Jul 03, 2020, at 12:09 pm
SANAA, July 3, 2020 (Xinhua) -- A man tries to extinguish a fire following airstrikes on a warehouse in Sanaa, Yemen, on July 2, 2020. The Saudi-led coalition on Wednesday launched a series of airstrikes on the Yemeni capital Sanaa, which is under Houthi control, the Houthi-run al-Masirah TV reported.
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Jul 02, 2020, at 04:43 pm
GUANAJUATO, July 2, 2020 (Xinhua) -- A woman cries outside the rehabilitation center attacked by armed assailants in Irapuato, Guanajuato, Mexico, July 1, 2020. Armed assailants attacked a rehabilitation center in the central Mexican town of Irapuato on Wednesday, killing 24 people and injuring another seven, local media reported. The afternoon attack targeted a rehabilitation center for young drug addicts in the community of Arandas, near Irapuato in Guanajuato state, local daily Correo quoted Irapuato Police Chief Pedro Cortes as saying.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during press conference
Jul 02, 2020, at 01:10 pm
ANKARA, July 2, 2020 (Xinhua) -- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (C) speaks during a trilateral video conference with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and Russian President Vladimir Putin (not in the picture), in Ankara, Turkey, on July 1, 2020. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Wednesday that Turkey will do its best to maintain peace, security and stability in Syria, emphasizing political unity and territorial integrity of the neighboring country as a priority.
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Jul 02, 2020, at 12:51 pm
GAZA, July 2, 2020 (Xinhua) -- Palestinians take part in a rally against the Israeli annexation plan in Gaza City, on July 1, 2020. Thousands of Palestinians on Wednesday joined a public protest in the Gaza Strip against the Israeli plan to annex parts of the West Bank.
Jul 01, 2020, at 01:01 pm
WASHINGTON, JULY 1, 2020 (Xinhua) -- Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, arrives to testify before the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions on COVID-19: Update on Progress Toward Safely Getting Back to Work and Back to School in Washington, D.C., the United States, on June 30, 2020. Anthony Fauci, the U.S. governments top infectious-diseases expert, warned Tuesday that COVID-19 cases in the United States could go up to 100,000 per day if the current trend does not turn around.
Boris Johnson delivers speech in Dudley
Jul 01, 2020, at 12:59 pm
DUDLEY (BRITAIN), JULY 1, 2020 (Xinhua) -- British Prime Minister Boris Johnson delivers a speech at Dudley College of Technology in Dudley, Britain, on June 30, 2020. Boris Johnson on Tuesday announced a 5-billion-pound (about 6.2-billion-U.S. dollar) plan to fuel economic recovery in the wake of the coronavirus crisis.
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Jul 01, 2020, at 12:56 pm
CAIRO, JULY 1, 2020 (Xinhua) -- People visit the Baron Empain Palace in Cairo, Egypt, on June 30, 2020. Egypt reopened the Baron Empain Palace to the public in Heliopolis on Tuesday. The Baron Empain Palace was inaugurated on Monday after two years of restoration work that cost more than 100 million Egyptian pounds. The palace, originally built in 1911, is designated as a tourist destination, Egyptian Minister of Antiquities and Tourism Khaled al-Anany said on Monday.
Jun 30, 2020, at 12:54 pm
RIYADH, June 30 (Xinhua) -- Saudi Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Adel Al-Jubeir (R) and U.S. Special Representative for Iran Brian Hook attend a joint press conference in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on June 29, 2020. Saudi Arabian and U.S. officials on Monday called on the international community to extend a United Nations arms embargo on Iran, warning that the expiry would allow Tehran to destabilize the region.
Tunisian President Kais Saied meets Greek foreign minister Nikos Dendias
Jun 30, 2020, at 12:52 pm
TUNIS, June 30 (Xinhua) -- Tunisian President Kais Saied (R) meets with Greek foreign minister Nikos Dendias (L) in Tunis, capital of Tunisia, June 29, 2020. During the meeting, Kais Saied discussed with the Greek foreign minister ways and means of further strengthening bilateral relations, in addition to regional and international issues of common interest, in particular the
Jun 30, 2020, at 12:49 pm
BAGHDAD, June 30 (Xinhua) -- Patients recovered from COVID-19 donate plasma at the National Blood Transfusion Center in Baghdad, Iraq, June 28, 2020. The Iraqi Health Ministry on Monday said that 1,749 new COVID-19 cases are detected, bringing the total infections to 47,151, while up to 1,852 recoveries were registered during the day
Ireland moves to phase 3 of lifting COVID-19 restrictions
Jun 30, 2020, at 11:46 am
DUBLIN, June 30 (Xinhua) -- People are seen inside a hairdressing shop in Dublin, Ireland, June 29, 2020. Ireland on Monday moved to phase 3 of lifting the COVID-19 restrictions as scheduled, with more businesses allowed for reopening and greater freedom given to peoples movement.
WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus addresses press conference
Jun 30, 2020, at 11:37 am
BRUSSELS, June 30 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken in Brussels of Belgium on June 29, 2020 shows World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus speaking at an online press conference held in Geneva, Switzerland. The chief of the World Health Organization (WHO) said Monday that all countries living with COVID-19 will be the new normal in the coming months, as the pandemic had already infected more than 10 million people worldwide, including nearly 500,000 deaths.
Earthquake hits Mexican state of Oaxaca
Jun 26, 2020, at 02:11 pm
SAN JUAN OZOLOTEPEC, June 26, 2020 (Xinhua) -- A damaged house is seen in San Juan Ozolotepec, state of Oaxaca, Mexico, on June 25, 2020. A powerful 7.5-magnitude earthquake hit the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca on Tuesday.
Billboards at Times Square in New York encourage people to maintain social distancing
Jun 26, 2020, at 01:14 pm
NEW YORK, June 26, 2020 (Xinhua) -- Social distancing signs are displayed on electronic billboards on Times Square in New York, the United States, June 25, 2020. The number of COVID-19 cases in the United States topped 2.4 million on Thursday, reaching 2,404,781 as of 3:34 p.m. (1934 GMT), according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University. Meanwhile, the national death toll reached 122,370, according to the tally.
People spend time outside amid hot weather in London
Jun 26, 2020, at 12:50 pm
LONDON, June 26, 2020 (Xinhua) -- People walk their dogs in Queen Marys Rose Gardens at Regents Park in central London, Britain, on June 25, 2020. Britain on Thursday experienced its hottest day of the year so far, with temperature reaching 33.3 degrees Celsius at Heathrow Airport, the Met Office said.
Jun 25, 2020, at 01:21 pm
.BAGHDAD, June 25 (Xinhua) -- Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein (R) and Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi attend a press conference in Baghdad, Iraq, on June 24, 2020. Ayman Safadi on Wednesday held talks with top Iraqi leaders over bilateral relations and cooperation in Baghdad.
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Jun 25, 2020, at 12:46 pm
PRAGUE, June 25 (Xinhua) -- Slovak Defense Minister Jaroslav Nad, Czech Defense Minister Lubomir Metnar, Polish Deputy Defense Minister Pawel Wozny, and Hungarian Defense Minister Tibor Benko (from L to R) attend a press conference in Prague, the Czech Republic, on June 24, 2020. Defense ministers of Hungary, the Czech Republic, and Slovakia, and deputy defense minister of Poland, met here Wednesday to discuss mutual defense alliance before the handover of the groups presidency from the Czech Republic to Poland.
Jun 25, 2020, at 12:24 pm
ATHENS, June 25 (Xinhua) -- Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis (L) greets Josep Borrell, the European Unions (EU) high representative for foreign affairs and security policy, at the Prime Ministers Office in Athens, Greece, on June 24, 2020. Josep Borrell said that the EU was determined to protect its external borders during his visit to Greece on Wednesday.
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Jun 24, 2020, at 04:39 pm
SANNA, June 24, 2020 (Xinhua) -- A boy tries to drive away locusts after a swarm of locusts arrived at Sanaa, Yemen, June 23, 2020.
Jun 24, 2020, at 03:23 pm
RUMSISKES, June 24, 2020 (Xinhua) -- People participate in a celebration of Rasos Festival in Rumsiskes, Lithuania, on June 23, 2020. Rasos Festival is a midsummer celebration in Lithuania. People wearing traditional costumes and wreaths sing and dance to celebrate the festival.
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Jun 23, 2020, at 04:03 pm
TORONTO, June 23, 2020 (Xinhua) -- A woman performs a yoga posture in a dome in Toronto, Canada, on June 22, 2020. A new pop-up event called Hot Yoga has been held in Toronto from June 21 to July 31. People can take part in yoga classes inside their own private dome to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
New York: Demonstrators take part in a Black Lives Matter protest
Jun 20, 2020, at 04:07 pm
NEW YORK, June 20, 2020 (Xinhua) -- Demonstrators take part in a Black Lives Matter protest commemorating Juneteenth in the Brooklyn borough of New York, the United States, June 19, 2020. New Yorkers on Friday marked Juneteenth, the day commemorating the emancipation of enslaved African Americans, with marches and protests as the country is having a new moment of reckoning about racial injustice.
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu (R) meets Luigi Di Maio
Jun 20, 2020, at 04:04 pm
ANKARA, June 20, 2020 (Xinhua) -- Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu (R) meets with his Italian counterpart Luigi Di Maio in Ankara, Turkey, on June 19, 2020. Turkey and Italy will work together to maintain peace in Libya, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Friday.
New York: People wearing face masks ride on Brooklyn Bridge
Jun 20, 2020, at 03:59 pm
NEW YORK, June 20, 2020 (Xinhua) -- People wearing face masks ride on Brooklyn Bridge in New York, the United States, June 19, 2020. The number of COVID-19 cases in the United States topped 2.2 million on Friday, reaching 2,203,659 as of 12:33 p.m. (1633 GMT), according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University. Meanwhile, the national death toll reached 118,659, according to the tally.
Moscow: People take photos at Red Square
Jun 20, 2020, at 03:53 pm
MOSCOW, June 20, 2020 (Xinhua) -- People take photos at the Red Square in Moscow, Russia, on June 19, 2020. Russia added 7,972 COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, taking its total to 569,063, the countrys coronavirus response center said in a statement Friday.