The conservation of Hainan gibbons in China is a success for biodiversity preservation worldwide, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) announced on Sunday at the ongoing 7th World Conservation Congress (WCC).
A lot has changed since the Taliban were last in charge, like cell phones and social media. But much has not, especially Afghanistan's enduring problem: poverty. The week after Kabul fell a local journalist took a road trip from the border to the capital.
The NFL will kick off its 102nd season Thursday, and despite fascinating headlines around stars like Aaron Rodgers and Tom Brady, the league will be playing under the shadow of the Covid-19 pandemic amidst growing public concern about the Delta variant.
Despite the Taliban's control over nearly all of Afghanistan, fighting continues in the northern Panjshir Valley. But the leader of the National Resistance Front (NRF) Ahmad Massoud says he is willing to negotiate a settlement with the Taliban in order to stop the fighting.
Malaysia is looking forward to finding new sectors of growth for exports of services by taking advantage of the ongoing 2021 China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS), said Ambassador of Malaysia to China Raja Nushirwan Zainal Abidin on Friday.
Georgia steadfastly supports the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and expects more bilateral cooperation with China under the initiative, Georgian Ambassador to China Archil Kalandia said Saturday.
In an interview with CNN's Jim Acosta, Dr. Anthony Fauci said booster doses of Moderna's Covid-19 vaccine may be delayed from rolling out the week of September 20 as planned.
In February, US President Joe Biden denounced America's dependency on Chinese protective equipment and announced several measures to shore up local producers. But as Clare Sebastian reports, the PPE industry shows just how difficult this is in practice.
Rosario (Argentina) (AFP) – The Parana River, second in size only to the Amazon in South America, is suffering its worst low since 1941, with experts unsure as to whether this owes to its natural cycle or to climate change. The river is crucial for providing drinking water and irrigating farmland, generating electricity as well as for transporting goods to landlocked Paraguay and Bolivia.
Cheryl "MaMaw" Rogers Smith died at her neighbors' home after floods swept into LaPlace, Lousiana during Hurricane Ida. Now her family is picking up the pieces.
White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain says the Biden administration will wait for FDA and CDC approval before offering vaccine booster shots but is still optimistic that some Americans will be able to get boosters beginning September 20th.
Documentarian Ken Burns reflects on the dangers of divisive rhetoric in the U.S. He says the effort to rewrite history around the Capitol Riot is 'one of the great crises along with the Civil War, the Depression and the Second World War." He warns, "If you get your news from one echo chamber, you're in dangerous trouble, risking now in the midst of this coronavirus crisis your own life and the lives of those you love the most.
