A measles outbreak has killed 80 children in Zimbabwe since April, the ministry of health said, blaming church sect gatherings for the surge.In a statement seen by Reuters Sunday, the ministry said the outbreak had now spread nationwide, with a case fa…
China’s financial hub Shanghai said on Sunday it would reopen all schools including kindergartens, primary and middle schools on Sept. 1 after months of COVID-19 closures.The city will require all teachers and students to take nucleic acid tests for th…
Author Salman Rushdie was talking Saturday, a day after he was repeatedly stabbed as he was about to deliver an address on artistic freedom at the Chautauqua Institution in western New York state.The president of the Chatauqua Institution, Michael Hill…
A painter in orange overalls touches up the image of a hand holding a rifle while an artist perched on scaffolding painstakingly places bits of colorful ceramic in a mosaic of a guerrilla fighter.The artists aren’t just decorating a wall: Together, the…
Talk about hot nights. America got some for the history books last month. The continental United States in July set a record for overnight warmth, providing little relief from the day’s sizzling heat for people, […]
A divided Congress gave final approval Friday to Democrats’ flagship climate, tax and health care bill, handing President Joe Biden a back-from-the-dead triumph on coveted priorities that the party hopes will bolster its prospects for […]
Luanda – Analysis at the organisational level and competitive will top meeting of the heads of mission of the countries competing for the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Tournament, underway on 24- 26 August in […]
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un declared victory in the battle against the novel coronavirus, ordering a lifting of maximum anti-epidemic measures imposed in May, state media said on Thursday.North Korea has not revealed how many confirmed infections o…
At the end of a dusty track in southwest England where the River Thames usually first emerges from the ground, there is scant sign of any moisture at all.The driest start to a year in decades has shifted the source of this emblematic English river seve…