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China reports five new coronavirus cases

The risk sentiment remains tepid amid rife US-China tensions, looming second-wave risks and ahead of the key German and US macro data . In total, China has r...

Jewish settler convicted in arson attack that killed Palestinians

The 2015 attack, in which assailants firebombed the Dawabshe family's home in the West Bank village of Duma while they were sleeping, killing 18-month-old Ali D...

USA lawmaker: Fired watchdog probing Saudi arms sales

A congressional official has said Linick was also investigating whether Pompeo directed an aide to perform personal errands, including walking his dog. Under Se...

Donald Trump accuses Barack Obama of being a 'grossly incompetent president'

The comments came after Trump and members of the Republican party and White House staff began pushing the idea that there was criminal activity at the highest l...

Priest Uses Water Gun to Spray Socially Distanced Holy Water

Since the photos became popular online, the parish also shared on Facebook some of the creative ways people used Pelc's images. Users across social media ha...

Jacinda Ardern’s breakfast snub is sending the internet wild

Yesterday morning, a Twitter user named Joey said: "Omg Jacinda Ardern just tried to come into Olive and was rejected cause it's full", followed by an aghas...

The allegation proved to be true, China had destroyed Corona’s initial samples

Corona would not have spread all over the world if China wanted to. As solidarity and cooperation are the most powerful weapons to fight the pandemic, China...

Labour criticises effect of Priti Patel’s Immigration Bill on NHS

Britain's home secretary confirmed that the United Kingdom government will introduce a new fast track NHS visa as it presses ahead with its radical shakeup of B...

Coronavirus: Italy unlocks its economy with travel and shop opening plan

Restrictions had been enforced in March but, as the spread of the virus continued to slow down, Giuseppe Conte , Italy's prime minister, recently announced t...

Priest uses water pistol to squirt parishioners in socially-distanced blessing

Father Tim Pelc from St Ambrose Church has taken to shooting holy water at his flock as part of a special system created to halt the spread of the coronaviru...

Rwanda genocide suspect arrested in France after decades on the run

He was indicted by the worldwide criminal tribunal in 1997 for inciting and financing the killings of some 800,000 minority ethnic Tutsis and moderate Hutus. On...

United Kingdom coronavirus death toll jumps by 384 as total nears 34,000

NHS England releases updated figures each day showing the dates of every coronavirus-related death in hospitals in England, often including previously uncounted...

Priest draws squirt gun in fight against coronavirus

Ambrose Church show the Rev. Tim Pelc shooting water into a vehicle window as it stopped by the steps of the church on Easter. Decked out in a protective m...

9th straight day of new COVID-19 cases under 400

The agency is also reporting 278 recoveries and 23 deaths in today's update. There are two licensed long-term care homes and unlicensed seniors' facilities in...

Trump administration to restore partial funding to WHO

The announcement, of course, came via Twitter. U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday his government was considering numerous proposals regarding the ...

Tropical Storm Arthur crawls closer to North Carolina coast

Tropical Storm Arthur will start to impact the Outer Banks on Monday morning, bringing additional rain, wind gusts of 60 mph or more, and the potential for coa...

Andrew Cuomo: 'Nobody' to Prosecute for COVID-19 Deaths

Cuomo also announced New York State is partnering with CVS to bring testing to more than 60 CVS pharmacies across the state. People say that's only 120 childr...

Baltic bubble' residents now free to travel

The Baltic worldwide locations of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania have opened their borders to at least one one other, creating a coronavirus "travel bubble". Lit...

Coronavirus | China expert warn of a second wave

Average new home prices in China's 70 major cities rose 0.5 per cent in April from the prior month, following a 0.1 per cent increase in March, Reuters calculat...

China's Xi Says Supports WHO-led Probe when Covid-19 under Control

Calling the pandemic "the most serious global public health emergency since the end of World War Two", Xi said: "All along we have acted with openness and trans...

Hong Kong: Fights break out in legislature over anthem bill

The House Committee has been without a formal leader since October, meaning that no bills, including the one that criminalizes ridiculing or altering the nati...

Trump says United States will send India ventilators amid pandemic

Earlier in the day, Trump praised India and Prime Minister Modi. And numerous people that you are talking about are working on the vaccine too. He said, "...

France reports 70 COVID-19 cases among schoolchildren

These closures "show that we are strict", said Blanquer, who added that these cases "occured nearly every time outside of school". It comes after a child in a...

Two teenage girls murdered by relatives over mobile phone video

The two women were killed on Thursday in a north-western district near the Afghan border, where women often have few rights and are subjected to strict tribal c...

New Zealand's resident population tops 5 million

New Zealand's population reached 1 million in 1908, 2 million in 1952 and 3 million in 1973. "We're projecting that Auckland will close to be home to about 40...

No 'exemption' from quarantine for French travellers, says British govt

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said last Sunday that Britain was considering imposing a two-week quarantine on worldwide arrivals into the United Kingdo...

Trump considering restoring some funding to WHO

He accused the organization in severely mismanaging and covering up the spread of the coronavirus. Before Pres. Trump announced that he will stop the fundin...

German man charged over night at the museum in Sydney

The man was filmed taking photos with exhibits as he wandered through the museum. Before leaving, the man is accused of stealing a piece of artwork, along wit...

Daily Deaths Due to Coronavirus in Italy Lowest Since Lockdown

On Sunday, Italy recorded the fewest daily deaths since it entered lockdown in March . It stated 145 individuals had actually passed away with the infectio...

India joins 62 nations to seek probe into outbreak of coronavirus

Spokesperson Zhao Lijian told reporters at a daily briefing in Beijing that the vast majority of countries do not yet think the pandemic is over, according to ...