Politics
Spain locks down 200,000 people after coronavirus cases surge
The Catalonian government on Saturday announced that the Segrià region of Spain, which is home to more than 200,000 people, will enter ...Amid US virus struggle, Trump visits Rushmore and bemoans racial protests
US President Donald Trump bemoaned protests demanding racial justice as “violent mayhem” Friday, but said little about an alarming resurgence of coronavirus ...Dominican Republic vote goes ahead despite virus threat
Voters in the Dominican Republic are set to defy rising coronavirus infections on Sunday to choose a new president in an election ...English pubs reopen but little normal elsewhere in the world
Pubs across England were reopening Saturday in an effort at normal life, while South Africa signaled anything but — reporting another record ...French government resigns as Macron acts to recast presidency
French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe and his government resigned on Friday as President Emmanuel Macron acted on a pledge to reinvent his ...France rules on appeal to prosecute Rwandan president’s killing
A French court will decide Friday whether to reopen an investigation into the assassination 26 years ago of Rwanda’s president in a ...Turkey trial of Saudi suspects in Jamal Khashoggi murder begins
A Turkish court on Friday opened the trial in absentia of two former aides of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and ...Australia new virus cases fall, but testing blitz runs into resistance
Australia reported a drop in new coronavirus cases on Friday, with a surge in the second most populated state Victoria appearing to ...China, UK clash over Hong Kong’s fate under new security law
China promised Thursday to take countermeasures against Britain if it presses ahead with plans to extend citizenship rights to Hong Kongers after ...Africa airline industry lost $55 bn from virus shutdowns
Africa’s travel and tourism industry has lost $55-billion due to the closure of borders to limit the spread of coronavirus, the African ...