Israeli warplanes continued to pound Gaza on Tuesday and rocket fire into Israel resumed after a brief lull, as Palestinian protesters hit the streets in cities across the West Bank and elsewhere.

At the beginning of the 21st century China had no high-speed railways.

A shepherd became a hero as he saved six marathoners among a group of those affected by extreme weather.

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos will officially step down from his role as chief executive on July 5, he announced during the company's annual shareholder meeting Wednesday.

A funeral to bid farewell to Yuan Longping, the "father of hybrid rice", was held in Changsha, Hunan province, on Monday, as President Xi Jinping sent wreaths and expressed condolences to Yuan's family.

Since the start of the pandemic, scientists have been seeking to better understand immunity to the novel coronavirus. How long is a person immune after having Covid-19, after getting vaccinated, or both? And what could long-lasting immunity mean for booster shots?