A man wearing a face mask which is pulled down under his chin walks across Waterloo Bridge, backdropped by the skyscrapers of the City of London, on September 22. The British government announced fresh steps to try and stop a coronavirus surge in Englan...

-- The new height of Mount Qomolangma, the world...

A research team led by professors Pan Jianwei and Lu Chaoyang of the University of Science and Tec...

China and Nepal jointly announced that the new height of Mount Qomolangma that straddles their bor...

Deep in the rolling mountains along both sides of the Jinsha River in Lijiang, southwest China’s Y...

BEIJING, Dec. 13 (Xinhua) -- The long queues at automatic teller machines (ATMs) have become a rar...

Scientists focus on bats for clues to prevent next pandemicTeams of researchers around the globe are now racing to study the places and species from which the next pandemic may emerge By CHRISTINA LARSON, ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL and MARCELO SILVA DE SOUSA Asso...

COVID-19 vaccine shipments begin in historic US effortThe first of many COVID-19 vaccine doses are making their way to distribution sites across the United States, as the nation’s pandemic deaths approach the horrifying new milestone of 300,000 By MAR...

As leaders set fresh climate goals, Biden pledges US supportU.S. President-elect Joe Biden has pledged to rejoin the Paris climate accord on the first day of his presidency as world leaders staged a virtual gathering to celebrate the fifth anniversary o...

EXPLAINER: The real math behind "net zero" carbon emissionsIn the fight against climate change, the hot phrase now is “net zero" in carbon pollution, but what does it mean By FRANK JORDANS and SETH BORENSTEIN Associated Press December 11, 2020, 9:07 P...