17 hours agoGerman Lufthansa airline plans rapid COVID-19 testing for passengersGerman airline Lufthansa announced this week that it would start offering rapid coronavirus testing for passengers in October.
September 11South Africa's strict coronavirus lockdown credited with saving lives, but economy is sufferingSouth Africa’s coronavirus lockdown measures, some of the strictest in the world, have earned praise from groups including the World Health Organization [WHO] for saving lives – but at the same time, recent data could prove some analysts’ claims that its economy has been largely “destroyed.”
September 11China slaps restrictions on US diplomats' movements as tensions growChina announced "reciprocal restrictions" on the U.S. Embassy in Beijing and across the country.
September 9UK bill to override Brexit agreement would break international law should negotiations fail, officials sayUnited Kingdom government ministers on Wednesday published a draft version of the controversial “Internal Market Bill,” which admittedly in practice would break international law by overriding parts of Brexit’s withdrawal agreement from the European Union.
September 3After historic Israel-UAE flight, other Muslim-majority countries considering to follow suitEarlier this week, an Israeli plane imprinted with the word “peace” on the outside of its cockpit flew from Tel Aviv to Abu Dhabi, symbolically sealing a landmark diplomatic deal between the Jewish state and the United Arab Emirates.
August 30France horse killings stun countryside after 'barbaric' slayings with mysterious, ritual-like mutilationsA spate of gruesome killings of horses and ponies across pastures in France has left police baffled and rural communities terrified as the mysterious slayings appear to only be growing.
August 29GOP, Dem conventions were Heartland vs. Hollywood, Euro Parliament member saysThe recently concluded U.S. political conventions offered American voters two separate and distinct views of the world – one based on authenticity and another on artifice, a member of the European Parliament said this week.
August 25Scottish National Party leader's handling of coronavirus buoys support for independenceThe staunch difference between British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Leader of the Scottish National Party Nicola Sturgeon's approaches to handling the coronavirus pandemic has brought about a resurgence of political support for Scottish independence.
August 25Microsoft's 'tight' ties to China under scrutiny ahead of potential TikTok purchaseAs trade talks between the United States and China continue to crumble amid the global coronavirus pandemic, which emanated from the Chinese city of Wuhan, the issue of data-stealing has surfaced as a point of contention for the Trump administration.
August 18South Korea bolsters social distancing restrictions amid coronavirus case increaseSouth Korea bolstered its social distancing restrictions Tuesday as the country confirmed a three-digit increase in COVID-19 cases for the fifth consecutive day.