Chinese firms bet on plant-based meat as coronavirus fuels healthy eating trend
A small but growing coterie of Chinese companies are betting on a bright future for plant-based meat products as consumers take their health more seriously...
US official in deadly pedestrian crash reported hitting a deer
[caption id="attachment_10772" align="alignnone" width="800"] South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg[/caption] WASHINGTON: An official in the US state of South Dakota reported hitting a deer with...
Pope gives green light for extension of accord with Beijing
[caption id="attachment_10760" align="alignnone" width="1000"] Pope Francis speaks during his general audience as it is streamed via video over the internet from a library inside the...
North Korea’s Kim praises army for rebuilding typhoon-hit area, reports KCNA
North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un inspects a flood-hit site in Taechong-ri, Unpha County, North Hwanghae Province, North Korea in this picture released September 11, 2020....
China extends tariff exemptions for 16 US products
China's finance ministry said on Tuesday it will extend existing tariff exemptions for 16 products from the United States including lubricants, whey and fish meal...
UAE announces emergency approval for use of Covid-19 vaccine
[caption id="attachment_10769" align="alignnone" width="1000"] A vaccine candidate from China National Biotec Group, a unit of pharmaceutical giant Sinopharm, is seen at a China international trade...
Oil inches lower as bleaker demand outlook weighs
Oil prices inched lower on Tuesday as a bleaker outlook for global fuel demand prompted fresh selling, but short-covering ahead of a meeting later this...
Australia’s Victoria state reports no Covid-19 deaths in two months
[caption id="attachment_10775" align="alignnone" width="1000"] People enjoy the sunshine, as Victoria state begins easing Covid-19 restrictions, at Elwood beach in Melbourne, Australia September 14, 2020. [/caption]...
Trump and Biden clash over US wildfires as campaign turns to climate change
[caption id="attachment_10763" align="alignnone" width="1000"] Bobcat fire approaches Sierra Madre and Arcadia communities in California September 13, 2020. [/caption] WILMINGTON: Joe Biden branded President Donald Trump...
Pakistani Prime Minister suggests chemical castration for rapists
[caption id="attachment_10778" align="alignnone" width="1000"] Imran Khan, Prime Minister of Pakistan, addresses the United Nations General Assembly in New York September 27, 2019. [/caption] ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's...