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President Trump will sign executive orders on benefits, as politicians remain at odds. Also: NZ PM's re-election campaign stresses her success in tackling Covid-19, and keeping Antarctica virus-free.
Despite falling greenhouse gases in lockdown, scientists say people's habits must change. Also: India records 2 million cases, and a creative way to avoid Covid-19 rules.
France, Spain and Greece record their highest number of infections in weeks. Also: Facebook and Twitter penalise Donald Trump for posts showing "harmful Covid misinformation", and Thailand delays the launch of a travel bubble agreement with selected…
The government says it is successfully managing the biggest Covid-19 surge on the continent. Also: Afghanistan's health ministry estimates that a third of the population have been infected with the coronavirus, and how singing can help survivors of t…
A strict curb on movements is re-imposed in Manila after a surge in new infections. Also: harsh new penalties for Australian residents who ignore orders to self-isolate, and the 28-year-old American woman who was dying of Covid-19 before receiving a…
Companies called to account…
How two northern European corporate realms have weathered covid-19…
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E-commerce and self-driving cabs are among the potholes on the road ahead…
Around the world, gay people are quicker to open up than before…
But new research offers some faint glimmers of hope…
Some will probably be forced to close. Those that remain must adapt…
Many curbs on immigrants could outlast the pandemic…
Is this the best way for taxpayers to prop up tourist hotspots?
Trump to hold press conference this afternoon‘We’re making it up’: How Trump’s America failed the Covid testTrumpism has taken over, but what happens if Trump loses?US sees wave of progressive victories by people of colorSign up to our First…
Ten of thousands demand better pay and protection as cases rise in the Philippines, Greece and ItalyTrump poised to intervene in relief plans after talks break down‘We’re still so tired’: European doctors brace for second wave‘Very dead’: a…
Radio 1Xtra presenter Sideman says he can no longer work for broadcaster after ‘slap in the face’A BBC radio presenter has quit his job after the corporation defended its decision to broadcast the N-word in a television news broadcast.Radio 1Xtra…
Clampdown comes as fears mount that mask-free bikers headed to large gathering could spread coronavirus to tribal groupsThousands of bikers heading to South Dakota’s 10-day Sturgis Motorcycle Rally will not be allowed through Cheyenne River Sioux c…
Suspect Alex Sartain, who died in motorbike crash as he fled, reportedly thought victim was spying on him A children’s author who was shot in the head at his home in Hampshire has died.James Nash was critically injured in the attack at his cottage…
There’s a certain kind of panic that at some point gets us all. You just got to work but did you leave the oven on at home? The gut-punch “call me ASAP” message from your boss but now they’re not answering their phone. Or that…
Trump escalates his campaign against Chinese tech companies, Facebook extends work from home until the middle of 2021 and Netflix adds support for Hindi. Here’s your Daily Crunch for August 7, 2020. The big story: Trump signs orders banning US…
During an Unpacked event that featured the announcement of five key new devices, the Galaxy Tab S7 didn’t get a ton of love. Understandable, perhaps. It doesn’t quite have the star power of the Note line, nor does it have the novelty of a new fol…
Welcome back to Human Capital (formerly known as Tech at Work), which looks at all things labor in tech. This week presented Uber and Lyft with a fresh labor lawsuit as a judge heard arguments from Uber, Lyft and lawyers on behalf of the people of Ca…
I see far more research articles than I could possibly write up. This column collects the most interesting of those papers and advances, along with notes on why they may prove important in the world of tech and startups. This week: supercomputers tak…
Lebanese security forces fired tear gas at protesters as thousands of people converged Saturday on central Beirut demanding revenge for a deadly explosion in the capital they blame on their own government.
The new coronavirus has spread beyond Brazil’s megacities, tearing through smaller towns and rural areas as the country’s president says stricter public-health rules would do too much economic harm.
An Air India Express flight carrying 190 people overshot the runway amid heavy rain in southern India, according to the country’s civil-aviation agency.
The Trump administration’s cascade of actions taken against Beijing represent a new chapter in U.S.-China relations, one marked by increasing confrontation and few efforts to de-escalate the tensions.
Canada plans to slap its own tariffs on a range of U.S. products that contain aluminum in retaliation to President Trump’s latest move to aggravate one of the world’s largest trading relationships.
Not only is the app many Americans' primary means of communicating with China, it's also been the mobilizing arm of Chinese Trumpism.
Plus: A Canon ransomware hack, a nasty Twitter bug, and more of the week's top security news.
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The leak contains information that the company makes available to partners and customers under NDA. A researcher says it came from a breach.
Good news! An orbiter saw signs of almost a dozen previously uncounted colonies in Antarctica, boosting known numbers for a threatened species.
The demonstration was fueled by fury over the corruption and negligence of the country’s ruling elite. Security forces fired tear gas to push back the protesters.
Talks on a new U.S. pandemic relief package are stalled and its crucial benefits are expiring. President Trump said he would use executive orders to provide aid, but it is unclear whether he has the power to do so.
A U.N.-backed court will soon pronounce verdicts in a 15-year-old bombing in Beirut that roiled the Middle East. But critics say the court’s protracted deliberations and huge expense have undermined its original purpose.
Venezuelan prosecutors said the former Green Berets admitted to taking part in a failed attack aimed at overthrowing the country’s president.
The explosive material responsible for the Aug. 4 blast in Beirut was carried there by the ailing cargo ship Rhosus in 2013. Here’s what happened next.
They hustled down the stairs, the rain dabbing their polo shirts and golf attire, as they dashed inside the clubhouse, drinks in their hands and masks missing from their faces.It was an unexpected perk of their country club membership: being the audi…
Hong Kong customs has made arrests after intercepting two hauls of cocaine and heroin worth a total of HK$14 million that were smuggled into the city in air parcels carrying pastry and protein supplements.The arrest of two men on Friday came after it…
When John Chung bought his first flat in the Seoul subdistrict of Banpodong in 1987, he never could have imagined what a stellar investment it would turn out to be.The 53 square-metre space in an old, low-lying flat block south of the Han River cost…
Beijing should avoid a tit-for-tat response to US sanctions on Hong Kong and mainland Chinese officials over the city’s national security law, government advisers warned on Saturday.They said China expected tough action in the run-up to the US pres…
Riot police fired tear gas at demonstrators trying to break through a barrier to get to the parliament building in Beirut on Saturday during a protest over the government’s handling of this week’s devastating explosion in the city.About 5,000 peo…
On 23 July 2020, the France IHR National Focal Point reported a confirmed autochthonous (locally acquired) case of yellow fever in a 14-year-old male in French Guiana. On 17 July 2020, the case was laboratory confirmed at the French National Referenc…
The health zone of Rethy in Ituri province, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, has seen an upsurge of plague cases since June 2020. The first case, a 12-year-old girl, reported to a local health centre on 12 June experiencing a headache, fever, co…
On 22 June 2020, the International Health Regualtions (IHR) Focal Point (FP) of Brazil shared a preliminary report with the Panamerican Health Organization, the WHO Regional Office for the Americas of a human infection with Influenza A(H1N2) variant…
Between 1 April and 31 May 2020, the National IHR Focal Point of Saudi Arabia reported nine new cases of MERS-CoV infection, including five deaths. The cases were reported from Riyadh (seven cases), Assir (one case) and Northern (one case) Regions. M…
On 25 June 2020, the Minister of Health of the Democratic Republic of the Congo declared the end of the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak in North Kivu, Ituri and South Kivu Provinces . In accordance with WHO recommendations, the declaration was m…
