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Belarus opposition leader detained after resisting forced exile to Ukraine

On Tuesday they were driven to the border, where authorities told them to cross into Ukraine . While Veronika Tsepkalo left for Poland with her husband, the fo...

Some call for end to COVID-19 rules as Arizona cases decline

As things stand, Malta's total number of cases per 100,000 population is 81.4, the fifth-highest in the EU, according to the European Centre of Disease Control'...

Shark kills man on Australia's Gold Coast tourist strip

Witnesses frantically tried to save Mr Slater, who is believed to have been bitten on the leg. "I just presumed he might have got knocked out, because he wasn...

EasyJet cuts flights due to quarantine rules

British airline EasyJet is reducing its flying schedule after demand has been hit by frequent changes in government restrictions on travel, including quaranti...

Saudi Arabia Could Normalize Israel Relations If Palestine Given Statehood, Territory

It is Israel's first such agreement with a Gulf nation and only its third with an Arab state, after Egypt and Jordan. King Salman told Trump he appreciated ...

Vandal goat jumps into police car and starts eating paperwork

A Georgia police officer got more than what she bargained for after a goat invaded her vehicle and proceeded to eat the paperwork and eventually headbutting t...

China imposing new restrictions on U.S. journalists

Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian pointed out that the United States has significantly shortened Chinese journalists' visa to no more than 90 days. China's fo...

Australia expect AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine to be available within months

SpyBiotech's experimental shot, one of several dozen vaccines in human trials around the world, has begun going into volunteers in a phase I/II trial in Austral...

Defying US, Xi praises China, WHO for battling coronavirus

Xi said the outstanding advantage of socialism with Chinese characteristics is the fundamental strength it offers against risks and challenges. Addressing a c...

Orca who carried dead calf for over two weeks gives birth

Tahlequah , known to researchers as J35, gave birth to a calf last week, according to a news release from the Whale Research Center. Tahlequah made headline...

Metro rail services resume across India after gap of over 5 months

As the service is being resumed after 5 months when it was suspended on March 25 for the first time due to the lockdown to contain the pandemic , the 6-coach...

Donald Trump tells reporter to remove face covering

At a Rose Garden press conference back in May, Mr Trump accused Mr Mason of "wanting to be politically correct" for not taking off his mask while speaking. Th...

Hundreds airlifted from California wildfires during record-breaking heatwave

The previous record was set just two years ago and included the deadliest wildfire in state history - the Camp Fire, which swept through the community of Parad...

Sunny, dry weather to continue this week in central Pa.

For planning then, expect areas of rain and storms to be around anytime after 3 p.m. today, with generally widespread coverage through early evening past dinner...

Philippines president pardons USA marine in transgender killing

The pardon was announced by Mr Duterte's spokesman, Harry Roque. A left-wing human rights group, Karapatan, immediately condemned the pardon as a "despicable...

Julian Assange in court to fight delayed extradition battle

Assange will face 18 counts of hacking the U.S. government computers and violating the espionage law if he is extradited to the USA and a potential prison sente...

Dem Oversight Chair Announces Investigation Into DeJoy's Alleged Straw Donor Scheme

Postal Service. DeJoy has a long history with the Republican Party, and he has been accused by Democrats of making mass mail-in voting more hard and worsening...

Kaavan, the World's Loneliest Elephant, to Finally Have New Home

A transport crate must be built and the elephant habituated to it before being flown to a 25,000-acre Cambodian wildlife sanctuary in a "jumbo" jet - probably...

Kremlin denies involvement in suspected poisoning of opposition leader

Germany announced that samples taken from Mr Navalny showed clear evidence he was poisoned with substances from the Novichok group. Novichok was also used in ...

Trump vows to sharply scale back USA economic ties with China

Biden will release a specific list of would-be picks before the election. Trump called Biden "stupid" and Harris unsafe, saying if they are elected the econom...

Rise in UK Covid-19 ‘concerning’ but not out of control - Hancock

Speaking on LBC, he appealed to younger people to stick to social distancing measures, saying that under-25s, particularly those aged 17 to 21, accounted for a ...

China's reusable spacecraft | How will it change space travel?

The Chinese government has announced a first - they have successfully landed a reusable spacecraft safely back on Earth after it spent two days in orbit. It s...

China Freezes Visa Renewals for Journalists with US-Based News Outlets

Chinese authorities have stopped renewing press credentials for foreign journalists working for USA news organizations in China, the latest move in a continuing...

Pope Francis: Gossip 'a plague more terrible than Covid-19'

First, we are invited to discretely admonish that person, "not to judge him but to help him realize what he has done". Worse. Let's make a big effort: "No gossi...

UK PM sets October 15 deadline for trade deal with EU

Brexit trade talks are set to resume in London on Tuesday, with mistrust and division between the two sides arguably at their highest point since negotiation...

India has world's second-highest number of COVID-19 cases

Subway operations in the capital New Delhi and other major cities were resumed on Monday, after about six months of suspended service. The trains have socia...

McGuinness and McDowell Put Up As Ireland's EU Commission Nominees

McGuinness, who is Ireland's longest serving MEP and has a background in agriculture, is one of the European Parliament's vice presidents and has been a promine...

Aussies to get free coronavirus vaccine from early next year

Today, we take another significant step to protect the health of Australians against the coronavirus pandemic. The Minister made his announcement during the S...

India's coronavirus infections overtake Brazil as some rail services resume

The US still retains the top position with over six million cases followed by India. The increase in positivity rate is also an ominous sign. The monsoon sess...

South Coast EFF joins in shutdown of Clicks stores

Shivambu warned that if Clicks stores opened, the protests would continue. "Contingency plans have been put in place to ensure the safety of both customers and ...

Jamal Khashoggi killing: eight sentenced and case closed

The Riyadh Criminal Court issued final verdicts Monday against eight people. The verdicts come after Khashoggi's family "pardoned" five of the suspects i...

Prince Harry repays £2.4m cottage renovation cost

The Duke of Sussex, as he is formally known, and his wife, American former actress Meghan Markle , retired from royal duties earlier this year in a quest for...

More than 200 evacuated in California wildfires

There was no official tabulation yet of structures lost. Helicopters rescued more than 200 people 40 miles north-east of Fresno after the wildfire cut off t...

Turkey-Greece tensions: Erdogan urges European Union to be 'impartial' in Mediterranean row

Turkey earlier dispatched its seismic survey vessel Oruc Reis, escorted by Turkish warships, to the region after Greece and Egypt signed a maritime border agree...

COVID-19 vaccine to be priced below 10 euros: Sanofi

And so that is what we're here to deliver today. Let's hope that this major breakthrough in developing a vaccine to fight Covid-19 will eventually spur the ...