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Britain reels from latest terrorism-linked stabbing, American among dead

The English town of Reading held a minute’s silence for the victims of a stabbing that killed three people including an American in the latest terrorism-linked attack.
22 June 2020

US, Russian envoys tight-lipped as arms control talks start in Vienna

Nuclear weapons talks between the United States and Russia have started in Vienna, with the two countries’ envoys making only guarded comments shortly before they met.
22 June 2020

WHO reports largest single-day increase in coronavirus cases

The World Health Organization reports the largest single-day increase in coronavirus cases by its count, at more than 183,000 new cases in the latest 24 hours.
22 June 2020

215 bodies found in Mexico mass graves

At least 215 bodies were found between January and May in nine mass graves near Guadalajara, in Mexico’s Jalisco state.
21 June 2020

Trump’s bid fails to block Bolton’s book

A US judge denied on Saturday a request by the Trump administration for an injunction to block publication of a book by Donald
21 June 2020

Indian forces kill 3 militants in J&K

Three militants have been killed in a shootout with Indian government forces in the heart of the restive Kashmir’s main city of Srinagar, police said yesterday,
21 June 2020

‘Slow down’ COVID-19 testing: Trump

US President Donald Trump said Saturday he was encouraging health officials in his administration to slow down coronavirus testing, arguing that increased tests lead to more cases being discovered.
21 June 2020

Internet blackout in Rakhine enters 2nd year

The internet shutdown in Myanmar’s conflict-ridden northwest, described by rights groups as the world’s longest, entered a second year Sunday with locals and campaigners appealing for an end to the blackout as coronavirus fears grip the region.
21 June 2020

India-China Border stand-off: US will help to reduce tensions

The United States is talking to both India and China to help them resolve their ongoing border tensions, President Donald Trump said on Saturday.
21 June 2020

Top US prosecutor who probed Trump’s allies fired

A stand-off over the independence of one of the country’s most important prosecutor’s offices ended on Saturday when Geoffrey Berman agreed to step down as US Attorney for the Southern District of New York,
21 June 2020

Zimbabwe health minister gets bail over virus kit scam

A Zimbabwe court on Saturday released health minister Obadiah Moyo on bail following his arrest the previous day on allegations of corruption regarding a $60 million deal to procure COVID-19 tests and equipment.
21 June 2020

Alcoholic monkey gets life term

The Kanpur zoo in India has a monkey which will remain behind the bars for all its life.
21 June 2020

Cobain guitar sells for $6m

The guitar that grunge rock icon Kurt Cobain played during his legendary 1993 MTV Unplugged performance sold Saturday for a record $6 million.
21 June 2020

Libya Chaos: Egypt’s Sisi threatens to intervene

Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Saturday said his country has a legitimate right to intervene in neighbouring Libya and ordered his army to be ready to carry out any mission outside the country, if necessary.
21 June 2020

Modi’s clarification puzzles more

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s statement that India has not ceded any territory or faced intrusions from China has triggered an intense debate within India amid concerns it could weaken India’s negotiating position with China.
21 June 2020

Britain opens ‘terror’ probe

British police yesterday said they were treating a stabbing spree in which a lone assailant killed three people in a park filled with families and friends in the southern English city of Reading as a “terrorism incident”.
21 June 2020

Shock in Germany as hundreds run riot in Stuttgart

German authorities have expressed shock over a rampage of an “unprecedented scale” overnight in the city centre of Stuttgart, where hundreds of party-goers ran riot, attacking police and plundering stores after smashing shop windows.
21 June 2020

S Korea to strengthen visa, entry restrictions on those from Bangladesh, Pakistan

The South Korean government has said that it will strengthen visa and entry restrictions for those from Bangladesh and Pakistan from this week, as the country has recently reported a surge in novel coronavirus cases imported from the two nations.
21 June 2020

3 killed after man goes on stabbing spree in British town's park

Three people are killed and another three seriously injured when a man went on a stabbing spree in a park in the southern English town of Reading on Saturday, though police said they were not currently treating the incident as terrorism.
21 June 2020

Trump knocks protests, defends pandemic response at first rally in months

President Donald Trump has addressed a smaller-than-expected crowd with criticism of anti-racism protests at a rally meant to reinvigorate his re-election campaign amid US racial unrest and a still-strong coronavirus pandemic.
21 June 2020