(FILE PHOTO) Picture taken on August 3, 2019 shows Nok (C), a volunteer medic, reacting as tear gas is fired towards protesters in the Tsim Sha Tsui area of Hong Kong’s Kowloon district © Anthony Wallace, AFP/File The European Union told China on Monday to make good on a promise to open up its economy and […]
Continue reading …Important changes on shielding were announced (Picture: Getty; PA) Shielding from coronavirus will be brought to a ‘pause’ in England from August 1. Guidelines will relax in stages, provided the disease continues to be brought under control. At the daily press briefing today, Dr Jenny Harries said that from July 6 people will be able […]
Continue reading …Since 2015, a power struggle has pitted the UN-recognised Tripoli government against eastern commander Khalifa Haftar with both sides backed by rival foreign powers Mahmud TURKIA AFP The UN’s top rights body on Monday ordered a fact-finding mission to Libya to document violations committed since 2016 as International Criminal Court prosecutors said mass graves discovered there […]
Continue reading …People line up at the Apple store on Broadway, New York City, June 19, 2020. (EPA Photo The World Health Organization reported the highest single-day rise in new cases with the biggest increases coming from the Americas, underlining the desperate struggle to contain the disease Despite clear headway in containing the coronavirus in regions that […]
Continue reading …Chinese leaders and EU officials are seeking to cool tensions at a video summit on Monday, which addressed new tariffs targeting Chinese firms, Beijing’s increasing control over Hong Kong, and the fallout from the coronavirus crisis. The meeting comes after Brussels infuriated Beijing by accusing it of a campaign of disinformation around the pandemic on […]
Continue reading …James Furlong was one of three people killed in the terror attack (Picture: EPA/Hyde News & Pictures Ltd) James Furlong was one of three people killed in the terror attack (Picture: EPA/Hyde News & Pictures Ltd) One of the victims in the Reading terror attack has been named as James Furlong, a teacher at The […]
Continue reading …President Trump walked to a ceremony in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington on Tuesday. While other books by journalists, lower-level former aides, and even an anonymous senior official have revealed much about the Trump White House, former national security adviser John Bolton’s volume is the first tell-all memoir by such a […]
Continue reading …North Korean military authorities recently conducted an investigation into military drivers as part of wider efforts to crack down on corruption and improve discipline, Daily NK has learned. The investigation into the drivers is likely related to a resolution adopted by the Central Military Committee on June 1 urging “stronger regulations” and “severe punishments” to curb corruption […]
Continue reading …The sudden removal of the PM Modi’s speech and Indian government’s posts from its official accounts on Chinese social media comes in the backdrop of the violent face-off between Indian and Chinese troops in eastern Ladakh’s Galwan Valley.(Photo: ANI) A popular Chinese social media app, WeChat, has removed updates by the Embassy of India (EoI) on the […]
Continue reading …A man wearing a face mask sits on a subway train in Beijing on june 20,(AFP Photo) China’s capital recorded a further drop in coronavirus cases amid tightened containment measures while Brazil surpassed more than 1 million confirmed infections, second only to the United States. Officials reported 22 new cases in Beijing on Saturday, along […]
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