Afghan President orders resumption of offensive operations against the Taliban in blow to Trump’s deal
Afghanistan’s President Ashraf Ghani announced the resumption of offensive operations during a televised address to…
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Virus outbreak linked to Seoul clubs stokes homophobia
More than 100 cases have been linked to nightlife venues in the South Korean capital,…
India’s carbon emissions drop for the first time in four decades
An economic slowdown, the growth of the country’s use of renewable energy and the impact…
UK railway ticket office worker dies from Covid-19 after being spat on
Belly Mujinga, 47, was working with a colleague when a member of the public assaulted…
Prince Harry sends support message to Invictus Games participants – CNN Video
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A teen, caught speeding in his father’s car, was going 191 mph
The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) has seen a rise in “stunt driving” cases. An OPP…
Singapore deploys robot ‘dog’ to encourage social distancing
On Friday, the government announced it would start deploying Spot, Boston Dynamics’ famous yellow and…
A worker infected 533 others with coronavirus at a factory in Ghana, president says – Tek Portal
All 533 of them contracted the virus from one worker at the factory in the…
Follow the Money is tracking coronavirus spending in Africa – Tek Portal
The continent has more than 63,000 cases of the virus, according to the World Health…
Renewed outbreaks in South Korea, Germany and China show continued risk as more countries seek to reopen
That was South Korean President Moon Jae-in, speaking Sunday after a new cluster of coronavirus…
Chinese and Indian soldiers engage in ‘aggressive’ cross-border skirmish
The incident, which occurred at a remote, mountainous crossing close to Tibet, is the latest…
China hits back at so-called coronavirus ‘lies’ by US politicians as war of words escalates
An 11,000-word article posted on the Chinese Foreign Ministry’s website on Saturday gave a point-by-point…
Japan’s central bank gets its first woman executive director in 138 years
Tokiko Shimizu, a 55-year-old banker, was appointed as part of a sweeping reshuffle at the…
Queen Elizabeth shares a rare story of her VE Day memory – CNN Video
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The coronavirus is crushing the world’s most prolific film industry
Instead, the coronavirus pandemic has brought the world’s most prolific film industry to a halt….
Will the world still want multimillion-dollar supercars? Bugatti’s about to find out
For executives at the company, it was hard not to ask: How many multimillion-dollar cars…
80 million Chinese may already be out of work. 9 million more will soon be competing for jobs, too
The 26-year old tech worker spent the last year jumping from one startup to another…
How Australia could harness its tides for energy
Among those harnessing this tidal potential is Sydney-based Mako Energy. The company makes underwater turbines…
New lithium-sulfur battery could charge your phone for five days, researchers say
If the technology comes to be used widely, it would represent a significant breakthrough in…
US cities are losing 36 million trees a year. Here’s why it matters and how you can stop it
But tree cover in US cities is shrinking. A study published last year by the…
