Category Archives: News

  • Global coronavirus cases hit 20 million 10 August 2020 | Gayle Issa no comments

    Global coronavirus cases pushed past 20 million on Monday, according to a Reuters tally, with the United States, Brazil and India accounting for more than half of all known infections. The pandemic is accelerating fastest in Latin America. ...

  • Lebanon government steps down over blast fallout 10 August 2020 | Jean-Marc Mojon and Layal Abou Rahal no comments

    Lebanon's Prime Minister Hassan Diab announced his government's resignation Monday under a barrage of pressure over the catastrophic Beirut port explosion six days earlier that has reignited angry street protests. ...

  • Hong Kong police raid pro-democracy newspaper, arrests owner 10 August 2020 | Jerome Taylor and Su Xinqi no comments

    Hong Kong pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai was arrested Monday and led in handcuffs through his newspaper office as police raided the building, part of a sweeping crackdown on dissent since China imposed a security law on the city. ...

  • Russia acting against Biden; China opposes Trump: US intel 9 August 2020 | Eric Tucker and Deb Riechmann 3 comments

    US intelligence officials believe that Russia is using a variety of measures to denigrate Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden ahead of the November election and that individuals linked to the Kremlin are boosting Trump's reelection. ...

  • US sets record as coronavirus cases top 5 million 8 August 2020 | Diane Craft no comments

    The United States set a record for coronavirus cases on Saturday, with more than 5 million people now infected, according to a Reuters tally, as the country’s top infectious diseases official offered hope earlier this week. ...

  • Tens of thousands in fresh anti-Kremlin rally 8 August 2020 | Aleksandr Yanyshev no comments

    Tens of thousands of people took to the streets in Russia's Far East for a fifth consecutive weekend as anti-Kremlin rallies showed little sign of dying down on Saturday. ...

  • US slaps sanctions on Hong Kong leader in new offensive on China 7 August 2020 | Shaun Tandon and Rob Lever, with AFP in Beijing 4 comments

    The United States slapped sanctions Friday on Hong Kong's leader after effectively forcing Chinese internet giants TikTok and WeChat to end all US operations in a twin diplomatic-commercial offensive set to grow ahead of US elections. ...

  • Pakistan demands Kashmir action while ignoring China’s Uyghurs 7 August 2020 | Asif Hassan no comments

    Even as Pakistan this week drew international attention to the plight of Muslims in Indian Kashmir, Islamabad stayed conspicuously silent about another embattled Muslim community -- China's Uyghur population. ...

  • Trump issues bans on China’s TikTok, WeChat, stoking tension with Beijing 6 August 2020 | David Shepardson and Alexandra Alper no comments

    US President Donald Trump on Thursday unveiled sweeping bans on US transactions with China’s ByteDance, owner of video-sharing app TikTok, and Tencent, operator of messenger app WeChat, in a major escalation of tensions with Beijing. ...

  • Dalai Lama calls for ban on nuclear weapons: 75th anniversary of Hiroshima bombing 6 August 2020 | Tibet Sun Online News 7 comments

    Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama renewed calls to abolish nuclear weapons, a cause he has championed throughout his life, on the 75th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. ...