China threatens countermeasures as Taiwan prepares for U.S. visit
Reuters, Beijing :China on Thursday threatened to take countermeasures over a trip to Taiwan by U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar, as...
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Lebanon mourns victims of devastating blast, searches for missing
Reuters :Lebanon mourned on Thursday the victims of the most powerful blast to hit the country that was already being crushed by an economic crisis,...
Hiroshima marks 75 years since atomic bombing in scaled-back ceremony
Reuters, Tokyo :Bells tolled in Hiroshima on Thursday for the 75th anniversary of the world’s first atomic bombing, with ceremonies downsized due to the coronavirus...
Pompeo offers $10m reward over election interference
AFP :Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Wednesday the United States would offer a $10 million reward to arrest any state actor who interferes in...
S Africa urges Ethiopia, Egypt, Sudan to continue Nile dam talks
Al Jazeera News :South Africa, the current mediator in a long-running feud over Ethiopia’s dam on the Blue Nile, on Thursday urged that talks should...
Facebook rejects request to release Myanmar officials’ data for genocide case
Reuters :Facebook has objected to a request from Gambia, which has accused Myanmar at the World Court of genocide against the Rohingya Muslim minority, to...
Sri Lanka elections: Voting is under way to elect new Parliament
Al Jazeera News :Sri Lankans have begun voting to elect a new parliament, wearing masks and adhering to strict social distancing guidelines at polling stations...
Trump says he will `probably` give Republican nomination speech from White House
Reuters :US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he will probably give his Republican presidential nomination speech live from the White House, although the plans...
Giant of Northern Ireland peace Hume laid to rest in small service
Reuters, Londonderry :Northern Ireland peacemaker John Hume was remembered for his unshakeable commitment to non-violence at a small funeral on Wednesday where the pope, former...
Colombia top court places ex-President Uribe under house arrest
Al Jazeera News :Colombia’s Supreme Court has placed former President Alvaro Uribe under house arrest while a fraud and witness tampering case against him continues.The...
Australia`s Morrison says US-China war no longer inconceivable
Al Jazeera News :Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison has said his government held a less dramatic view of US-China strategic tensions than a predecessor who...
Hurricane Isaias makes landfall In North Carolina
AP, North Myrtle Beach :Hurricane Isaias has made landfall near Ocean Isle Beach, North Carolina, according to the National Hurricane Center. The hurricane touched down...