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This week, Israel saw a new spike in confirmed coronavirus cases prompting the country's Health Ministry to warn the public to not fall “into complacency.”

Israel and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) agreed on Thursday to a “full normalization of relations” in an historic deal brokered by United States President Donald Trump.

Following a two-year investigation, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) accused Yale University of violating federal civil rights law by discriminating against Asian American and white applicants in its undergraduate ...

After an impressive 102-day COVID-19-free streak, New Zealand is scrambling to trace and contain a new outbreak, reporting 14 new infections on Thursday.

In their first campaign event together in Wilmington, Delaware, on Wednesday, presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and newly announced running mate Kamala Harris criticized the Trump administration’s handling of ...

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Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden announced on Tuesday that he has picked Kamala Harris, Democratic Senator from California, as his choice for vice president in the lead-up to the ...

After less than two months of human testing, a Russian coronavirus vaccine became the first to be granted regulatory approval, President Vladimir Putin announced on Tuesday.

Seattle police chief Carmen Best announced her retirement on Monday, hours after the city council voted to cut US$3.5 million from the police budget and decrease the size of law ...

Following catastrophic explosions one week ago in the port of Lebanon's capital, Beirut, which subsequently led to mass anti-government protests, Lebanon’s government yielded to public demands and announced its resignation ...

President Donald Trump was abruptly led outside the press briefing room to the Oval Office on Monday by Secret Service agents who informed him there had been a shooting outside ...

Monday marked a day of arrests in Hong Kong as law enforcement officers detained prominent pro-democracy media mogul Jimmy Lai along with at least nine others for allegedly violating the ...

On Monday, McDonald’s Corporation filed a lawsuit against its former chief executive officer Steve Easterbrook, alleging that Easterbrook lied to the company about the extent of his sexual relations with ...

Violent protests broke out in Beirut over the weekend as public fury grew following two massive explosions that devastated Lebanon’s capital city last week, killing at least 158 people and ...

US President Donald Trump said on Sunday that despite his signed memorandum stating otherwise, financially strapped states may not have to pay their 25% share - or US$100 of the ...

The United States imposed sanctions on 11 Hong Kong officials including Chief Executive Carrie Lam on Friday for their alleged roles in undermining Hong Kong’s autonomy and restricting political freedoms.

President Donald Trump signed four executive actions on Saturday that will provide US$400 in additional weekly unemployment benefits, defer payroll tax from employees’ salaries, extend the deferment on student loan ...

United States President Donald Trump signed a pair of executive orders on Thursday banning US residents from doing business with Chinese companies ByteDance, owner of viral video app TikTok, and ...

Facebook Inc. announced on Thursday that it will ban advertisements from The Committee to Defend the President, a pro President Donald Trump super PAC (political action committee), for violating its ...

Chinese officials threatened on Thursday to “take strong countermeasures” over the scheduled visit of the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services, Alex Azar, to Taiwan on Sunday.

On Thursday, New York Attorney General Letitia James filed a lawsuit seeking to dissolve the National Rifle Association (NRA), after an 18-month investigation revealed evidence of fraud and self-dealing.

United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo signaled on Wednesday that the US will be taking greater action to purge “untrusted Chinese apps” like TikTok and WeChat from its digital ...

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On Wednesday, Lebanese President Michel Aoun declared a two-week state of emergency following two massive explosions that ripped through the Lebanese capital of Beirut, killing at least 135 people and ...

President Donald Trump told Fox News on Wednesday that he supported the renewal of unemployment benefits but also doesn’t want the benefits to discourage people from going back to work.

On Tuesday evening, a large blast in the port of Beirut, capital of Lebanon, killed at least 70 people and injured over 4,000 others. While investigations are still ongoing, many ...

Two powerful explosions rocked the port of Beirut, capital of Lebanon, on Tuesday evening in a blast that sent out seismic waves capable of shattering windows and leaving buildings in ...

Maryland Republican Governor Larry Hogan announced in a statement on Tuesday that a bipartisan group of seven governors have formed a purchasing compact with the Rockefeller foundation that will allow ...

As talks take place over the United States’ acquisition of the Chinese-owned viral video app TikTok, President Donald Trump announced on Monday that any sale resulting from these talks would ...

Tropical storm Isaias made landfall in North Carolina as a hurricane Monday night. It is set to move across the east coast on Tuesday, bringing heavy rainfall and high winds ...

France announced on Monday that it would not be ratifying its extradition treaty with Hong Kong following Beijing’s imposition of a national security law in the city.

Democratic Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance stated in court filings with a district judge on Monday that the scope of his investigation into President Donald Trump’s tax records extends beyond ...

As the coronavirus pandemic continues to spread globally, two countries – Russia and India – have announced that they will begin mass producing vaccines in advance to prepare stockpiles that ...

On Monday, more than 100 current and former chief executive officers at major companies in the United States wrote a letter urging Congress to act to implement long-term financial relief ...

Over the last month, pro-democracy lawmakers and activists have continued to adapt and find new ways to express opposition to Beijing after its imposition of a sweeping national security law ...

Microsoft said in a blogpost on Sunday that, following a meeting with US President Donald Trump, Chief Executive Officer Satya Nadella remains in discussions to acquire TikTok in the United ...

On Saturday, it was revealed that Beijing-based internet giant ByteDance, which owns the popular video app TikTok, had agreed to divest the American operations of the app in an attempt ...

On Saturday, a Republican official stated that the press will not be allowed to attend the Republican National Convention (RNC) in Charlotte, North Carolina due to COVID-19 restrictions.

The European Union has imposed its first-ever sanctions related to cybercrime on individuals and entities, including Russian military agents, North Korean firms and Chinese cyberspies allegedly involved in attacks worldwide.

On Thursday, United States St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Wesley Bell stated in a news conference that no charges will be brought against Darren Wilson, the white former police officer ...

On Thursday, the Hong Kong government formally disqualified 12 opposition candidates from running in the upcoming elections for seats in the city’s legislature.

On Thursday, United States President Donald Trump sent a tweet suggesting that the 2020 election should be delayed. In his tweet, Trump alleged that mail-in voting because of the COVID-19 ...

The Hong Kong government met on Tuesday to discuss the possibility of postponing the city’s legislative elections, but no decision was reached.

In an antitrust hearing on Wednesday, the House Judiciary Committee grilled the Chief Executive Officers of Amazon, Facebook, Google and Apple over their substantial market power and anti-competitive actions.

During a protest in New York on Tuesday, a New York Police Department (NYPD) officer dressed in shorts and a T-shirt grabbed an 18-year-old transgender female protester and put her ...

On Tuesday, Hong Kong political activist and associate law professor Benny Tai was fired from the University of Hong Kong (HKU), a move which he labeled “the end of academic ...

On Tuesday, United States Attorney General William Barr testified before the House Judiciary Committee regarding the Justice Department’s deployment of federal officers to cities to contain protests, its alleged interference ...

On Tuesday, China announced it would suspend Hong Kong’s extradition treaties with the United Kingdom, Canada and Australia.

In the first of five trials linked to the multibillion dollar 1MDB financial scandal (short for the 1Malaysia Development Berhad scandal), the former Malaysian prime minister, Najib Razak, was sentenced ...

On Tuesday, a Twitter spokesperson said that Donald Trump Jr.’s ability to tweet would be restricted for twelve hours after he posted a video by a doctor that promoted the ...

On Tuesday, New Zealand Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters announced that they have suspended their extradition treaty with Hong Kong and have implemented several other changes to their foreign policy ...

On Monday, the University of Notre Dame announced it would no longer host the first presidential debate due to COVID-19 concerns.

Several regions across Asia imposed new restrictions on Monday as they face resurgences of COVID-19 infections.

United States President Donald Trump’s national security adviser, Robert O’Brien, has tested positive for COVID-19, the White House said in a statement to the press on Monday.

North Korea declared a “state of emergency” and ordered a lockdown on Sunday on the border town, Kaesong, after a person suspected to have been infected with the coronavirus illegally ...

Hurricane Hanna weakened to a tropical depression by Sunday evening after battering the Gulf Coast of Southern Texas - an area already burdened with the COVID-19 pandemic - with heavy ...

On Sunday, staffers of the United States consulate in the Chinese city of Chengdu scrambled to vacate the premises as they neared the 10 a.m. Monday closure deadline ordered by ...

On Saturday, protests in multiple cities in the United States reignited as people marched in solidarity with Portland protesters.

On Thursday, China threatened to stop recognizing the British National Overseas (BNO) passports held by Hong Kongers born before 1997 as the United Kingdom unveils new details of a generous ...

On Thursday, Judge Alvin Hellerstein of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York ordered for President Donald Trump’s former personal attorney Michael Cohen to be ...

In a bold display of their technical prowess, China launched its first independent space probe destined for Mars on Thursday, further establishing their status as a contender in space exploration ...

On Thursday, United States Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin told reporters outside the White House that the Republican COVID-19 relief package will not include a payroll tax cut.

In a sudden escalation of tensions between the United States and China, the Trump administration made the abrupt decision on Wednesday to order the closure of the Chinese consulate in ...

On Wednesday, the United States House of Representatives passed legislation by a bipartisan vote of 305-113 to remove Confederate statues from the National Statuary Hall Collection in the US Capitol.

United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met with British officials on Tuesday as geopolitical tensions continued to rise between Western nations and China.

On Wednesday, the United States government released a statement announcing a US$1.95 billion dollar contractual agreement with pharmaceutical company Pfizer Inc. and German biotechnology company BioNTech SE to obtain 100 ...

On Tuesday, United States President Donald Trump signed a memorandum to exclude the nation’s undocumented immigrants from the Census count, which is used to apportion the number of representatives in ...

The United States Justice Department indicted two Chinese nationals over their apparent role in a decade-long cyber espionage campaign targeting defense intelligence, COVID-19 vaccine information and other state secrets.

As countries race to develop a vaccine for the coronavirus, three laboratories released findings on Monday that show promising results. The studies – published by developers from the United Kingdom, ...

Late Monday, attorneys for Trump’s former personal lawyer Michael Cohen and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a lawsuit against United States Attorney General William Barr, alleging that Cohen ...

The United States Department of Commerce announced on Monday it would be adding 11 new Chinese companies to its economic blacklist for their complicity in the mistreatment of Uighurs (also ...

On Monday, approximately 20,000 essential workers in 160 cities of the United States walked off their jobs in a planned strike to protest systemic racial injustice and economic inequality, which ...

On Monday, Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, California Representative Kevin McCarthy and Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin met with President Donald Trump to discuss Congress’ differences with the administration over ...

China’s ambassador to the United Kingdom, Liu Xiaoming, gave an interview with the BBC on Sunday to defend Beijing against accusations by British officials of “gross and egregious” treatment of ...

John Lewis, a democratic representative of Georgia and civil rights activist who spent a lifetime fighting for racial justice in the United States died of pancreatic cancer at the age ...

Ahead of British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab’s meeting before Parliament on Monday, expectations are circulating about British plans to suspend its extradition treaty with Hong Kong.

In an effort to support the diversification of supply chains and reduce dependence on China, Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry unveiled a new plan on Friday to provide ...

According to a report by the Portland Police Bureau, protesters in northern Portland broke into the Portland Police Association’s (PPA) office on Saturday night and set fire to the building.

As tensions between the United States and China continue to worsen, the Trump administration is reportedly considering their most drastic move yet – banning all members of the Chinese Communist ...

On Thursday, the US Supreme Court upheld a temporary halt by the United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit that blocks Florida’s former felons from voting if they ...

On Thursday, China reported that its gross domestic product (GDP) from April through June had again returned to positive territory. This would make China the world’s first major economy to ...

On Thursday, Republican National Committee (RNC) Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel sent a letter to delegates stating that the Republican Convention in Jacksonville, Florida will be scaled down significantly due to the ...

United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo declared on Wednesday that the US would impose visa restrictions on employees of Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. and other Chinese firms for their ...

On Wednesday, attorneys for George Floyd’s family announced they had filed a civil rights lawsuit against the four officers involved in his murder and the City of Minneapolis, where Floyd ...

On Tuesday, President Donald Trump announced the end of Hong Kong’s preferential trade status and signed a bill that would mandate sanctions against individuals and banks involved in the erosion ...

Beginning Wednesday, hospitals will send all COVID-19 patient data to the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), bypassing the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), under ...

On Tuesday, the United Kingdom announced it would be banning the use of Huawei technologies in the country’s 5G network, which officials say could delay the unveiling of the network ...

On Tuesday, the Donald Trump administration rescinded an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) policy that would have required international students enrolled in colleges offering online-only courses in the fall semester ...

Most American businesses operating in Hong Kong have grown increasingly concerned about the new national security law, according to a survey conducted by the American Chamber of Commerce.

On Tuesday morning, convicted murderer Daniel Lewis Lee was executed in the United States’ first federal execution since 2003. The Supreme Court ruled by a majority of 5-4 overnight that ...

17 states and Washington DC sue Trump administration over visa rule for international students

Localist candidates claim major victories in Hong Kong pro-democracy primaries amid warnings of national security law violation

Since the beginning of the battle against the coronavirus pandemic, Hong Kong has been praised for its handling of the outbreak. Now though, the city is being faced with a ...

On Monday, the Washington Redskins, a team in the National Football League (NFL), announced in a statement that it would change the team’s logo and drop the name “Redskins,” a ...

Two experts from the World Health Organization (WHO) visited China on Saturday and Sunday to lay the groundwork for upcoming investigations into the origins of the coronavirus pandemic.

On Sunday, a fire and explosion onboard United States Navy warship USS Bonhomme Richard, docked in a naval base in San Diego, caused injuries to 21 people - 17 sailors ...

On Saturday, President Donald Trump wore a mask in public for the first time during a visit to wounded soldiers and health care workers at Walter Reed military hospital outside ...

Over the weekend, more than 600,000 Hong Kong citizens voted in an unofficial primary election held by the opposition camp in what was said to be a symbolic protest vote ...

On Thursday, the United States Supreme Court announced that the subpoenas issued by three committees of the Democratic-controlled House of Representatives for President Donald Trump’s financial records will remain blocked.

On Friday, the mayor of Seoul, Park Won Soon, was found dead after he was reported missing by his daughter on Thursday at 5:16 p.m. after she found a note ...

Australia announced on Thursday that they would be suspending their extradition agreements with Hong Kong and extending the visas of up to 10,000 Hong Kongers already in the country in ...

On Thursday, the United States Supreme Court announced by a ruling of 7-2 that President Donald Trump is not immune from New York District Attorney Cyrus Vance’s subpoena seeking Trump’s ...

On Wednesday, Hong Kong’s ministry of education stated that they would ban the singing of a popular anti-government protest song on campus, explaining that schools are “obliged” to protect students ...

On Wednesday, an 82-paged transcript was released detailing the last moments of George Floyd’s life. The transcripts document Floyd saying, “I can’t breathe” more than 20 times while under police ...

On Tuesday, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced that the United States has imposed visa restrictions on Chinese officials who are found to be “substantially involved” in restricting foreigners from ...

On Tuesday, the United States reported 60,021 new cases of COVID-19, its highest number yet, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University.

On Tuesday, the manuscript of Mary Trump’s book titled "Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man," was released to the media, offering a ...

On Tuesday, the World Health Organization (WHO) publicly acknowledged evidence that suggests the coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) can spread through airborne transmission.

On Monday, several big technology and communications companies announced that they would be making changes to their policies with Hong Kong. The companies cited concerns over the political changes that ...

On Monday, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced in a statement that international students studying in the United States who are enrolled in universities offering online only courses in the ...

On Monday, the United States Supreme Court unanimously ruled that a state may require its members of the electoral college to cast their vote for the presidential candidate who wins ...

On Monday, Chinese state media agency Procuratorial Daily reported the launch of a special task force in China to strengthen political policing and to maintain social stability.

Uber Technologies, Inc. has agreed to buy delivery service Postmates Inc. in a US$2.65 billion all-stock deal, the companies announced in a statement on Monday.

Following the official passing of China's new national security law for Hong Kong, law enforcement efforts in the city have grown increasingly assertive as officers are granted sweeping new powers ...

In the aftermath of the enactment of Beijing’s national security law in Hong Kong last week, signs of the city’s slipping freedoms are starting to emerge.

On Sunday, human remains found in a Texas grave were identified by investigators as those of Army Specialist Vanessa Guillen who was bludgeoned to death with a hammer on April ...

In a Friday press conference, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced that Canada would be suspending its extradition treaty with Hong Kong, citing his country’s “grave concern” over Beijing’s new ...

A shooting at the Lavish Lounge nightclub in Greenville, South Carolina early Sunday morning left two people dead and eight injured.

On Wednesday, the United States House Armed Services Committee unanimously approved the year’s US$740.5 billion defense policy bill.

On Thursday morning in Bradford, England, Jeffery Epstein’s former girlfriend and confidant Ghislaine Maxwell was arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and charged by federal prosecutors for conspiring ...

Beijing moved on Tuesday to officially enact its new national security law in Hong Kong, triggering waves of concern throughout the international community with many countries considering taking action against ...

On Wednesday, the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) proposed a new rule that would allow federally funded homeless shelters to deny housing to transgender individuals in ...

Advertisers at more than 650 companies have boycotted Facebook Inc. for its reluctance to remove misinformation and hate speech from its platforms.

On Wednesday, the 23rd anniversary of Hong Kong’s handover to Chinese rule, thousands of Hong Kongers flocked to the streets in protest against the newly enacted national security law introduced ...

Scientists in China published a study on Monday about a new strain of the H1N1 swine flu virus that has been spreading among pig farmers in the country. They warn ...

On Tuesday, the United States Senate voted unanimously to extend the Paycheck Protection Program until August 8, providing relief to small businesses during the pandemic.

On Tuesday evening, the highly anticipated details of Beijing’s elusive national security law for Hong Kong were revealed to the public and local government for the first time.

On Tuesday, top infectious disease expert at the United States National Institutes of Health (NIH) Dr. Anthony Fauci, testified in the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee that COVID-19 ...

On Monday, the United States Supreme Court ruled by a vote of 5-4 to strike down Louisiana’s controversial Unsafe Abortion Protection Act that would have restricted the number of abortion ...

The national security law for Hong Kong was promulgated on Tuesday after it was unanimously passed by China’s top legislative body, the National People’s Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC), and signed ...

On Monday, it was announced that the United States would halt exports of defense equipment to Hong Kong and place restrictions on dual-use technology exports as a “direct consequence” of ...

In an open letter on Monday, Gilead Sciences Inc. announced that a standard five-day, six-vial treatment of remdesivir would be priced at US$3,120 for an American patient with private insurance. ...

On Sunday, Mississippi lawmakers passed a bill to remove the Confederate emblem from the state's flag. Mississippi is currently the only state in the United States to have a confederate ...

Last Friday, The New York Times reported that a Russian military intelligence unit covertly offered rewards to Taliban militants in Afghanistan to kill American or British coalition troops stationed in ...

On Saturday, the Chinese embassy in Canada released an online statement condemning the “irresponsible remarks” and “distorted reports” from Canada about China's detention of Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor.

On Friday, the Democrat-majority House of Representatives passed the Washington, D.C. Admission Act (H.R. 51), which would make Washington, DC a new state in the United States.

On Friday, Judge Dolly Gee of the United States District Court for the Central District of California ruled that children held in US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention centers ...

As China’s top legislative body and the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (SCNPC) commenced a three-day meeting to finalize the details of Hong Kong's national security law on ...

According to a news release on Thursday, New York Police Department (NYPD) Officer David Afanador was charged with "attempted aggravated strangulation and strangulation in the second degree" after being caught ...

On Thursday, the United States Senate unanimously approved legislation that would impose sanctions on those who support China in their efforts to restrict Hong Kong’s independence and autonomy.

On Wednesday, United States Iran envoy Brian Hook said that Russia and China would be isolated at the United Nations (UN) if they continue down the “road to dystopia” and ...

In the latest development of the two nation’s long-standing rivalry, Pakistan accused India of being a “state-sponsor of terrorism” on Wednesday. Prior to the accusation, the nation had already pushed ...

On Wednesday, a grand jury in Georgia indicted the three white men charged for the killing of Ahmaud Arbery, who was black. Arbery was shot three times while jogging in ...

On Wednesday, the three-judge panel of The United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia ordered District Judge Emmet Sullivan to drop the criminal case against President ...

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un gave an order to suspend military action against South Korea on Wednesday, according to official state news agency Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). The ...

On Tuesday, United States Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said that there could be a “decoupling” between the US and Chinese economies if US companies are not allowed to participate and ...

On Tuesday, the Louisville Metro Police Department (LMPD) announced on Twitter that the department had fired Brett Hankinson, one of the officers involved in the fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor, ...

Former political consultant Roger Stone told President Donald Trump in 2016 that WikiLeaks would release documents damaging to his opponent Hillary Clinton’s election campaign, according to a newly released, less ...

On Monday, United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called for the immediate release of two Canadians who are being held in China on espionage charges, which he called “politically ...

On Monday, the Trump administration designated four Chinese state-run media organizations as foreign missions – declaring them operatives of the Chinese communist state rather than practitioners of journalism.

On Friday during an interview with Axios, United States President Donald Trump stated that he held off on imposing sanctions against China for the mass detention of Uighur Muslims (also ...

On Sunday, White House trade adviser Peter Navarro told CNN that the Trump administration is preparing for the possibility of a higher transmission of COVID-19 in the fall as states ...

On Monday, the European Union (EU) and China held a video summit meeting, marking their first formal talks since tensions spiked over the EU's disapproval of Beijing’s management during the ...

On Sunday, Afghan officials stated that Taliban militants had kidnapped around 60 civilians in central Afghanistan over the past week in the latest episode of escalating violence and amid efforts ...

On Sunday, according to an announcement made by the Minneapolis Police Department on Twitter, one man has died and 11 others have suffered nonlife threatening injuries after a shooting at ...

On Saturday evening, China’s top Legislative body, the National People’s Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC), announced new details of the impending national security law in Hong Kong after a three-day deliberation ...

On Saturday, the Trump administration removed the United States attorney for the Southern District of New York (SDNY) Geoffrey Berman, from office according to a letter written to Berman by ...

Amid talks between the United States and China aimed at easing bilateral tensions on Wednesday, US President Donald Trump officially signed legislation that authorizes sanctions against those responsible for the ...

On Thursday, the Supreme Court of the United States blocked the Trump administration’s attempt to dismantle the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program that protects nearly 650,000 immigrants from ...

On Wednesday, United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met with top Chinese diplomat Yang Jiechi in Hawaii to address the growing tensions between the two world superpowers. US Deputy ...

Former Atlanta police Officer Garrett Rolfe, who is white, was charged with felony murder by Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard Jr. on Wednesday for fatally shooting Rayshard Brooks, who ...

During a personal meeting at the June 2019 G-20 summit, United States President Donald Trump asked China’s President Xi Jinping to assist him in getting reelected in the November elections, ...

In the aftermath of a historical confrontation along the Chinese-Indian border, Chinese President Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, appear to be caught between nationalist sentiments and a ...

On Tuesday, scientists at the University of Oxford had a “major breakthrough” in clinical trials for a COVID-19 treatment. Researchers have found evidence that dexamethasone, a cheap and widely available ...

On Tuesday, the head of the United States Department of Justice Civil Division, Jody Hunt announced that he would resign from his post on July 3, making him the third ...

In the early hours of Tuesday morning, Indian and Chinese troops clashed along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) marking a major escalation in the monthslong standoff at their disputed ...

On Tuesday, the Trump administration filed a lawsuit against former United States national security adviser John Bolton in an attempt to delay the publication of Bolton's highly anticipated memoir, “The ...

On Tuesday, North Korea blew up the inter-Korean liaison office on their side of the border after several recent threats of military action against its southern neighbor.

On Monday, the United States Supreme Court ruled that the 1964 Civil Rights Act – which bans workplace discrimination on the basis of sex – also covers discrimination based on ...

On June 13, 19-year-old Black Lives Matter activist Oluwatoyin Salau was found dead in a house on Monday Street in Tallahassee, Florida, according to a news release issued by the ...

On Monday the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) rescinded its emergency authorization of anti-malarial drug hydroxychloroquine, the drug that has been repeatedly endorsed by President Donald Trump as ...

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to ravage the world, Pakistan and China – two countries that have eased lockdown restrictions – have found the virus to be harder to defeat ...

On Monday, a Moscow court found former United States Marine Paul Wheelan guilty of espionage and sentenced him to 16 years in prison with the possibility of time in a ...

On Sunday, Afghanistan’s government and the Islamist Taliban group announced that both sides had agreed to meet in Doha, Qatar to conduct peace talks.

An analysis of dashboard camera footage released by Atlanta police department, eyewitness videos and Wendy’s security camera footage by The New York Times shows a white law enforcement officer fatally ...

A Hong Kong riot police officer was rebuked by the force after being recorded chanting Black Lives Matter slogans while performing identity checks on protesters in video footage released over ...

On Saturday, Kim Yo Jong, the influential sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, announced the nation's decision to take military action against “enemy” South Korea.

On Friday, the Trump administration released a statement announcing their intention to eliminate the Obama-era healthcare protections that prohibit discrimination against transgender individuals by doctors, hospitals and health insurance companies.

On Thursday, United States President Donald Trump authorized sanctions and visa restrictions against the International Criminal Court (ICC) and its officials. This comes two months after the ICC allowed an ...

On Friday, North Korea stated that there was no future benefit in maintaining a relationship with the United States. The announcement was made on the second anniversary of the first ...

On Thursday, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals announced that it had commenced its first clinical trial of COVID-19 antibody cocktail treatments in the United States. If successful, the company hopes to make the ...

In a radio interview on Thursday, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said that he would not yield to “coercion” from China when asked whether Australian exports would continue taking hits ...

On Wednesday in an 82-paged analysis, court-appointed lawyer and former District Judge John Gleeson labeled the Justice Department’s decision to drop the criminal charges against President Trump’s former National Security ...

On Wednesday, United States Envoy for Arms Control Marshall Billingslea pushed China to reconsider participating in trilateral nuclear disarmament negotiations, calling for the end of their “Great Wall of Secrecy.”

Letters written on May 27 and June 7 by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi respectively, were made public this week.

On Wednesday George Floyd’s brother, Philonise Floyd testified in front of the House Judiciary Committee in Capitol Hill urging lawmakers to reform law enforcement and to combat systemic racism.

According to data tracked by The Washington Post, since the beginning of June 14 states in America have recorded their highest ever seven-day average of new COVID-19 cases.

In a phone call with British Foreign Secretary Dominc Raab on Monday, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi warned the British official against “interference in China’s domestic affairs.”

On Monday, New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir Grewal released police camera footage of an unarmed black man being shot six times by a white state trooper amid a scuffle on ...

On Monday, mainland Chinese officials released a nearly three hour webinar to explain how their proposed national security law would ensure Hong Kong’s freedoms beyond 2047.

On Monday, New Zealand health officials reported that the last known coronavirus patient had recovered, officially declaring the nation virus free.

Derek Chauvin, the white police officer who killed George Floyd who was black, had his bail set at US$1.25 million on Monday.

On Monday, congressional Democrats unveiled a sweeping police reform bill following weeks of protests against police brutality and racism.

On Sunday, senior Chinese officials released a report defending the nation’s response to the pandemic and urged the international community to unite during these difficult times.

Nine members of the Minneapolis City Council, a veto-proof majority of the council’s 13 members, announced their intention to defund and dismantle the city’s police department and build a new ...

On Saturday, top military generals from China and India met to resolve a monthlong standoff between their troops along the India-China Line of Actual Control (LAC).

On Sunday, United States President Donald Trump ordered the withdrawal of National Guard troops from Washington, DC.

On Thursday, various senior representatives from the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Germany, Japan, European Parliament, Sweden and Norway, created a new alliance and launched The Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on ...

On Thursday, Hong Kong lawmakers passed a bill that criminalizes insult to March of the Volunteers – the Chinese national anthem. This is despite public widespread opposition and multiple attempts ...

George Floyd’s memorial service held on Thursday in Minneapolis came with calls for sweeping criminal justice reforms in the United States.

According to a report compiled by the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), 70 COVID-19 testing sites across 17 states have been forced to close due to ...

On Wednesday, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison upgraded the murder charge against Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer who killed George Floyd, to second-degree murder.

On Tuesday, United States President Donald Trump and India Prime Minister Narendra Modi had a 25-minute phone call where they discussed issues surrounding the ongoing India-China border standoff, among other ...

According to a two-page memorandum first obtained by BuzzFeed, the United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has been granted temporary authority by the Department of Justice (DOJ) to conduct “covert ...

On Tuesday, United States Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell blocked a resolution that would have condemned President Donald Trump after rubber bullets and tear gas were used on peaceful protesters ...

In a speech on Tuesday in Philadelphia City Hall, presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden criticized President Donald Trump’s handling of the protests in over 120 cities of the United States. ...

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has called for an investigation into police mistreatment of two Australian journalists who were stationed outside the White House on Monday evening.

In the early hours of Tuesday morning, a retired police captain was shot to death by a looter who broke into a pawnshop where the former captain worked as a ...

In official statements released on Monday, United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced that the US is considering opening its doors to Hong Kong citizens who are looking to ...

On Friday, in response to the ongoing protests around the United States, YouTube announced its pledge to donate US$1 million to combat racism and violence in the country.

A CBS news poll conducted by YouGov using a nationally representative sample of 2,071 Americans interviewed between May 29 and June 1, found that 57% of Americans think that the ...

Popular dating app Grindr has said that it will remove its app’s ethnicity filter in a coming update, following years of criticism.

Late on Monday, United States President Donald Trump ordered active-duty military troops to be dispatched to Washington from Fort Bragg, California.

On Monday, Hong Kong law enforcement released a statement officially banning the city’s annual Tiananmen Square vigil citing a “major threat to public health.” This marks the first time the ...

A private autopsy report commissioned by George Floyd’s family found that Floyd died due to compression on his neck and back after former police officer Derek Chauvin, pressed his knee ...

May 31 marks the sixth day of unrest across the United States over the death of George Floyd, an unarmed black man who died last Monday after police officer Derek ...

After having to postpone several launches due to weather concerns, SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule successfully delivered NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley to the International Space Station on Sunday.

Around the world, millions have been watching days of unrest sweep across the United States over the death of George Floyd, an unarmed black man who was killed by Devin ...

Posts on social media continue to claim that a man pictured on stage at a 2019 Donald Trump rally is Derek Chauvin, the white police officer who killed George Floyd, ...

On Thursday, United States President Donald Trump signed an executive order which challenges the legal protections social media platforms currently have when it comes to how responsible they are for ...

On Thursday, May 28, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz called in over 500 United States National Guard soldiers over the violence that erupted throughout the community over the death of George ...

United States President Donald Trump recently announced that he would cancel the visas of thousands of Chinese graduate students, researchers and officials who possess direct ties to universities affiliated with ...

In a near-unanimous vote on Thursday, China's legislature approved a plan to implement a national security law that aims to suppress acts and activities related to subversion, secession, terrorism and ...

Just 17 minutes before SpaceX and the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration were set to launch astronauts to the International Space Station, a mundane consideration intervened – the weather.

On Wednesday, United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced that the State Department no longer considered Hong Kong to have a “high degree of autonomy” under Chinese rule.

Waves of locusts have made their way from Iran and Pakistan to half a dozen central and western Indian states in search of harvested crops in the country.

On Tuesday, commander of China’s military garrison in Hong Kong, Chen Daoxiang stated that the military stationed in Hong Kong would “resolutely” protect and safeguard Beijing’s interest.

On Monday, George Floyd, a black man, was pinned down and killed by Derek Chauvin, a white police officer. The incident has since drawn outrage from community members and leaders ...

In a landmark court ruling on Tuesday, Costa Rica became the first country in Central America and the sixth country in Latin America to legalize same-sex marriage.

On Tuesday during a White House Press briefing, Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany was asked by a reporter what number of deaths the Trump Administration would consider as having “successfully defeated ...

Brazil now has the second-highest number of novel coronavirus cases (SARS-CoV-2) in the world, with over 376,000 confirmed cases and over 23,000 deaths. As precious test kits are frantically handed ...

On Monday, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned that countries that are witnessing a decline in COVID-19 cases could still face an “immediate second peak.”

On Sunday, thousands gathered in the shopping district of Causeway Bay on Hong Kong Island, defying social distancing regulations and demanding the removal of Beijing's proposed national security law.

On Sunday the Trump Administration announced that it would deny entry to foreigners coming from Brazil, which is second to the United States in the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases.

On Sunday, Russia reported an additional 153 deaths from COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) bringing the total number of fatalities to 3,541. The additional 153 deaths mark ...

On May 24, the National Health Commission (NHC) announced that China had recorded 11 new confirmed COVID-19 cases on the mainland.

On Saturday, Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez announced that the country would reopen its borders to tourists in July.

On Saturday, China’s National Health Commission (NHC) announced that there were only two suspected COVID-19 cases in mainland China: in Shanghai and the northeastern Jilian province. This is compared to ...

On Friday, a jetliner carrying 98 people crashed into a crowded neighborhood near Karachi airport in Pakistan. Officials found two survivors and at least 57 bodies among the wreckage.

On Saturday, presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden apologetically stated that he should not have been so “cavalier” the day earlier when saying African Americans considering voting for President Donald Trump ...

On Thursday, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) announced that it had arrested William “Roddie” Bryan, Jr. with felony murder and criminal attempt to commit false imprisonment of Ahmaud Arbery ...

China is proposing to introduce a new security law in Hong Kong that could ban sedition, secession and subversion. The law will also disallow foreign interference in Hong Kong’s affairs. ...