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Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen. Photo Credit: Taiwan Presidential Office.  (FPRI) — COVID-19 seemed to change the narrative around Taiwan: from a nation whose existence is often characterized as standing on the edge of a knife to one that capably and effectively handled the pandemic with fewer than 10 deaths. Before the COVID-19 pandemic ravaged the […]

A statue of former Ethiopian leader Haile Selassie has been destroyed in a park in Wimbledon, south-west London. Police are investigating the incident, which took place in Cannizaro Park on Tuesday evening. The damage to the bust was carried out by a group of around 100 people, according to an eyewitness. It appears to be […]

In this Dec. 26, 2015, file photo, rescue workers are seen at the site of a landslide at a jade mine in Hpakant, Kachin State, Myanmar. (AFP Photo)  The bodies of at least 113 jade miners were pulled from the mud Thursday after a landslide in northern Myanmar, fire services said, as monsoon rains worsen […]

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden. | Bryan Woolston/AP Photo For the second consecutive month, Joe Biden raised more money than Donald Trump. The Biden campaign and the Democratic National Committee late Wednesday reported that they together raised $141 million in June, for a total cash haul of $282.1 million for the quarter. Both figures bested […]

Copyright Alexei Druzhinin/sputnik   Russia President Vladimir Putin is on track for an overwhelming victory in a referendum on constitutional changes that could see his rule extended to 2036, according to election officials. Ballots from more than 20% of Russia’s precincts have been counted, revealing 72% of voters have so far approved the Russian president’s […]

Children wearing face masks play on their scooters while their parents watch during the coronavirus pandemic in New York City. (File photo: AFP) A national mask mandate could be a way for the United States to address the latest coronavirus surge while also protecting the country’s economic recovery, Goldman Sachs said. In a report titled […]

A man who has carried a “Hong Kong independence” flag to Causeway Bay has been arrested under national security law – making him the first arrest since the new law came into effect last night. Before his arrest, officers have raised a new warning flag in Causeway Bay warning protesters they could be breaching Hong Kong’s […]

Gilead Sciences headquarters in Foster City, California.   –   Copyright  AP Photo/Ben Margot The United States has bought nearly the entire world’s supply of remdesivir, one of just two drugs proven to treat COVID-19. The anti-viral drug patented by the US-based Gilead biotech firm is the only one approved by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) to treat patients with […]

Last night we didn’t only lose #HaacaaluuHundeessaa, a husband, a father of 3, a son, & a brother; we lost the #Oromo nation’s institution of conscience; a star, who, through his music, was the melodic company of the struggles, dreams & hopes we continued to live through. R.I.P Hachalu Hundessa — famed for his political songs — had […]

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO), attends a press conference, at the WHO headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, Thursday, June 25, 2020. (AP Photo)  The COVID-19 pandemic is not even close to being over World Health Organization (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a briefing Monday. Tedros also said WHO will […]