to promote the effectiveness of its mediating role for a series of crises, Russia continues to maintain its position and enhance its influence in this geopolitically strategic region.
