US grapples with pandemic as its origins are traced in China
Deaths from the virus have been rising in the US, especially in the South and West, though they are still well below the numbers reached...
Counting the burials: African nations scramble to track Covid-19
In a nation where fewer than 2% of deaths are registered, an increase in burials may be one of the first signs that a killer...
Top Trump aide warns of ‘strong actions’ on TikTok, angering China
Trump last week had said he is considering banning the wildly popular TikTok app as a way to punish China over the coronavirus pandemic. top White House official said...
Diageo to launch Johnnie Walker whisky in paper bottles in 2021
The new bottle, developed in partnership with venture management company Pilot Lite, will be made from wood pulp that meets food grade standards and is...
Seoul mayor’s funeral held despite #MeToo objections
Former human rights lawyer Park was a heavyweight figure in the ruling Democratic party and ran South Korea’s sprawling capital — home to almost a...
Unachievers Achievement
Trump’s non-achieving achievements He twisted somebody’s arms to get listed in the Forbes magazine as a Billionaire. His asset at that time was $645 million...
Bosnia Muslims remember Srebrenica massacre, worst atrocity on European soil since WWII
On July 11, 1995, after capturing the town, Serb forces killed more than 8,000 Muslim men and boys in Srebrenica in a few days. Bosnian...
Amazon says email to employees banning TikTok was a mistake
The email told employees to delete TikTok, a video app increasingly popular with young people but also the focus of intensifying national-security and geopolitical concerns...
Hundreds try to storm Serbian parliament as protests heat up
Several people were arrested, and many reporters were injured, mainly in attacks by the demonstrators. Police fired tear gas at hundreds of demonstrators who tried...
Foreign students weigh studying in person vs losing visas
Students from countries as diverse as India, China and Brazil say they are scrambling to devise plans after federal immigration authorities notified colleges this week...
Donald Trump commutes longtime friend Roger Stone’s prison sentence
Days before Roger Stone was to begin serving a 40-month prison sentence, Donald Trump has commuted his sentence, intervening in extraordinary fashion in a criminal...
First prayers in Hagia Sophia on July 24: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan
The first prayers will be held in Turkey’s Hagia Sophia on July 24, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday, after declaring the ancient monument was...
US slaps French goods with 25% duties in digital tax row, but delays effective date
The US move follows a US Section 301 probe, which concluded the French tax discriminates against US tech firms such as Google (GOOG.O), Facebook (FB.O) and Apple Inc...
France to restore Notre-Dame Cathedral as it was before inferno
The April 15, 2019 blaze gutted the Gothic landmark and major tourist attraction, destroying the spire and roof in a disaster that stunned the nation....
How China’s dam may have worsened Wuhan flooding
Hubei houses the giant Three Gorges dam to regulate the flow of the Yangtze, Asia’s longest river. The project, world’s largest gravity hydroelectric system, was...
Nepal’s ruling party’s meet to decide PM’s future deferred again; Oli downplays intra-party rift
Top NCP leaders, including former prime minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’, have demanded Prime Minister Oli’s resignation, saying his recent anti-India remarks were “neither politically...