South China Sea dispute: China’s pursuit of resources ‘unlawful’, says US
BBC Online :China’s pursuit of offshore resources in parts of the South China Sea is “completely unlawful”, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said.He...
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Trump bashes US health experts, Fauci urges caution, as virus cases surge
Reuters, Washington :President Donald Trump on Monday took a swipe at health experts in his government leading the US response to the coronavirus, and one...
Transparency concerns raised over India Covid-19 fund
Al Jazeera News :Bejon Misra responded quickly to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s appeal in March for donations to a new fund to strengthen the...
85 dead, 46 missing due to monsoon-induced disasters in Nepal
MSN News, Kathmandu :As many as 85 people died while 46 are missing due to monsoon-induced disasters in various parts of the country in recent...
Polish President Duda wins election, new battles with EU loom
Reuters, Warsaw :Polish President Andrzej Duda has won five more years in power on a deeply conservative platform after a closely fought election that is...
Malaysia’s Muhyiddin wins vote to replace Speaker by a whisker
Al Jazeera News :Malaysia’s Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin narrowly cleared a major political test on Monday, as his coalition won just enough votes to remove...
21 injured after an explosion and fire on a naval ship in San Diego
CNN :Twenty-one people were injured after an explosion and fire on board a ship at the US Naval Base in San Diego, US Navy officials...
China sanctions US politicians in retaliation for Uighur measures
Al Jazeera News :China has announced retaliatory sanctions against a group of United States politicians, including Republican Senators Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz, days after...
Safety first for Spaniards voting amid new coronavirus outbreaks
Reuters, Bilbao :Voters in northern Spain wore face masks and used hand sanitizer gel before entering polling stations on Sunday as Galicia and the Basque...
Lives will be lost as Syria aid access cut, aid agencies warn
Reuters, Beirut :A U.N. Security Council resolution that leaves only one of two border crossings open for aid deliveries from Turkey into rebel-held northwestern Syria...
In a first, Trump dons mask in visit to a military medical facility
Reuters :President Donald Trump, who has avoided wearing a mask in public even as the coronavirus pandemic spread, donned one on Saturday at a military...