China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Zhao Lijian says "all legal rights and interests of Yang Jun have been fully protected," as China rejects comments made by the Australian Foreign Minister about the deteriorating health of the Australian academic, currently held in China, during a press briefing in Beijing.
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni sent his envoy to meet the President of Rwanda Paul Kagame on Monday as the two countries are reportedly planning to resume diplomatic dialogues that stalled last year.
The United Nations Resident Coordinator for the Pacific Islands Jonathan Veitch on Tuesday said all UN staff in Tonga are "accounted for" and "stepping up" efforts to coordinate the response to the eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano and subsequent tsunami.
A Florida woman survived a bear attack. The victim suffered a concussion, bites and scratches from the attack. Still, she says she's "lucky to be alive."
International Olympic Committee (IOC) member and Zimbabwe cabinet minister Kirsty Coventry conveyed a warm message of gratitude to China for hosting the upcoming 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, and wished China a successful Winter Olympics on Tuesday.
Chinese President Xi Jinping's speech at the 2022 World Economic Forum (WEF) virtual session marks an "important milestone" in promoting global cooperation amid the COVID-19 pandemic, said WEF Founder and Executive Chairman Klaus Schwab on Monday.
A massive cloud of volcanic ash blanketed Tonga over the weekend. Watch the moment the underwater volcano erupts.
Amy Crosby, a South Dakota mother whose 1-year-old son with down syndrome, Crue, has been battling a coronavirus infection since December, shares that her child was on a ventilator for a month.
With the help of a kayak and some quick thinking, residents near Ottawa, Canada saved a driver whose car partially plunged through the ice along the Rideau River, Ottawa Police said in a statement. Onlookers took stunning videos showing the car speeding across the frozen river and the driver standing on top of the car, taking selfies during the rescue.
Before and after satellite images looking down on Tonga's main island show communities covered in ash following the eruption of a nearby underwater volcano that experts say was likely the biggest recorded anywhere on Earth in more than 30 years.
China's will to promote globalization, shown in President Xi Jinping's speech delivered on Monday, will benefit world economy and prevent crises in different fields, said international experts. Chinese President Xi Jinping delivered an online keynote speech at the five-day Davos Agenda 2022 virtual event which began on Monday.
Jim Carrey celebrated his 60th birthday and marked the milestone event with a hilarious Twitter video.
