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WHO Says it's Monitoring China's 'Highly-contagious' Bubonic Plague Situation
The UN health agency said it was notified by China on July 6 of a case of bubonic plague in Inner Mongolia.
Egypt Arrests Doctors, Silences Critics over Coronavirus Outbreak
As Egyptian authorities fight the swelling coronavirus outbreak, security agencies have tried to stifle criticism about the handling of the health crisis by the government of President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi.
Donald Trump and Barack Obama Have One Surprising Thing in Common – The Words They Use
On two key dimensions, Obama and Trump look similar – and stand in marked contrast to all other presidents.
UK Health Minister Says Pleased With Behaviour as Pubs Reopen after Ease in Covid-19 Lockdown
Britain's health minister Matt Hancock said on Sunday that he was pleased with how the easing of lockdown had gone.
Flowers, Food, Hamburgers: White House Hosts a Party in the Middle of a Pandemic
Last year, Trump went all out for the Fourth of July, with an expansive and expensive display of patriotic firepower on the Mall.
More Bodies Buried in Mass Grave after Myanmar Jade Mine Landslide
More than 170 people, many of them migrants seeking their fortune in the jade-rich Hpakant area of Kachin state, died after mining waste collapsed into a lake on Thursday
WHO Team Plans China Trip Next Week to Investigate Origins of Coronavirus
WHO Chief Scientist Dr Soumya Swaminathan has said that a 'thorough investigation' needs to be done into the origins of the virus.
Nepal PM K P Sharma Oli’s Fate to be Decided Tomorrow by Ruling Communist Party's Committee
Top NCP leaders on Tuesday demanded Prime Minister Oli's resignation, saying his recent anti-India remarks were 'neither politically correct nor diplomatically appropriate.'
UK PM Johnson: We Have to Stick Up For Our Friends in Hong Kong
"We have to stick up for our friends in Hong Kong, we have to stick up for their freedoms for the rights to an association to free speech," Johnson told LBC radio.
US Marks Record Spike of 53,069 Coronavirus Cases in 24 Hours
The second consecutive day of a record-high case count came as the US, the hardest-hit country in the world in the coronavirus pandemic, headed into the long July Fourth holiday weekend.
Trump Upbeat on 3 Coronavirus Vaccine Candidates, Says US Will Soon Come up with Cure
"Three are really, really looking good," Trump said at an event at the White House, without providing details. "We think we're going to have it soon."
US Congress Passes New Sanctions over Hong Kong Targeting Banks
Two days after China imposed a controversial security law, the US Senate unanimously agreed to send the bill to President Donald Trump, who has not indicated if he will sign it.
Believed to be Made by Muslims in China's Labour Camps, US Seizes Products made from Human Hair
The Chinese government continues to carry out a campaign of repression in Xinjiang, targeting Uyghurs, ethnic Kazakhs, ethnic Kyrgyz, and members of other Muslim minority groups, the State Department said.
Coronavirus Deaths in US Likely to Be Higher than Reported, Says Study
The overall number of U.S. deaths for any cause tallied by the National Center for Health Statistics during March, April and May was 781,000, or 122,300 more than the historical average for the period, according to the study funded by the National Institu...
Toymaker Lego Joins Campaign to Boycott Social Media Advertising on Facebook
The Danish company, known for its colourful plastic bricks, said in a statement it would review the "standards we apply to advertising and engagement on global social media platforms".
Global Labour Market 'Uncertain', No Return to Pre-pandemic Levels This Year, Says ILO
In its latest report, the U.N. labour agency said that the fall in global working hours was "significantly worse than previously estimated" in the first half of the year, with the Americas the hardest-hit region.
