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Hong Kong reimposes stringent anti-virus measures

The state's daily new cases have also passed the highest recorded daily rate of any European country at the peak of their curve. South Africa imposed tighter ...

Announcement on mandatory face masks due in coming days

It follows a weekend of criticism and confusion over face coverings as with ministers gave differing opinions. Prime minister Boris Johnson wearing a face m...

Widow condemns 'barbaric' death of bus driver beaten over face masks

A march held in the driver's honour drew more than 6,000 people on Wednesday July 8. Mr Monguillot was left brain dead and his family and care providers decid...

Judge seeks more details on Trump's clemency for Roger Stone

House Intelligence Committee chairman Adam Schiff, who oversaw impeachment proceedings against Trump late previous year, said Trump's decision "is basically say...

Fox News writer resigns over racist, sexist messages

His acknowledgment is set to take place after the outlet reported that the conservative commentator was unable to be reached for comment despite multiple reques...

Police execute search warrant at home of gun-toting St. Louis couple

Sources quoting 5 On Your Side and a local news aide said that police arranged a search warrant to search the house of Mark and Patricia McCloskey after two l...

Betsy DeVos: Schools that don't reopen shouldn't get federal funds

And he said that new legislation providing relief funds could be somehow linked to the reopening of schools as a way to give states a strong incentive "to get...

Hong Kong Disneyland to close again after resurgence of COVID-19 cases

Though it looks like Hong Kong Disneyland's hotels will be able to continue operating for now, the theme park will once again be closed for an indeterminate a...

World Health Organization boss calls out global leaders for 'mixed messages' on coronavirus

Tedros's remarks came as the total number of total coronavirus cases continued ticking upward, nearing 13 million globally. The US, the world's worst-aff...

U.S. rejects China's claims in South China Sea

But it will nearly certainly have the more immediate effect of further infuriating the Chinese, who are already retaliating against numerous USA sanctions and o...

Tests of Russia's COVID-19 Vaccine Conducted in Compliance With Regulations

All of them were kept in isolation in a hospital for 28 days. The COVID-19 Prevention Network , which is funded by the National Institute of Health, launched...

Canadian PM Trudeau 'sorry' over controversial charity contract

The grant program, meant to help students struggling to find summer jobs during the Covid-19 pandemic, has been stymied by the controversy and the government is...

New COVID-19 case confirmed in Wylie

Sunday's numbers exceed New York's peak of more than 12,200 new cases in one day back in April, back when it was the epicenter of the outbreak. The most r...

Jeffrey Epstein's victim wants Ghislaine Maxwell kept in custody

Maxwell (pictured in 2013) was arrested on a slew of federal sex trafficking charges from the Southern District of NY on July 2. A judge denied Maxwell's re...

Taliban: Calls for Halting War Before Afghan Peace Talks 'Illogical'

A group of militants detonated a auto bomb at the entrance of the National Security Directorate (NDS) offices in Aybak, the capital of the northern province o...

Travelers to NY under quarantine must give contact information or face fine

The latest order supports increased contact tracing, which is the process of mapping or cataloging the recent interactions had by someone who's tested positive ...

Nathan Law: Hong Kong pro-democracy activist reveals he's in London

After the program, Lau Siu-kai, vice-president of the Chinese Association of Hong Kong and Macao Studies, a leading Hong Kong affairs think tank, said that even...

Education Secretary wants United States schools open, offers no safety plan

Why it matters: The Trump administration is engaged in a full-court press to reopen schools this fall, despite warnings from some public health officials that ...

Pope 'deeply pained' over Turkey's move on Hagia Sophia

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has also condemned the decision with his office adding in a statement: "Greece condemns in the most intense manner the ...

Amid Stone flap, Republican senator to allow Mueller testimony

Graham finally acted after the publication on Saturday of an opinion piece in the Washington Post , in which Mueller defended his efforts against "broad claims...

New Zealand records 1 new COVID-19 case

Police and health authorities are scouring CCTV footage to establish who may have been in contact with the man while he wandered the streets of Hamilton. Air Co...

Iran blames 'human error' for Ukrainian jetliner shootdown

The aircraft tragedy sparked fierce reprobation in Iran, especially after it took three days for the armed forces to admit having shot down the plane "by accide...

U.S. bases on Okinawa locked down over virus spike

Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki said he could say only that a " few dozen " cases had been found recently because the USA military requested the figure not be releas...

China sanctions Cruz, Rubio, Smith, Brownback for criticism

On Monday, China's Foreign Ministry spokesman Hua Chunying said the latest U.S. sanctions have "seriously damaged China-U.S." relations and called on the U.S....

China Raises Flood Alert to Second Highest Level

Around 100,000 people will be displaced in case the river breaches its embankment in the Daluwa locality in central Nepal, the daily said, citing Devnarayan Yad...

White House seeks to discredit Fauci amid coronavirus surge

All of this is why it's so extraordinary that the White House's latest move to deal with the crisis, as the country gets deeper into planning whether to reopen ...

Germany's Green Party calls for end of extraditions to Hong Kong

The two-day vote will determine the opposition candidates for September's elections to the legislative council. More than half (56.28 percent) of those sur...

Trump wears mask during visit with wounded service members at Walter Reed

Trump flew by helicopter to the military hospital to meet with wounded soldiers and medical staff, telling reporters at the White House prior to his departure t...

Florida smashes coronavirus case record, but it's not all bad news

The numbers come at the end of a record-breaking week as Florida reported 514 fatalities - an average of 73 a day. Three weeks ago, the state was averaging 30 d...

Florida Corrects Day's Virus Deaths to 95 From 188 Earlier

Hungarian authorities said they have sorted countries into three categories - red, yellow and green - based on their rates of new coronavirus infections and wil...

Protesters loot office of Mali president's political party

Two opposition leaders were arrested late Friday . But Sunday's unrest showed there are still elements deeply dissatisfied with his leadership. Violent demonstr...

Do not go too fast on banning Huawei By Reuters

Chinese tech company Huawei is seeking to meet with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson to discuss a possible delay of its removal from the United Kingdom's ...

'Amazing mate': Teen mauled to death by shark identified

Several other surfers helped him to shore and he was treated for the wound but died at the scene. "All of our condolences, from people in the area, go to the ...

Turkey turns Hagia Sophia back into a mosque

While details of the change aren't yet known, Turkish officials have remarked that many famed houses of worship, such as for instance Paris' Notre Dame and Ista...

Palace player Zaha racially abused; 12-year-old arrested

We condemn all forms of racial discrimination and stand with [Crystal Palace ]. Palace manager Roy Hodgson supports Zaha's decision to go public about the ...