Esports: U.S. great Andretti goes back to being a rookie on Indy oval
Mario Andretti will go back to being a rookie at the age of 80 when the motor racing great makes his esports debut on a...
Murders in Mexico reach record levels in first four months of 2020
Homicides in Mexico hit record levels in the first four months of 2020, climbing by 2.4% from the same period last year, official data showed...
Chile coronavirus cases surpass 53,000: health ministry
Chile surpassed 53,000 confirmed cases of the coronavirus on Wednesday, with the virus registering a rapid advance in recent days after it spread from more...
UK’s Cambridge University cancels face-to-face lectures until summer 2021
Britain’s Cambridge University became one of the first in the world on Wednesday to announce that all its lectures would be delivered online over the...
Venezuela’s Guaido says Iran fuel shipment ought to alarm Latin America
Iran’s fuel shipment to gasoline-starved Venezuela ought to “alarm” Latin America, Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido said on Wednesday, as five Iranian fuel tankers head...
Migrants and those without ID face hunger in South Africa
South Africa has marshalled huge resources towards preventing its poor from starving because of COVID-19, but undocumented citizens and stranded migrants face hunger as they...
GSK ties up with gene editing start-up Mammoth for COVID-19 test
GlaxoSmithKline’s consumer health unit has tied up with Mammoth Biosciences to develop a test that uses a technology commonly used in gene editing to detect...
Italy’s daily coronavirus death toll steady, new cases fall
Deaths from the COVID-19 epidemic in Italy climbed by 161 on Wednesday, against 162 the day before, the Civil Protection Agency said, while the daily...
HBO Max announces more launch partners; no deals yet with Amazon, Comcast, Roku
HBO Max, the forthcoming streaming service from AT&T Inc-owned WarnerMedia, announced on Wednesday several new partners will carry its content, but it has not yet...
More than 1,100 former U.S. prosecutors slam attempt to drop Flynn charges
More than 1,100 former U.S. federal prosecutors on Wednesday blasted the attempt by Republican President Donald Trump’s Justice Department to dismiss a charge against former...