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Florida sets new record in coronavirus single-day cases

Florida health officials announced a new record on Thursday for the highest number of single-day coronavirus cases since the pandemic began, reports say. Desp...

No new cases of Covid-19 in NZ today

The government was forced to explain why the women were let out without proper testing, and questions were raised about whether quarantine facilities are being ...

China denies seizing Indian personnel during Galwan valley face-off

Army officials said the Indian toll remains at 20, which includes Colonel Santhosh Babu, the commanding officer of 16 Bihar. One US-based expert said China...

NZ not experiecing cyber attack: Little

Thirdly, it's important to become an ACSC [Australian Cyber Security Centre] partner to ensure you get the latest cyber threat advice to protect your organi...

Mexico temporarily forbids workers from traveling to Canada due to coronavirus

Many Canadians fear a reopening. Mexico's foreign ministry said in a tweet on Tuesday that the travel restrictions across the country's border with the Uni...

Governor Gavin Newsom Issues Statewide Mask Order

Their primary role is to reduce the release of infectious particles into the air when someone speaks, coughs, or sneezes, including someone who has COVID-19 but...

China denies capturing Indian soldiers after reports of their 'release'

The action has taken place along a remote stretch of the 3,380-kilometre Line of Actual Control, the border established following a war between India and China...

Tulsa mayor declares civil emergency ahead of Trump rally, imposes curfew

If people refuse to leave the area, they may be cited or arrested. "We have tremendous, tremendous requests for tickets, I think, probably has never happened po...

IAEA Board of Governors approves anti-Iran resolution

France, Britain and Germany, the three European parties to the JCPOA, have submitted a draft resolution to the IAEA Board of Governors calling on Iran to provid...

Avebury Henge and Stone Circles closed for Summer Solstice

Likewise, the Sun's declination from the celestial equator is 23.44°. This is also why June has traditionally been the month for weddings - which are also ban...

Benedict XVI travels to Germany to accompany his gravely-ill brother

The Vatican press office confirmed that Pope Benedict went to Germany June 18 to visit his brother. The retired pope was accompanied by his long-time personal...

Eight years after shooting, Nobel prize victor, Malala, graduates

In the tweet, the famed human rights activist also revealed her plans for the immediate future - Netflix , reading and sleeping. However, Malala said "For now...

Global COVID-19 cases top 8.4 million

Six states record most cases ever! Separate figures compiled by OurWorldinData, a research publication based at the University of Oxford, showed that the seve...

What is behind the recent tension on the Korean Peninsula?

Kim Jun-rak, a spokesman at Seoul's Joint Chiefs of Staff, told reporters that there have been no signs indicating North Korea had started to carry out its thre...

U.S. Supreme Court rejects Trump administration's bid to end DACA

DACA recipents were elated by the ruling. The Trump administration has sought to end the Obama-era policy since 2017. Her comments came after the Supreme...

China returns 10 Indian soldiers captured during bloody border clash in Himalayas

Earlier, in a separate statement he rejected Chinese army's claim of sovereignty over the Galwan Valley saying such "exaggerated" and "untenable" claims are...

Events, celebrations planned on Long Island for Juneteenth

On Thursday, the company's inclusion and diversity center of excellence hosted a virtual conversation for employees in recognition of the holiday that centers a...

Florida healthcare worker, 15 friends catch COVID-19 at the bar

Erika Crisp and 15 of her mates had been excited to get collectively on June 6 after months of cautious social distancing compelled them to remain inside. "Thi...

New Burundi leader takes power early after predecessor died

Mr Ndayishimiye had been due to take power in August after being declared the victor of May's presidential election, in which he was the candidate of the ruling...

Pompeo, Yang meet amid rising tensions

Still, Yang pushed back against Pompeo on several areas of recent friction in the relationship, according to the Foreign Ministry. Among his criticisms of Ch...

Klobuchar Withdraws as Candidate to Be Biden's Running Mate

Biden, who previously said he would likely choose a woman as his running mate, has received pressure to choose a minority to be his running mate in the weeks si...

Record number of refugees in 2019

The UNHCR agency found that by the end of last year, a record 79.5 million people were living either as refugees, asylum seekers or in so-called internal disp...

Early morning 7.4 magnitude natural disaster shakes New Zealand's East Coast

There has been a warning by the UNESCO/IOC Pacific Tsunami alert system that said, "Hazardous tsunami waves from this quake are possible within 300km of the epi...

Suspect on run after two New Zealand officers shot and injured

A large search was being conducted in Auckland for the alleged shooter and another person who escaped in a second auto. A bystander was also hit by the suspec...

UK Condemns Israel Annexation Plans

Both Jordan and the Palestinians strongly object to Israel's plans to annex around 30% of the West Bank in line with President Donald Trump's Middle East plan...

Chinese mainland reports 32 new COVID-19 cases, no new deaths

So far 29 neighborhoods have been completely fenced off. China also reported four imported cases on Thursday as Chinese nationals returned from overseas. ...

Vera Lynn, Iconic 'We'll Meet Again' Singer, Dies at 103

Lynn, who lived in Ditchling , East Sussex , England, died Thursday "surrounded by her close family", the statement posted on the charity's website said. Ms...

The story of De Gaulle's 18 June appeal 80 years on

President Emmanuel Macron arrived in London to honour fallen French fighters but kept socially distant. "The British monarchy became the refuge of the French ...

Trump claims he made Juneteenth "very famous"

Juneteenth - on June 19 - is actually a well-known date on the calendar commemorating the end of slavery in the United States . The holiday marks the date in 1...

China charges Canadian pair with espionage in likely retaliation for Huawei arrest

According to two separate notices published on the Supreme People's Procuratorate website on Friday, Kovrig was "suspected of spying on state secrets and intell...