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Brexit: EU chief warns UK must obey European principles to achieve deal

Formally, this should be done before December 31, the end of the transition period that came into effect after the British exit at the beginning of this year....

WHO chief warns virus pandemic 'accelerating'

Speaking at a press conference via video link on Friday, WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that humanity is now facing a new stage of the p...

Jean Kennedy Smith, last surviving sibling of JFK, dies at 92

Massachusetts Congressman Joseph P. Kennedy III, who is RFK's grandson and the lone member of the political dynasty now in elected office, remembered her as an ...

Stonehenge to live stream summer solstice for the first time ever

Hundreds of people are expected to visit Stonehenge and Avebury for this year's summer solstice despite the sites being closed due to coronavirus by the org...

Florida reports more than 3,800 new COVID-19 cases Friday

The governor also said that the new coronavirus cases could be traced to migrant camps at watermelon farms and tomato production plants, where 100 workers wer...

USA attorney for Southern District of NY steps down

Barr announced that the president's nominating Jay Clayton , now chair of the SEC, to replace Berman, and that Craig Carpenito , the USA attorney in New Jerse...

Two new Covid cases a couple in their 20s

The director-general of health, Dr Ashley Bloomfield, said the couple didn't have any symptoms of Covid-19. There are no new cases of COVID-19 today. The man ...

Eight Years After Shooting, Nobel-Winner Malala Graduates From Oxford University

Human rights campaigner Malala Yousafzai has expressed her "joy and gratitude" at graduating from Oxford. The Nobel Prize victor took to Instagram to share ...

Putin's Disinfection Tunnel To Ward Off The Coronavirus

Dmitry Peskov, spokesman for President Putin, said on Thursday in reports confirmed by Bloomberg that almost 80 elderly veterans were brought to a resort outs...

BLM Activist Oluwatoyin Salau Found Dead

In the wake of the recent police killings of George Floyd , Sean Reed, Tony McDade and Breonna Taylor among others, Salau had been an active participant and ...

US Air Force sergeant charged in 'boogaloo' murder

Damon Guztwiller , 38, and injured a second deputy. Carrillo espoused violent threats in Boogaloo Facebook groups, saying he wanted to use the Black Lives...

Navy won't reinstate coronavirus-hit carrier captain, puts admiral's promotion on hold

Although Crozier survived the ship's command, he is expected to remain in the navy . Among other findings, as described by Gilday, the investigation determin...

Oklahoma Supreme Court says Trump rally attendees don’t have to wear masks

The White House, which rarely offers explanations of presidential tweets and is often taken surprise by Mr. Trump's online declarations, did not respond to ...

China says Galwan Valley on its side of LAC

The clash escalated a standoff that began in early May, when Indian officials said Chinese soldiers crossed the border in three places, erecting tents and gua...

McEnany says White House looking for 'compassionate' way forward in DACA fight

Trump entered office in January 2017 promising to end most immigration and to expel millions who live in the country without legal documents. Lawsuits and cou...

European Union 'strongly' urges Israel not to annex West Bank

It has hinted at a possibility of annexation in two phases. Safadi also met with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. Palestine urged Greece to take a pos...

United States fighter jets intercept Russian bombers off Alaska

Military officials said the first Russian formation consisted of two Tu-95 bombers, accompanied by two Su-35 fighter jets and supported by an A-50 airborne earl...

Republican US Senator Scott unveils police reforms, Democrats push for broader changes

While Trump hailed his efforts as "historic", Democrats and other critics said he didn't go almost far enough. The outlook is extremely fluid, as both parties...

Australia now a 'U.S. proxy' in defaming China: Chinese FM

Here, GCSB Minister Andrew Little said, "New Zealand is not experiencing a large-scale, national-level cyber attack ". News Corp reported that Foreign Minist...

Border Remains Closed to Non-Essential Crossings in Response to COVID-19

The border is closed to all but essential travel. "When it comes to the Canada-U.S. border, as the prime minister announced today, we have agreed with our Ame...

China 'returns captured Indian soldiers'

Zhao Lijian, a spokesman for the Chinese ministry of foreign affairs said: "The responsibility entirely lies with Indian side". Indian border troops unilatera...

Governor Gavin Newsom Issues Statewide Mask Order

It remains unclear how Newsom plans to enforce the order, particularly in counties where sheriffs and other officials have already been bristling at extended lo...

Lloyd's of London Apologizes for 'Shameful' Role in Atlantic Slave Trade

Lloyd's was founded in 1688 and has its roots in maritime insurance, meaning numerous ships it insured during its early years were involved in the trans-Atlanti...

Taking a knee: Dominic Raab criticised for 'Game of Thrones' remarks

David Lammy, the justice spokesman for Britain's opposition Labour Party, said the remarks were insulting and "deeply embarrassing ". Dominic Raab says he ha...

Social distancing maintained as Johnson greets Macron

On Brexit , Johnson welcomed the agreement to intensify talks in July and said the United Kingdom does not believe it to be sensible for there to be prolonged ...

Amy Klobuchar drops out of Biden VP contention

Picking a woman of color would be "a helluva way" to "heal this nation", Ms. The move comes on the heels of weeks of unrest in Klobuchar's home state of Minne...

Rahul Gandhi raises three fresh questions — Clash with China

Tensions remain high, despite the two governments agreeing they would seek to de-escalate the confrontation in the western Himalayas, after the deadliest clash ...

Beijing coronavirus outbreak exceeds 150 cases in 1 week

Officials have sought to reassure the public even as temperature-screening checkpoints have popped up and entire housing compounds have been sealed off as infec...

Ohio House introduces resolution to declare Juneteenth federal paid holiday

Keep in mind, President Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation had abolished slavery 2 and a half years earlier, but Texas was the most remote of the slave sta...

16 friends in Florida infected after first bar outing since lockdown

The one thing they all had in common: a night out at Lynch's Irish Pub on June 6 in Jacksonville Beach. After listening to about their circumstances, Lynch's ...

Trump's tweet labeled as 'manipulated media' by Twitter

The doctored clip made it appear as if the video was a CNN report that featured the two toddlers running on a sidewalk. The clip also accused "fake news" of s...

You're Welcome, Black America: Trump Claims He Made Juneteenth 'Very Famous'

Not only is it patently false that people were unaware of Juneteenth up until now, Trump's White House has been issuing statements on the holiday in his name ...

Two Canadians imprisoned in China since 2018 charged with spying

The Supreme People's Procuratorate said that ex-diplomat Michael Kovrig and businessman Michael Spavor were "suspected of foreign espionage" and leaking...

Police speak to people of interest after shooting

Police Commissioner Andrew Coster and Waitemata Superintendent Naila Hassan speak to media after one officer was killed and another injured in West Auckland. Po...

Biden campaign rolls out first major general election ad buy

The change in public opinion has even led to the National Football League and Nascar to back their athletes protests against racism. "Donald Trump thinks if...