Seoul’s unification minister resigns
AFP, Seoul :South Korea’s Unification Minister, its point man for relations with the North, stepped down on Friday over heightened tensions on the peninsula, days...
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Brazil passes 1 million coronavirus cases with no end in sight
Reuters :Brazil passed 1 million coronavirus cases on Friday and approached 50,000 deaths, a new nadir for the world’s second worst-hit country as it struggles...
Zimbabwe health minister in court on corruption charges
Zimbabwe’s health minister is appearing in court in Harare charged with corruption over the procurement of coronavirus tests and equipment.Obadiah Moyo was arrested on Friday...
Beijing tests food, parcel couriers for coronavirus as city checks widen
Reuters :Officials in Beijing are carrying out nucleic acid tests on all food and parcel delivery personnel as they ramp up efforts to rein in...
Americans mark Juneteenth coast to coast
Reuters :Thousands marched through US cities on Friday in Juneteenth observances marking the abolition of slavery more than a century and a half ago, an...
Malala Yousafzai graduates from Oxford University
BBC Online :Human rights campaigner Malala Yousafzai has expressed her “joy and gratitude” at graduating from Oxford.The 22-year-old, who survived a shot to the head...
Supreme Court thwarts Trump’s plan to end ‘dreamers’ immigrant prog
Reuters :The US Supreme Court on Thursday dealt President Donald Trump a major setback on his hardline immigration policies, blocking his bid to end a...
China charges Canadians with spying
BBC Online :China has charged two Canadians with spying, more than 18 months after they were detained.Michael Kovrig, a former diplomat, and Michael Spavor, a...
Satellite images show Chinese activity with India before clash
Reuters :In the days leading up to the most violent border clash between India and China in decades, China brought in pieces of machinery, cut...
Kim stokes tensions with eye on distracted Trump
Reuters, Seoul :North Korea has been ramping up tensions with South Korea in recent weeks, but the campaign seems aimed at making a renewed push...
Modi promotes yoga against coronavirus
AFP, New Delhi :Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has extolled yoga as a way of building a “protective shield” of immunity against the coronavirus, as...
South Asian people most likely to die in hospital
BBC Online :South Asian people are the most likely to die from coronavirus after being admitted to hospital in Great Britain, major analysis shows.It is...