Germany should not extend the life of its remaining nuclear power plants, two ministries said on Tuesday, as Europes largest economy wrestles with its dependence on Russian energy imports following the invasion of Ukraine.A view shows a cooling tower of the nuclear power plant Emsland in Lingen, wes[More]
Malaysia will reopen its borders on April 1 after two years and lift remaining coronavirus restrictions on businesses as it moves to restore normal life, Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob announced Tuesday.In this aerial image taken with a drone, the sun rises in the background of the city center i[More]
About 370 residents were evacuated from the slopes of Guatemala’s Volcano of Fire Tuesday as red-hot rock and ash flowed down the slopes toward an area devastated by a deadly 2018 eruption.Handout picture released by Bomberos Volutarios shows Firefighters help evacuees settle in a temporary shelter [More]
A fire broke out at an oil storage facility in the city of Vasilkov near Ukraine capital, February 27, 2022. /CFP Editor's note: Nikola Mikovic is a freelance journalist based in Serbia. He covers mostly Russian, Ukrainian and Belarusian foreign policy issues and writes fo[More]
In recent years, the Japanese government has given prominence to "human rights" in the field of foreign policy, and some politicians with extreme ideologies have deliberately hyped other countries "human rights issues" for unilaterally flaunting and beautifying Ja[More]
Major school districts around the country are allowing students into classrooms without masks for the first time in nearly two years, eliminating rules that stirred up intense fights among educators, school boards and parents throughout the pandemic.Children and their caregivers arrive for school in[More]
As demand for COVID-19 vaccines collapses in many areas of the U.S., states are scrambling to use stockpiles of doses before they expire and have to be added to the millions that have already gone to waste.The first boxes of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine are loaded into a truck for [More]
ANKARA, March 8 (Xinhua) -- Turkey plans to pump gas from its natural gas reserves in the Black Sea to its main grid in the first quarter of 2023, state media reported on Tuesday.File photo: AFPThe 540-billion cubic meter natural gas reserves, which were found in the Sakarya gas field off the coast [More]
LONDON, March 8 (Xinhua) -- John Bercow, who served as speaker of Britains House of Commons (lower house of Parliament) during fraught debates over Brexit, was described as a "liar" and a "serial bully" by an Independent Expert Panel (IEP) in a report published on[More]
President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen delivers a statement to the media prior to a meeting with Italys Prime Minister Mario Draghi at EU headquarters in Brussels, Monday, March 7, 2022. (Photo: AP)BRUSSELS, March 8 (Xinhua) -- The European Commission announced on Tuesday a plan t[More]