Just next to Nepal's Mayadevi temple, known as where Buddha was born more than 2,600 years ago, hundreds of people wait outside a makeshift hospital hoping their fading eyesight will be restored by eye surgeon Dr. Sanduk Ruit. (April 8)
After more than two months of living in temporary housing, Vice President Kamala Harris and her husband are moving this week into the official vice presidential residence on Massachusetts Avenue in Washington after some repairs were completed.
Train drivers across Taiwan sound their horns to mourn the deceased in the Hualien train crash, the island's worst railway accident in decades, which killed 50 people and left more than 200 injured.
After a hard-fought battle, the overdose rate in Huntington, West Virginia, plummeted – until the coronavirus pandemic arrived and undid much of the local response team's work. (April 8)
After a hard-fought battle, the overdose rate in Huntington, West Virginia, plummeted – until the coronavirus pandemic arrived and undid much of the local response team's work. (April 8)
Beijing city authorities are giving businesses and apartment blocks colour-coded grades in order to persuade residents to receive their Covid-19 jabs, amid a nationwide push to overcome vaccine reluctance.
A fire at a suburban Houston chemical warehouse on Wednesday emitted a dense column of black smoke that was visible for miles. Officials say the fire involved toxic chemicals but no unsafe air pollution levels were detected and nobody was hurt.
Rio de Janeiro (AFP) – Health workers treat Covid-19 patients in an intensive care unit at Rio de Janeiro's Ronaldo Gazolla hospital, as Brazil registers more than 4,000 Covid-19 deaths in 24 hours for the first time.
A dozen hunger strikers took their first bites of food in New York on Wednesday to celebrate the $2.1 billion set aside in a state budget deal hammered out this week for undocumented immigrants hurt by the pandemic. (April 7)
European drug regulators have confirmed a link between the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 shot and rare blood clots, as UK authorities recommended that people under 30 should take alternative vaccines.
New Yorkers age 16 and older became eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine this week. One New York City teen says he's 'excited to move toward normalcy.' (April 7)
