Foreign aid helps Mozambique fight cholera outbreak in Beira

BEIRA, Mozambique - As Mozambique battles to control a fast-spreading cholera outbreak in the cyclone-hit central city of Beira, international assistance is arriving.

Nepal storm claims at least 28 lives

KATHMANDU, Nepal - Rescuers were struggling on Monday to reach villages in southern Nepal cut off by a wind - and rainstorm that killed at least 28 people and injured hundreds more.

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Anti-stall system active before Max plane crash

The anti-stall system on a Boeing Max 737 aircraft may have automatically activated and sent an Ethiopian Airlines plane into a fatal plunge, latest investigations showed.

Global landmarks go dark for Earth Hour campaign

NEW YORK - New York's Empire State Building, Egypt's pyramids, London's Big Ben and Rio's Christ the Redeemer statue were among the world's most renowned monuments plunged into darkness for an hour on Saturday as part of a global campaign to raise awareness about climate change and its impact on the planet's vanishing plant and animal life.

African workshops help power Djibouti growth

The China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative is helping to significantly reduce infrastructure deficits in Africa, with latest vocational training programs also equipping local communities with appropriate skills to fully benefit from and participate in the development projects.

Fossil 'mother lode' records earthshaking impact

WASHINGTON - Scientists in the United States say they have discovered the fossilized remains of a mass of creatures that died minutes after a huge asteroid slammed into the Earth 66 million years ago, sealing the fate of the dinosaurs.

May under pressure to forge softer exit deal

LONDON - Britain's exit from the European Union was in disarray after the implosion of Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit strategy left her under pressure from rival factions to leave without a deal, go for an election or forge a much softer divorce, Reuters reported.

Rockets from Gaza hit Israel as 4 die at border protest

GAZA - Militants fired five rockets from Gaza into Israel early on Sunday, the Israeli military said, following a day of Palestinian protests along the Israel-Gaza perimeter fence, The Associated Press reported.

In Yemen war's 5th year, 16 million wake up hungry

SANAA, Yemen - The civil war in Yemen has entered into its fifth year with no sign of letting up. Recent peace efforts to implement a ceasefire deal in the country's main lifeline port city of Hodeidah have stalled.

In Pakistan, companies, entrepreneurs flock to Gwardar port free zone

GWADAR, Pakistan - Witnessing increasing business for his bank in Gwadar port, a formerly remote fishing village in Balochistan province in southwestern Pakistan, Shakeeb Yusuf said he made the right choice as the robust business growth helped pave the way toward his promotion.

Jointly Tackling Challenges for Common Development

It gives me great pleasure to meet friends, both old and new, at the Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference 2019 in Hainan.