Japan ruling party elects Yoshihide Suga as PM successor
[caption id="attachment_10715" align="alignnone" width="983"] Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga gestures as he is elected as new head of the ruling party at the Liberal...
India coronavirus cases surge to 4.85 million
[caption id="attachment_10718" align="alignnone" width="984"] Daily wage migrant labourers gather alongside a road as they wait for work, amidst the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Ahmedabad,...
Israel to reimpose virus lockdown as WHO reports record cases
[caption id="attachment_10709" align="alignnone" width="1000"] An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man wearing a protective mask and shield against the coronavirus, walks along a street in Jerusalem September 11,...
New Zealand to lift coronavirus curbs in most of country on Sept 21
[caption id="attachment_10731" align="alignnone" width="1000"] Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, who is facing a general election on October 17, scaled back the restrictions this month, but the...
ByteDance drops TikTok’s US sale, to partner with Oracle: Sources
[caption id="attachment_10752" align="alignright" width="639"] FILE PHOTO: Tik Tok logos are seen on smartphones in front of a displayed ByteDance logo in this illustration taken November...
WHO reports record one-day increase in global coronavirus cases, up over 307,000
[caption id="attachment_10728" align="alignnone" width="1000"] A logo is pictured outside a building of the World Health Organisation (WHO) during an executive board meeting on update on...
Trump to hold campaign rally indoors despite coronavirus concerns
[caption id="attachment_10721" align="alignnone" width="1000"] US President Donald Trump participates in a roundtable discussion alongside Las Vegas City Councilwoman Victoria Seaman and Jesus Marquez, during a...
Gunman wounds two Los Angeles County deputies in ambush attack on their car
[caption id="attachment_10712" align="alignnone" width="1000"] A Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department vehicle is towed from the scene where two deputies were shot in an ambush style...
At least 100,000 protesters gather in Belarusian capital, police detain 250
Law enforcement officers scuffle with demonstrators during a rally against police brutality following protests to reject the presidential election results in Minsk, Belarus September 13,...
Novel coronavirus survives 28 days on glass, currency, Australian researchers find
[caption id="attachment_11551" align="alignnone" width="1019"] Australian researchers find the SARS-COV-2 virus remained infectious for 28 days on smooth surfaces. [/caption] MELBOURNE: The virus that causes Covid-19...