Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz meet on Ukraine at the Kremlin, in Moscow, on February 15, 2022. The Kremlin earlier confirmed a pullback of some Russian forces from Ukraine's borders but said the move was planned and stressed Russia would continue to mo...
A windmill farm is pictured at Osian in Jodhpur district of India's Rajasthan state on October 6, 2021. Photo: AFPA conservationist wants India's government to bury renewable power lines to protect rare birds. Protesting villagers halt a wind energy project to save their local forest. And f...
Tanks at the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant store nuclear-contaminated wastewater. Photo: XinhuaAn International Atomic Energy Agency task force began a mission Monday in Japan to review the controversial planned release of treated water from the Fukushima nuclear plant into the ocean. M...
Students wearing face masks attend class at a school in Bangalore, India, Jan. 1, 2021. The southern state of Karnataka on Friday opened schools for students of grade 10 and 12 after a gap of more than nine months. (Str/Xinhua)Senior schools reopened in the Indian state of Karnataka on Wednesday a...
Lee Jae-myung (left), the presidential candidate of the ruling Democratic Party, and Yoon Suk-yeol, the presidential candidate of the main opposition People Power Party, take part in a meeting at a Seoul hotel, South Korea, December 28, 2021, to discuss a parliamentary bill aimed at boosting balanc...
File picture of Australia PM Scott Morrison. /XinhuaAustralian Prime Minister Scott Morrison's Liberal Party suffered a major upset in New South Wales state's by-elections, preliminary reports indicated on Sunday, presenting a challenge for his ruling coalition ahead of federal elections du...
Visually impaired voters show their inked finger after casting their ballot at a polling station during the Uttarakhand state assembly elections in Haridwar, India on February 14, 2022. The elections will elect 70 members of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly. The votes will be counted and the re...
Bike riders gather for a Freedom and Rights Coalition demonstration to demand an end to COVID-19 restrictions and mandatory vaccination outside the Parliament House building in Wellington, New Zealand on Tuesday. Photo: AFPEfforts to clear New Zealand anti-vaccine protesters by blasting Barry...
Vehicles block the streets around the parliament building, or The Beehive, (center behind) in Wellington, New Zealand on February 9, 2022, on the second day of the demonstration against COVID-19 restrictions, inspired by a similar one in Canada. Photo: AFPCyclone Dovi caused power outages, mudslide...
People view the countdown to 2022 light projection show held at Singapore's Marina Bay on Dec. 28, 2021.(Photo: Xinhua)A sharp fall in trade visitors is expected at the Singapore Airshow this week compared to the last edition two years ago as COVID-19 continues to hit the industry, the or...
