The Chinese Ministry of Health reported this Tuesday that 15 new cases of coronavirus have been recorded, all of which have been imported, while Hong Kong health officials have assured the city is facing its third and “worst” outbreak from the start of the pandemic.
The slickly made music video on YouTube lamented the young rapper’s death, but was accompanied by numerous posts apportioning blame for his murder and calling for retribution. It highlights a growing phenomenon: the use of social media in often glamorising gang violence and fuelling resentment and reprisals from rival groups. Just last month, Scotland Yard…
The White House press secretary announces regular briefings on the coronavirus situation
The Bolivian health authorities reported this Wednesday that they have reviewed more than a thousand new cases of COVID-19 after 12 days of registering fewer than a thousand daily infections. The balance offered by the Andean Ministry of Health shows that 1,037 additional cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed, bringing the number of people infected…
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionIt was the second major attack in Kabul in a week A suicide bombing has killed at least 40 people and injured 140 others in the centre of Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul, officials say. Attackers drove an ambulance laden with explosives past a police checkpoint into a street…
Image copyrightReutersImage caption Astronaut Norishige Kanai (L) left Earth for the ISS last month on a six-month mission A Japanese astronaut has apologised for wrongly stating he has grown 9cm (3.5in) since arriving at the International Space Station (ISS) just over three weeks ago. Norishige Kanai said in fact he grew by 2cm, blaming “a…
WASHINGTON, Aug 21 (Reuters / EP) – US President Donald Trump has suggested that Europeans who remain detained in northeastern Syria for fighting for the Islamic State terrorist group could be released if their countries do not accept their repatriation. “The United States is not going to put them to Guantanamo and pay for them,”…