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‘It’s my right not to wear mask’
For Davey, a resident of the city of Huntington Beach in southern California, the requirement to wear a mask to curb the spread of coronavirus is not something he takes seriously.
19 July 2020, 18:00 PM
China committing ‘gross’ abuses against Uighurs: UK
Britain yesterday accused Beijing of “gross, egregious human rights abuses” over its “deeply troubling” treatment of ethnic and religious minorities in China’s western Xinjiang region.
19 July 2020, 18:00 PM
189 killed in India, Nepal floods
Nearly four million people in India’s northeastern state of Assam and neighbouring Nepal have been displaced by heavy flooding from monsoon rains, with dozens missing as deaths rose to at least 189, government officials said yesterday.
19 July 2020, 18:00 PM
UK ‘confident’ Moscow helped hackers target virus vaccine
British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab yesterday said he was “absolutely confident” in allegations by the UK and its allies that Russia targeted labs
19 July 2020, 18:00 PM
France, Germany, Italy threaten sanctions over Libya
The leaders of France, Germany and Italy on Saturday threatened for the first time to use sanctions against countries that continued to violate a United
19 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Death toll in Turkish migrant boat sinking rises to 54
The death toll from a migrant boat disaster in Lake Van in eastern Turkey has risen to 54 after three weeks of search operations.
19 July 2020, 14:19 PM
WHO reports record daily increase in global coronavirus cases for second day in a row
The World Health Organization reported a record increase in global coronavirus cases for the second day in a row, with the total rising by 259,848 in 24 hours.
19 July 2020, 05:14 AM
Russia, China trying again to undermine US polls: Biden
Russia and China are trying to undermine US democracy in the run-up to November’s presidential election, Joe Biden said, citing intelligence briefings
18 July 2020, 18:00 PM
25 million infected as Iran reimposes restrictions
President Hassan Rouhani yesterday said that 25 million Iranians have been infected with the coronavirus and that another 35 million were at risk of
18 July 2020, 18:00 PM
US civil rights pioneer John Lewis dies at 80
John Lewis, a pioneer of the civil rights movement and long-time member of the US House of Representatives, died on Friday. Lewis, a member of
18 July 2020, 18:00 PM
EU slams US sanctions policy
The EU’s diplomatic chief on Friday attacked the US over its use of economic sanctions, after Washington opened the way to measures over Russia’s controversial Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline.
18 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Captain Tom knighted
A 100-year-old World War II veteran who became a coronavirus lockdown hero by raising millions for British health charities was knighted Friday in a special ceremony by Queen Elizabeth II.
18 July 2020, 18:00 PM
How hot could US-China ‘Cold War’ get?
Tensions are mounting by the day between the United States and China, leading to talk of a new Cold War. Experts see important historical differences -- but believe the two powers are entering dangerous territory.
18 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Virus exposed ‘fragility of our world’
Coronavirus has revealed the “fragile skeleton” of societies and could push 100 million people into extreme poverty, United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres said yesterday.
18 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Brazil under pressure to protect Amazon
Faced with investors demanding “results” in the fight against Amazon deforestation, Brazil’s government seems to be performing something of an about-face, although it will have to work to convince skeptics.
18 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Kuwait’s ageing emir in hospital, crown prince takes over some duties
Kuwait’s 91-year-old ruler Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah has been admitted to hospital for medical checks, and the country’s crown prince will temporarily carry out some of his duties, the state news agency KUNA reports.
18 July 2020, 17:51 PM
UN chief to world leaders: ‘Inequality starts at the top’
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has accused world powers of ignoring inequality in global institutions, but said the coronavirus pandemic has created a “generational opportunity” to build a more equal, sustainable world.
18 July 2020, 17:35 PM
WHO preparing full mission to China to study virus origins
The World Health Organization is forming a team of international experts to go to China to study the origins of the novel coronavirus, but it will not be in place before the end of July.
18 July 2020, 15:14 PM
Russia holds military exercises in southwest amid flare-up between Azerbaijan and Armenia
Russia is holding military exercises to test its combat readiness amid clashes between its ally Azerbaijan and Armenian forces, Russia’s defence minister told his Azeri counterpart.
18 July 2020, 14:11 PM
Japan mulls ‘China exit’ for 87 manufacturing projects
The Japanese government has laid out its plan for shifting manufacturing out of China to Southeast Asia or Japan.
18 July 2020, 13:46 PM