European NATO allies voice concern over U.S. plan to quit Open Skies
European members of NATO told the United States on Friday they were uneasy about its plan to withdraw from the 35-nation Open Skies treaty that...
Russia accuses U.S. of flouting Open Skies Treaty
Russia denied on Friday a U.S. accusation that it had repeatedly violated the Open Skies treaty, which allows unarmed surveillance flights over member countries, and...
Washington, D.C. flags at half-staff to remember COVID-19 victims
Flags were at half-staff on Friday at the White House, the Capitol and other federal buildings after President Donald Trump made the order to honor...
Oil drops 3% on China-U.S. tensions, energy demand doubts
Oil prices tumbled about 3% on Friday on rising U.S.-China tensions and doubts about how quickly fuel demand would recover from the coronavirus crisis....
South America is a new COVID ‘epicentre’, African deaths still low: WHO
South America has become a new epicentre of the COVID-19 pandemic with Brazil hardest-hit, while cases are rising in some African countries that so far...
Fun beats fear in Rube Goldberg contest to fetch soap amid COVID-19 crisis
Caitlin Diel waited in the shower as her brother started their chain-reaction machine, dropping a marble into a tube that sent a toy train speeding,...
U.S. condemns China’s ‘disastrous proposal’ on Hong Kong: Pompeo
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday called China’s proposed national security legislation on Hong Kong disastrous and said it could have an impact...
A digital ‘immunity passport’ is tested, with caution
Estonia’s government and some businesses including Radisson hotels are testing a so-called “immunity passport” as coronavirus restrictions are eased. But the science is uncertain, and...
South Korea’s advanced virus-tracking raises privacy fears
South Korea is using mobile phone location data, credit card records and CCTV to function its speedy ‘track and trace’ coronavirus response, but is the...
USOPC cuts staff as coronavirus forces savings
The United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) is eliminating 51 jobs and furloughing 33 employees in a bid to reduce expenses by 10-20% over...