Politics
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 ...Visa lottery winners feel cheated by Trump’s visa ban
Noha, an Egyptian engineer, should feel lucky after winning a visa lottery that randomly selects people from a pool of more than ...More than 100 dead in Myanmar jade mine landslide
The bodies of at least 100 jade miners were pulled from the mud after a landslide in northern Myanmar on Thursday, in ...Uruguay rides out COVID threat without imposing a lockdown
Uruguay’s president was recently photographed surfing in the early morning ahead of a cabinet meeting, symbolizing his government’s relief that a policy ...Kazakhstan implements second lockdown after COVID cases surge
Kazakhstan will implement a second, softer lockdown for two weeks from July 5 to help combat a surge in coronavirus cases, the ...Palestinians rally as global opposition to Israeli annexation grows
Thousands of Palestinians protested Wednesday in Gaza against Israel’s West Bank annexation plans, as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said talks were ongoing ...Global virus infections soar as US deaths spike again
Coronavirus infections hit their highest level worldwide in the past week, WHO data showed Wednesday, as the worsening pandemic in the United ...Qatar reopens beaches after virus closure
Residents of Qatar cautiously returned to beaches on Wednesday as the Gulf state, with one of the world’s highest per capita coronavirus ...