Former Secretary of State and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Colin Powell yesterday endorsed Democratic former US Vice President Joe Biden, becoming the first major Republican to publicly back Donald Trump’s rival ahead of November’s election.

Scientists working on coronavirus treatments may be close to a breakthrough on an antibody treatment that could save the lives of people who become infected, it has been reported.

China has upgraded the protection of the pangolin, believed to be the intermediate host of the coronavirus, to that of the first-class protected animals on par with the endangered species like giant pandas.

India and China have agreed to “peacefully resolve” a latest border flare-up that has heightened tensions between the nuclear-armed neighbours, New Delhi said yesterday, after a high-level meeting between army commanders.

Tens of thousands of peaceful protesters have rallied for racial justice in cities across the United States following the death of George Floyd, as the movement triggered by his killing at police hands entered a second weekend.

Thousands of people have taken to the streets in European and Asian cities, demonstrating in support of US protests against police brutality.

Melting permafrost, suspected by Russia of being behind an unprecedented fuel spill that has polluted huge stretches of Arctic rivers, is a time bomb threatening health and the environment, and risks speeding up global warming.

Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg on Friday promised to review the social network’s policies that led to its decision to not moderate controversial messages posted by US President Donald Trump.

A Pakistani court has issued a notice to Prime Minister Imran Khan in a defamation case filed by PML-N chief Shahbaz Sharif seeking early hearing of

French forces have killed the leader of al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, Algerian Abdelmalek Droukdel, in northern Mali, France’s defence minister

The US Justice Department sued a Chinese company for selling nearly a half million fake and substandard N95 respirator to US buyers in April as the

Several houses have been swept into the sea following a powerful landslide in Alta municipality, northern Norway, on Wednesday.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau joined thousands on Friday in taking a knee in front of Canada’s parliament in solidarity with US protesters marching against racism and police brutality.

India and China yesterday held high-level talks, amid the border stand-off between the militaries of the two countries near eastern Ladakh.

The World Health Organization has changed its advice on face masks amid the coronavirus pandemic, saying they should be worn in places where the virus is widespread and physical distancing is difficult.

President Donald Trump announced on Friday he will open up a 5,000 square mile conservation area in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of New England to commercial fishing.

Joe Biden said Friday he had secured the delegates needed to clinch the Democratic nomination and face Donald Trump in November’s US presidential election.

A massive “Black Lives Matter” mural has been painted in yellow letters on a street near the White House, ahead of expected large demonstrations to protest racism and police brutality in the United States.

Bangladesh has called for global solidarity and cooperation to address the challenges of the migrants who are disproportionately affected by the Covid-19 pandemic globally.

Joe Biden has said he had secured the delegates needed to clinch the Democratic nomination and face Donald Trump in November's US presidential election.