Black-owned eateries buoyed by grassroots support since virus hit
Outside the Southwest Soda Pop Shop in Washington DC, a long line of customers waits, both to buy ice cream and to show solidarity with restaurants owned by African-Americans, a…
Annular solar eclipse dims Africa, Asia; poses danger to eyes: astronomer
Skywatchers along a narrow band from west Africa to the Arabian Peninsula, India and southern China will witness on Sunday a dramatic "ring of fire" solar eclipse. So-called annular eclipses…
Virus booze ban causes headache for S.African winemakers
Wineries around Cape Town fear a nine-week alcohol sales ban will leave a bad hangover that outlasts the coronavirus pandemic, as South African bottles lose their spots on international shelves…
Map of world’s uncharted ocean beds takes shape despite crisis
Plans to map the entire ocean floor by 2030 are going ahead despite the challenges of the coronavirus crisis, officials leading the project said, with almost a fifth covered so…
New Yorkers hold rallies, marches to mark Juneteenth
New Yorkers on Friday marked Juneteenth, the day commemorating the emancipation of enslaved African Americans, with marches and protests as the country is having a new moment of reckoning about…
Feature: For first time, Czech students take test in Chinese for graduation exam
Nikol Kremenakova and her classmate Laura Mecavova, both fourth-grade students in a Czech high school, became the first in their country on Friday by taking a test in Chinese for…
US COVID-19 cases top 2.2 mln: Johns Hopkins University
The number of COVID-19 cases in the United States topped 2.2 million on Friday, reaching 2,203,659 as of 12:33 p.m. (1633 GMT), according to the Center for Systems Science and…
Lockdown begins in India’s Chennai after surge in COVID-19 cases
Authorities in India's southern Tamil Nadu state imposed a fresh lockdown in the state capital of Chennai and its suburbs on Friday in wake of an increase in COVID-19 cases.…
U.S. imposes massive sanctions against Syria
The United States on Wednesday announced massive sanctions against Syria, in an effort to further deprive the revenue of the Syrian government. The latest sanctions, provisioned by the Caesar Act,…
Australia criticized for obstructing UN motion on probing US racism
Australia has been reportedly busy lobbying to play down and trying to impede a motion for an inquiry into US racism and police brutality at the United Nation Human Rights…