Liberal groups warn Biden: Do more on policing reform or risk losing black support
More than 50 liberal groups have signed a letter to Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, warning he could lose black voters’ support unless he commits...
U.S. narrows list of promising COVID-19 vaccine candidates to about seven
U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration is narrowing its list of promising experimental coronavirus vaccines to about seven from 14, the U.S. Department of Health and...
Dozens missing after boat capsizes on Congo side of Lake Kivu
Dozens of people were missing after a boat sank on Lake Kivu in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, government officials and a...
India investment body backs incentives for $706 million Samsung display plant: letter
Samsung Electronics should get tax and other incentives from India’s northern state of Uttar Pradesh as the South Korean company looks to invest some 53.67...
‘Woefully lax’: report slams CIA cybersecurity after hacking tool leak
Many of the Central Intelligence Agency’s most sensitive hacking tools were so poorly secured that it was only when WikiLeaks published them online in 2017...
Steroid drug hailed as ‘breakthrough’ in COVID-19 as trial shows it saves lives
A cheap and widely-used steroid called dexamethasone has become the first drug shown to be able to save lives among COVID-19 patients in what scientists...
Lighting maker Signify: UV light ‘degrades’ coronavirus quickly
Signify, the world’s largest lighting manufacturer, said on Tuesday researchers at Boston University had confirmed an ultraviolet light made by the company works to degrade...
India and China troops clash at disputed border with ‘casualties on both sides’
Indian and Chinese troops fought each other with iron rods and stones at their disputed border, resulting in casualties on both sides including the deaths...
Armenian parliament backs arrest of opposition leader for fraud
Armenia’s parliament on Tuesday voted to strip the head of the biggest opposition faction of his parliamentary immunity and allow him to be arrested on...
Fringe groups hijack peaceful health workers protest, says Paris police
Fringe groups hijacked a peaceful health workers protest in Paris on Tuesday, Paris police said, overturning at least one car and hurling projectiles at police...