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NY Times to move some staff from Hong Kong, citing new law

In an interview with state agency Xinhua, Chief Executive Lam said U.S. sanctions won't hurt Hong Kong and in time, concern about the security law would prove u...

Florida tops 10,000 new coronavirus cases, reaches 300,000

Their assessments come as Florida recorded more than 12,000 new confirmed coronavirus cases Monday after a record-setting weekend. Florida has 10,181 confirme...

Statue of British colonialist Cecil Rhodes decapitated in South Africa

The statue in Cape Town is the latest to be targeted as part of a global reckoning over racial injustice sparked by the police killing of George Floyd in the US...

Vanderbilt seeking 1K volunteers for COVID-19 vaccine trial

Moderna spokesperson Ray Jordan confirmed the estimated start date to CNBC. "We can add that we expect participants will be able to register with clinical site...

Ethiopia denies reports government has started filling dam

New satellite imagery shows the reservoir behind Ethiopia's disputed hydroelectric dam beginning to fill, but an analyst says it's likely due to seasonal rains ...

World population in 2100 could be 2 billion below United Nations projections

When the fertility rate falls lower than 2.1, the size of the population begins to fall. According to the article, the five countries with the largest populat...

Tokyo declares 'red alert' after spike in coronavirus cases

Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike confirmed that Tokyo would hold a "monitoring" meeting with experts today, moving up the weekly gathering by a day, to discuss the r...

Video shows man vandalizing NYC 'Black Lives Matter' mural

The vandalism occurred at about noon Monday, police said. Police are investigating the matter as an act of criminal mischief. De Blasio tweeted hours later, "...

Coronavirus NSW: More cases linked to Crossroads Hotel

Legislation will be amended this week to introduce a sanction of up to six months in prison for people who flout the public health directions. The department ...

US Executes 1st Federal Prisoner in 17 Years

In a separate dissent , Justice Sonia Sotomayor noted the finality of the death penalty , and how hasty executions made it impossible for those who were c...

Roger Stone: President Trump's clemency wipes high-quality and supervised release

Investigators said Stone lied to a congressional committee that was probing alleged Russian interference in the 2016 USA election, and tried persuading a witnes...

Hong Kong tightens social distancing again as coronavirus cases spike

He also cited the current surge in COVID cases - saying "our 10% rate of infection is double what the W.H.O. deems safe for any reopenings". The New York Times ...

Several Iranian ships catch fire in southern port, say reports

Video footage on IRIB's website showed a fire truck and several men dousing smoldering vessels that appeared to be fishing boats. "An extensive fire has engul...

Tech entrepreneur's dismembered body found in luxury Manhattan condo

Mr Saleh , 33, is believed to have bought the condo for $2.25 million past year. The body was reportedly found by his sister on Tuesday. "We have a torso, ...

Could the U.S. or United Kingdom be the next countries to ban TikTok?

They are taking all your data, your most personal data. They are finding out who your friends are, who your parents are. They can trace all your relations. You ...

United States base in Okinawa reports 36 more coronavirus cases: local gov't

Local reports say the three tested positive. Japan's southern island prefecture, which has so far reported 148 coronavirus cases among the general population,...

United Nations top court rules Qatar blockade is illegal

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) rejected an appeal by the four countries against the jurisdiction of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICA...

United States oil and gas drilling drives global methane emissions spike

Both natural disasters, such as wildfires, floods and droughts, and social disruptions, including mass migrations and famines, would become "almost commonplace"...

1-Year-Old Shot Dead at Brooklyn BBQ

De Blasio described Davell as "just starting his life and his life was full of possibilities and now he is gone". "We mourn alongside the family of one-year-o...

Trump downplays police violence against Black people, says 'more white people' killed

The study also found that Black victims were more likely than whites to have been unarmed. Mr. Trump's comments come after weeks of nationwide protests agains...

Ghislaine Maxwell pleads not guilty to luring girls for late financier Epstein

In seeking bail, defence lawyer Mark Cohen had argued that Maxwell was not a flight risk and did not attempt to flee the premises when authorities arrived to ar...

Corps Commanders meet goes on for nearly 12 hours

When China launched its reforms in 1978, its economy was $10 billion bigger than India's . It also conveyed concerns over China's "new claim lines" in the ...

Ontario's Ministry of Health confirms 116 more cases of COVID-19

The total number of cases now stands at 36,950, which includes 32,785 marked as resolved and 2,723 deaths. Deputy Premier and Minister of Health Christine Ell...

Toppled Slave Trader Edward Colston's Statue Replaced by BLM Protester in Britain

City authorities fished the Colston statue out of the harbor and say it will be placed in a museum, along with placards from the Black Lives Matter demonstratio...

USA makes U-turn on foreign students restrictions

The suit brought by Harvard University and MIT argued that the policy was created unlawfully and that it contradicts previous guidance from federal immigr...

Police release graphic video of shooting of man involved in mask stabbing

The deputy has not yet been identified . Oleksyk stressed that the investigation of the incident was preliminary. The shooting occurred in MI, about 30 min...

Bari Weiss Slams New York Times in Resignation Letter

Last month, she wrote on Twitter that the Cotton saga reflected a "civil war inside The New York Times " between what she described as "The Old Guard" subs...

Mitt Romney slams Trump for commuting Roger Stone's prison sentence

Saturday, The Washington Post published an op-ed by Special Prosecutor Robert Mueller defending the prosecution and convictions of Stone. Stone was conv...

Gokada CEO found murdered in his apartment

New York Police Department said Saleh's corpse was found limbless and headless in a building on E. Houston St.at Suffolk St. on the Lower East side, New York. T...

World Health Organization warns virus will get 'worse and worse'

Ghebreyesus noted that many countries are heading towards the wrong direction. After a daily record of 230,000 new COVID-19 cases were reported on Sunday, t...