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Polls are wrong, Trump will beat Biden: Billionaire fund manager Gundlach

Kamala Harris of California will be Joe Biden's running mate in the 2020 presidential election . Kamala Harris as his running mate. Mr Biden hopes the Calif...

Japan 'gravely concerned' about Hong Kong turmoil after latest crackdown by China

We strongly condemn the actions of Hong Kong's National Security Department police as an assault on its citizens' freedoms. On August 10, more than 200 Hong K...

United States government strikes deal with Moderna for 100M coronavirus vaccine doses

The company set a drug industry record by producing its vaccine in 42 days after receiving the genetic sequence of the virus that causes COVID-19. The deal is...

New Zealand: Auckland on lockdown as new coronavirus cases emerge

With active cases at almost zero, the country moved into level-2 on May 13 and level-1 on June 9. Ardern asked schools, public facilities, bars, restaurants...

Lebanon receives more foreign donations after Beirut's blasts

State security had compiled a report about the dangers of storing the material at the port and sent it to the offices of both the president, Michel Aoun, and pr...

Gulf council call for Iran arms embargo extension is ‘unrealistic’ - Tehran

In May this year, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani threatened a "crushing response" if the embargo on the Iranian trade of conventional arms was extended. "We h...

Australia's worst-hit state 'flattening' virus curve

A cluster of infections in Victoria's capital Melbourne , Australia's second-largest city, forced authorities last week to impose lockdown measures including a...

Tropical Depression 11 moves closer to the Lesser Antilles

Tropical Depression 11 is moving west at 16 miles per hour. Gradual strengthening is forecast to occur during the next 48 hours, and the depression is expecte...

Putin claims Russian Federation has developed a coronavirus vaccine

Start the day smarter. Putin added that one of his two adult daughters had "taken part in the experiment" and received two shots of the vaccine. He didn't spe...

One arrested for derogatory posts, 2 dead in Bengaluru mob violence

Media reports said the two people killed in the incident had died of gunshot wounds. The vehicles of 50-60 civilians were also damaged or set on fire by the m...

Scotland train derailment: At least one feared dead after incident in Stonehaven

Earlier in the day, Network Rail Scotland had tweeted about landslips affecting its services. At least 30 emergency services vehicles were in attendance a...

German Officials Object to US Senate Threats of Crushing Sanctions on Port

Russian ships involved in construction are accused of having docked in Germany's Mukran Port, and the United States is threatening to punish the port over that....

Washington says U.S. arms sales to Saudi did not break law | MEO

While its investigation wrapped in December, it did not release the report as it sought that interview and then because of restrictions on personnel due to COVI...

Covid-19 Cases Haven't Yet Peaked or Even Plateaued, Says AIIMS Director

Zavidova, who has worked on clinical trials for 20 years and anticipated the approval, yesterday sent an appeal to the Ministry of Health to postpone registerin...

One dead, 20 injured after shooting at large gathering in Washington

News4's Darcy Spencer spoke to some of his classmates who say Lucas was a kind person and they want answers in his killing. At the same time, the mother of died...

Trump says surprised at Biden's pick of 'horrible' Harris

Shortly after Biden's campaign announced Harris as the VP pick, the Trump campaign quickly got up a web ad calling her a "phony". She was elected attorney g...

Joe Biden needs Black voters. So why does he keep insulting us?

President Trump also won the GOP primary in CT with more than 86 percent of the vote based on initial results, The Hill reported. Biden is expected to annou...

Meghan Markle says she knows ‘what it’s like to feel voiceless’

Their spokesman told the Telegraph: "The Duke and Duchess of Sussex moved into their family home in July of this year". "They have settled into the quiet ...

B.C. announces 46 more COVID-19 cases, no new deaths

DHHR officials also reported six more deaths. Elliott noted that while today's data puts an "end to our streak" of fewer than 100 daily cases, the province's ...

United Kingdom economy officially in recession after 20.4 per cent Q2 slump

The data showed the world's sixth-biggest economy entered a recession as it shrank for a second quarter in a row. But monthly figures showed the economy bounc...

Trump keen to host G-7 meet after United States polls

While children represented only 8.8 per cent of all cases in states reporting cases by age, over 338,000 kids have tested positive for COVID-19 since the onset ...

Return of Virus After 102 Days Threatens New Zealand’s Recovery

The decision on what Alert Level the country and Auckland will go to or stay at from midnight Friday will be given with notice, Ms Ardern said, but would not pu...

Dead, 6 Injured, 3 Homes Destroyed In Baltimore Gas Explosion NK#141619

The firefighters' union tweeted that special rescue operation units were searching for other people. A third alarm has been called for the scene in the 6500 b...

Northern Health reaches 100 test-positive cases of COVID-19

According to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), 6,98,290 samples were tested on August 10 and over 2.52 crore samples have been tested so far. Ellio...

Putin says Russian Federation made the 'first' COVID-19 vaccine: Production soon

All we know about Russia's vaccine so far is based on the registrations made by the Gamaleya Institute in Moscow , which developed it. - The RDIF and its...

Joe Biden selects Kamala Harris as presidential running mate

US President Donald Trump's "War Room" also released a presumably premade video highlighting why it believes Biden and Harris are "wrong for America". She had...

Potential for "strong to severe" thunderstorms in Wrexham

The UK will be hit by thunderstorms this week following a heatwave. Strong to severe thunderstorms are forecast for Wrexham during this afternoon and into the...

Curry County reports one new case of COVID-19

With its latest tally of cases, Pennsylvania's total of covid-19 cases stands at 120,281. The new total does not include delayed data from the state, which Fe...

Taiwan FM says China trying to turn island into 'next Hong Kong'

The Taiwanese air force said its missiles tracked the fighter jets and "drove them out". Taiwan had earned worldwide accolades for its success in containing...

Indian forces prepared for long haul along Ladakh border

They also stressed that the protest is not against the people of China , instead, it's against the Chinese Communist Party. The Chinese Foreign Ministry say...

World COVID-19 Cases Doubled in Seven Weeks, 20 Million Reportedly Infected

An AP analysis of data through August 9 showed the US, India and Brazil together accounted for almost two-thirds of all reported infections since the world hi...

Biden preparing to announce running mate by mid-week

Biden and his potential vice president will formally accept the party's nomination at the Democratic National Convention , scheduled for 17-20 August. Three Ca...

Black Lives Matter King County-Seattle calls Chief Best’s retirement a loss

Kshama Sawant, the only council member who voted against the police defunding plan, slammed the strategy as a "failed budget", saying it didn't " address the ...

Almost 100k children got COVID-19 in last two weeks of July

Areas in the Northeast, including New York City and New Jersey, had the lowest percentage increases in child infections in that timeframe. The director of the C...

Lebanese Prime Minister, Cabinet Resign In The Wake Of Disastrous Beirut Explosions

Top officials have promised a swift and thorough investigation - but they have stopped short of agreeing to an independent probe led by foreign experts as dem...