Taiwan president says wants talks with China, but not ‘one country, two systems’
Xi’s government cut off direct communications across the Taiwan Strait during Tsai’s first four years in office, citing her refusal to accept that both sides...
Man sentenced to death in Singapore via Zoom call
It was the first criminal case where a death sentence was pronounced by remote hearing in Singapore [caption id="attachment_1342" align="alignnone" width="717"] Many court hearings in...
US tops 90,000 coronavirus deaths, 1.5 million cases
[caption id="attachment_1327" align="alignnone" width="609"] A soldier from the Texas National Guard is given hand sanitizer after testing for COVID-19 in the parking lot of Memorial...
Authorities: Boko Haram attacks Nigerian village, killing 20
Their rebellion has claimed more than 20,000 lives and left more than 7 million people in need of humanitarian assistance. [caption id="attachment_1323" align="alignnone" width="613"] Their...
India’s COVID-19 infections surge past 100,000, deaths top 3,000
[caption id="attachment_1335" align="aligncenter" width="858"] FILE PHOTO: A view shows the India Gate war memorial after it was closed for visitors amid measures for coronavirus prevention...
Trump calls World Health Organization a ‘puppet of China’
FILE PHOTO: Healthcare workers wearing personal protection equipment (PPE) take a food delivery outside Elmhurst Hospital Center, as the spread of COVID-19 continues, in the...
WHO nod for coronavirus probe, China backs down
Sixty-one countries had moved a resolution at the the WHO’s decision-making body — asking for an “impartial, independent and comprehensive evaluation” of the WHO’s response...
Two killed, 13 injured as quake hits China’s Yunnan province
The epicentre of the earthquake was at a depth of eight kilometres and it was felt in Huize County of Qujing City as well as...
Over 100 million in China’s northeast face renewed lockdown
In an abrupt reversal of the re-opening taking place across the nation, cities in Jilin province have cut off trains and buses, shut schools and...
UK unemployment claims surge 69% as pandemic takes hold
The Office of National Statistics says jobless claims surged by 856,000 to 2.1 million in April as compared to the month before. [caption id="attachment_1359" align="alignnone"...