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CNN reporter arrested in US while covering Minneapolis protests

CNN reporter arrested in US while covering Minneapolis protests

-- 2020-05-29 17:27:19

Police of the Minnesota, a midwestern US state bordering Canada and Lake Superior, arrested a CNN reporter reporting live on television early Friday morning while covering the Minneapolis protests, wi...

Fed official says COVID-19 pandemic worsens US inequality

Fed official says COVID-19 pandemic worsens US inequality

Xinhua 2020-05-29 17:15:38

The COVID-19 pandemic is worsening US inequality in income and race, a senior Federal Reserve official said Thursday. "This health crisis has not so much changed things as simply exposed, and in some...

Malaysia's Mahathir ousted from party amid power struggle

Malaysia's Mahathir ousted from party amid power struggle

-- 2020-05-29 16:34:27

Malaysia's former prime minister, Mahathir Mohamad, has been ousted from his ethnic Malay political party in the latest twist of a power struggle with his successor, but he has vowed to challenge the...

Indonesia reports 678 new coronavirus cases, 24 deaths

Indonesia reports 678 new coronavirus cases, 24 deaths

Reuters 2020-05-29 16:17:26

Indonesia on Friday reported 678 new coronavirus infections, taking the total number of cases in the Southeast Asian country to 25,216, said health ministry official Achmad Yurianto. Yurianto reporte...

Twitter attaches disclaimer to Trump tweet for ‘glorifying violence’

Twitter attaches disclaimer to Trump tweet for ‘glorifying violence’

-- 2020-05-29 15:30:01

Twitter hid a tweet from President Donald Trump on Friday and accused him of breaking its rules by “glorifying violence”, after he tweeted that looters at protests in Minneapolis would be...

Pattaya beaches to reopen on June 1

Pattaya beaches to reopen on June 1

-- 2020-05-29 15:03:02

Pattaya beaches in Thailand will reopen to all visitors and local villagers under social distancing rules on June 1. Pattaya City Mayor Sonthaya Khunpleum said on Friday that all the beaches of the...

Nepali Sherpas wait, grow potatoes as Himalayas remain closed due to coronavirus

Nepali Sherpas wait, grow potatoes as Himalayas remain closed due to coronavirus

-- 2020-05-29 12:54:37

Had it not been for the coronavirus, Nepali climbing guide Tashi Lakpa Sherpa would have been on Mount Everest now, guiding clients and trying to add another feather in his cap - a ninth ascent. But...

Hong Kong warns US over special status removal

Hong Kong warns US over special status removal

REUTERS 2020-05-29 12:44:55

Hong Kong told the United States to keep out of the internal debate over new national security laws being imposed by China, and warned that withdrawal of the financial hub’s special status under...

South Korea schools close again over virus spike

South Korea schools close again over virus spike

-- 2020-05-29 12:05:42

More than 200 schools across South Korea have been forced to return to online teaching just days after being allowed back in classrooms. Most of the affected schools are in an area outside of Seoul w...

Attack on Taiwan an option to stop independence, top China general says

Attack on Taiwan an option to stop independence, top China general says

Reuters 2020-05-29 11:48:40

China will attack Taiwan if there is no other way of stopping it from becoming independent, one of the country’s most senior generals said on Friday, a rhetorical escalation between China and th...

Moscow more than doubles city's Covid-19 death toll

Moscow more than doubles city's Covid-19 death toll

-- 2020-05-29 11:36:20

Moscow's authorities have more than doubled the official death toll from Covid-19 in the Russian capital for the month of April. The city's health department now says 1,561 people died from the disea...

China says wants ‘peaceful reunification’ with Taiwan

China says wants ‘peaceful reunification’ with Taiwan

-- 2020-05-29 10:34:30

The head of China’s Taiwan Affairs Office said on Friday that “one country, two systems” and “peaceful reunification” is the best way to bring China and Taiwan together....

Cockpit voice recorder recovered from debris of crashed Pakistani plane

Cockpit voice recorder recovered from debris of crashed Pakistani plane

Reuters 2020-05-28 16:23:44

Search teams on Thursday recovered the cockpit voice recorder from the wreckage of a Pakistani airliner that crashed last week, a spokesman for the airline said. The Pakistan International Airlines A...

China-South Korea 'fast-track' entry system necessary and beneficial

China-South Korea 'fast-track' entry system necessary and beneficial

Global Times 2020-05-28 16:13:38

A Chinese expert said that the approval of the "fast-track" entry system between China and South Korea was due to both countries having successfully contained the novel coronavirus domestically and is...

China's parliament approves Hong Kong nat'l security bill

China's parliament approves Hong Kong nat'l security bill

Reuters 2020-05-28 14:27:11

China’s parliament on Thursday overwhelmingly approved directly imposing national security legislation on Hong Kong to tackle secession, subversion, terrorism and foreign interference in a city...

Turkey resumes intercity train services as virus curbs ease

Turkey resumes intercity train services as virus curbs ease

Reuters 2020-05-28 13:45:23

Turkey began operating intercity trains on Thursday after a two-month gap, as it gradually eases coronavirus curbs in a bid to restore normal life and reopen an economy facing the threat of recession....

Pandemic threatens access to electricity

Pandemic threatens access to electricity

Thomson Reuters Foundation 2020-05-28 12:33:43

One in 10 people lack electricity and the pandemic will likely make it harder still to meet a global goal of getting power to everyone by 2030, international organisations said on Thursday. An annual...

US bill to pressure China over Uighur rights goes to Trump for decision

US bill to pressure China over Uighur rights goes to Trump for decision

-- 2020-05-28 10:40:55

The US House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved legislation on Wednesday calling for sanctions on Chinese officials responsible for oppression of Uighur Muslims, sending the bill to the White...

Germany's confirmed coronavirus cases rise by 353 to 179,717: RKI

Germany's confirmed coronavirus cases rise by 353 to 179,717: RKI

Reuters 2020-05-28 09:40:39

The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Germany increased by 353 to 179,717, data from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases showed on Thursday. The reported death toll rose by...

US coronavirus death toll crosses 100,000 mark

US coronavirus death toll crosses 100,000 mark

-- 2020-05-28 09:35:05

US deaths from the novel coronavirus topped 100,000 on Wednesday even as the daily average death toll declines, businesses reopen and Americans emerge from lockdowns across the country. About 1,400 A...

Walkers found after 19 days in the NZ  wilderness

Walkers found after 19 days in the NZ  wilderness

-- 2020-05-27 22:46:33

Two missing walkers have been found in the New Zealand wilderness, 19 days after they set off, reports BBC. Jessica O'Connor and Dion Reynolds, both 23, began walking in the Kahurangi National Park o...

Hong Kong police detain 300 as thousands protest over security laws

Hong Kong police detain 300 as thousands protest over security laws

-- 2020-05-27 19:05:53

Police in Hong Kong fired pepper pellets and made 300 arrests as thousands of people took to the streets on Wednesday to voice anger over national security legislation proposed by China, that has rais...

Trump threatens to shut down social media

Trump threatens to shut down social media

-- 2020-05-27 18:39:25

US President Donald Trump on Wednesday threatened to regulate or shut down social media companies, one day after Twitter added a warning to some of his tweets for the first time prompting readers to f...

Afghanistan starts releasing 900 Taliban prisoners

Afghanistan starts releasing 900 Taliban prisoners

-- 2020-05-27 17:47:44

The Afghan government said it was in the process of freeing 900 Taliban members from prison on Tuesday, the biggest such release yet, and urged the insurgent group to extend a three-day ceasefire set...

 Police shield Hong Kong legislature as protesters gather against anthem bill

 Police shield Hong Kong legislature as protesters gather against anthem bill

-- 2020-05-27 16:36:18

Hong Kong deployed riot police around the Legislative Council on Wednesday as activists called for protests against a bill to criminalise disrespect of the Chinese anthem, amid soaring tensions over p...

France bans hydroxychloroquine to treat COVID-19

France bans hydroxychloroquine to treat COVID-19

Reuters 2020-05-27 16:32:22

The French government on Wednesday cancelled a decree allowing hospital doctors to administer hydroxychloroquine as a treatment to patients suffering severe forms of COVID-19, the illness caused by th...

Poland to scrap obligation to wear masks on May 30

Poland to scrap obligation to wear masks on May 30

-- 2020-05-27 16:21:31

Poles will be allowed to go out in public without protective masks on from May 30 (Saturday) and cinemas, theatres, swimming pools and gyms will reopen on June 6, Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki sai...

India's total COVID-19 cases surpass 150,000-mark, Australia's youngest coronavirus victim dies aged 30

India's total COVID-19 cases surpass 150,000-mark, Australia's youngest coronavirus victim dies aged 30

Xinhua 2020-05-27 16:02:25

The following are the latest developments of the COVID-19 pandemic in Asia-Pacific countries:  NEW DELHI -- India's federal health ministry Wednesday morning said that the total number of COVID-...

Heatwave hits India amid locust, pandemic crisis

Heatwave hits India amid locust, pandemic crisis

-- 2020-05-27 14:45:51

The Indian capital, Delhi, saw temperatures rise to 47.6C on Tuesday, as most of north India faced severe heatwave conditions. The heatwave, which officials say is likely to last until the weekend, c...

New Zealand expects plan for safe travel with Australia in June

New Zealand expects plan for safe travel with Australia in June

-- 2020-05-27 10:19:01

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Wednesday a draft blueprint on safely starting travel between New Zealand and Australia will be presented to both governments in early June. The neig...