The Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) of the US Navy has declared Rai as a super typhoon in Philippines.

The UN  officially recognized the 38 degrees Celsius measured in Siberia last year as a new record high for the Arctic,

China has reported spike in locally-transmitted confirmed cases stated to be that of new Delta strain "sub-lineage AY.4".

US,the country hardest hit by the pandemic, crossed 800,000 Covid-deaths on Tuesday.The country is now into its fifth wave.

Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Russian counterpart Putin vowed to further enhance the relationship between the two countries.

China, North Korea and the United States have agreed in principle to the declaration putting an end to the Korean War.