Brazil press group files criminal complaint against Bolsonaro for removing mask

The Brazilian Press Association has filed a criminal complaint to the Supreme Court against President Jair Bolsonaro, after he took off his mask in a televised interview in which he announced he had tested positive for the novel coronavirus.
9 July 2020

US Supreme Court rules some Trump financial records can be revealed

The US Supreme Court has ruled that a New York prosecutor can obtain President Donald Trump’s financial records but prevented - at least for now - the Democratic-led House of Representatives from obtaining similar documents.
9 July 2020

UK expected to set out next stage of lockdown easing later on Thursday

British culture minister Oliver Dowden will hold a news conference, a spokesman for Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said, as the government is expected to set out the next stages in its easing of the coronavirus lockdown.
9 July 2020

Seoul mayor found dead after leaving message ‘like a will’

Longtime Seoul City Mayor Park Won-soon has been found dead, police say, after his daughter reported him missing saying he had left a message “like a will”.
9 July 2020

Italy bars entry to passengers from Bangladesh till October 5

In a major setback for many Bangladeshi expatriates waiting to return to their workplaces in Italy, the European country has put restriction on entry of passengers from Bangladesh into its territory till October 5.
9 July 2020

WHO sets up panel to review handling of Covid-19 pandemic

The World Health Organization (WHO) says that it was setting up an independent panel to review its handling of the COVID-19 pandemic and the response by governments.
9 July 2020

'Weaponised' Facebook fails to protect civil rights, audit says

Facebook Inc's decisions to allow controversial posts by President Donald Trump established a "terrible precedent" that could allow the platform to be "weaponised to suppress voting," an external civil rights audit finds.
9 July 2020

Worldwide response needed to offset Covid-19 fallouts on migrants: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has called for a “vigorous worldwide response” to combat the adverse impacts of the coronavirus pandemic on the migrants as she placed a three-point suggestion to this end.
8 July 2020

UK to resume Saudi arms sales a day after sanctions

Britain said it would resume arms sales to Saudi Arabia, halted last year after a UK court ruling over the Gulf kingdom’s bombing campaign in
8 July 2020

Indian govt panel to coordinate probe into Gandhi family trusts

Indian Ministry of Home Affairs has set up a panel to coordinate tax violation and money laundering investigations against three Gandhi family trusts
8 July 2020

Ties on the cards

The foreign ministers of Egypt, France, Germany and Jordan on Tuesday urged Israel to abandon plans to begin annexing settlements in the West Bank, warning such action could have “consequences” for relations.
8 July 2020

Uighurs urge ICC to probe ‘genocide’

Exiled Uighurs have urged the International Criminal Court to investigate China for genocide and crimes against humanity, filing a huge dossier of evidence with the Hague-based court to back their case.
8 July 2020

‘Sociopath’ father shaped ‘narcissist’ Donald Trump

Donald Trump’s niece describes the US president as a lying narcissist who was shaped by his domineering father, according to excerpts of her memoir published Tuesday.
8 July 2020

Look out for brain damages

Scientists yesterday warned of a potential wave of coronavirus-related brain damage as new evidence suggested COVID-19 can lead to severe neurological complications, including inflammation, psychosis and delirium.
8 July 2020

China opens security agency HQ in Hong Kong

China yesterday opened a new office for its intelligence agents to operate openly in Hong Kong for the first time under a tough new security law,
8 July 2020

Harvard, MIT sue Trump administration, seek temporary halt to rule on int'l students

Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology have sued the Trump administration, seeking to block a new rule that would bar foreign students from remaining in the United States if their universities move all courses online due to the coronavirus pandemic.
8 July 2020

Corruption in procuring medical equipment: Zimbabwe’s health minister sacked

Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa has sacked health minister Obadiah Moyo with immediate effect for inappropriate conduct, according to a statement from the presidency shared by information ministry secretary Nick Mangwana on Twitter.
8 July 2020

Strict lockdown to be enforced across nine districts in West Bengal

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has said a strict lockdown will go in force for a week in expanded containment zones across nine districts of the region which have a high number of coronavirus cases following a sharp spike in reported cases.
8 July 2020

Kanye West breaks ranks with Trump, vows to win presidential race

Rapper Kanye West signaled he no longer supported US President Donald Trump and said he would enter the presidential race to win it, according to an interview.
8 July 2020

Senegal slave island, moved by George Floyd’s death, renames Europe Square

Senegal’s Goree Island, which for centuries served as a way station in the Transatlantic slave trade, has changed the name of its Europe Square in response to the death of George Floyd in the United States and the global movement it inspired.
8 July 2020