| Newly released documents suggest government agencies were informed about ammonium nitrate being housed at a warehouse in Beirut port - Newly released documents suggest multiple government agencies in Lebanon were informed about ammonium nitrate being housed at a warehouse in Beirut port, including the Ministry of Justice. Fri, 07 Aug 2020 08:15:51 GMT |
| Canadian citizen is second in two days to be sentenced to death in China on drug charges - A Canadian citizen in China has been sentenced to death for transporting and manufacturing illegal substances, a Chinese court announced Friday. Fri, 07 Aug 2020 08:06:05 GMT |
| Tencent stock plummets after Trump announces plan to ban WeChat in the US - Tencent stock plunged on Friday after US President Donald Trump moved to ban WeChat, a social media app owned by the Chinese tech giant. Fri, 07 Aug 2020 07:42:13 GMT |
| India now has more than 2 million confirmed coronavirus cases - India has recorded more than 2 million total coronavirus cases, only three weeks after announcing it had hit 1 million confirmed infections, as the country's healthcare systems buckle under the pressure of the escalating pandemic. Fri, 07 Aug 2020 07:19:18 GMT |
| Trump issues executive order banning TikTok from operating in 45 days - President Donald Trump on Thursday issued an executive order that would ban the social media app TikTok from operating in the US in 45 days if it is not sold by its Chinese parent company ByteDance. Fri, 07 Aug 2020 06:37:24 GMT |
| Doctored videos are already faking the cause of Beirut's explosion - Fri, 07 Aug 2020 06:34:14 GMT |
| A South Korean lawmaker has come under fire for her outfit. Her offense? She wore a dress - A barrage of online abuse directed at a South Korean lawmaker over her choice of attire has sparked a debate in the East Asian nation, where women have long complained about sexism and a patriarchal culture. Fri, 07 Aug 2020 06:26:15 GMT |
| Sri Lanka's powerful Rajapaksa brothers claim landslide in parliamentary elections - Sri Lanka's ruling party has won a landslide victory in parliamentary elections, the country's Election Commission declared Friday, consolidating the Rajapaksa family's control on power. Fri, 07 Aug 2020 06:13:04 GMT |
| China seals off village after bubonic plague death in Inner Mongolia - Authorities in the Chinese region of Inner Mongolia have sealed off a village after a resident there died from bubonic plague, a centuries-old disease responsible for the most deadly pandemic in human history. Fri, 07 Aug 2020 05:42:31 GMT |
| Passports for purchase: How the elite get through a pandemic - For most people, the coronavirus pandemic has meant fewer travel options. Not so for super-rich families who are increasingly using their money to cross borders that would otherwise be closed to them. Fri, 07 Aug 2020 05:40:29 GMT |
| Trump's dreams of a vaccine as his October Surprise aren't rooted in reality - President Donald Trump is desperately hoping to turn a Covid-19 vaccine, for which the entire world is longing, into his October Surprise. Fri, 07 Aug 2020 05:36:40 GMT |
| Couple standing less than 600 meters from blast site survives - The glass and debris from Tuesday's explosion in Beirut injured Imad Khalil and Lina Alameh, but both say they are lucky to be alive. Fri, 07 Aug 2020 04:38:47 GMT |
| Scientists have unraveled the riddle of this real-life sea monster - For more than a hundred years, the fossil of the Tanystropheus has puzzled scientists. Fri, 07 Aug 2020 04:33:57 GMT |
| Student featured in Netflix documentary on sexual assault dies by suicide - Daisy Coleman, whose allegation of sexual assault and ensuing harassment was chronicled in the Netflix documentary "Audrie and Daisy," died by suicide on Tuesday, her mother confirmed on Facebook. She was 23. Fri, 07 Aug 2020 04:03:18 GMT |
| How Miss Universe's historic win helped shift the status quo for beauty standards - Zozibini Tunzi, a Black woman with afro hair, grew up reading fashion and beauty magazines that did not contain images of women who looked like her. So when she was crowned Miss South Africa one year ago, Tunzi felt on top of the world. Fri, 07 Aug 2020 03:44:55 GMT |
