India’s Mumbai braces for monsoon diseases amid strain of a pandemic
For doctors and healthcare workers in India’s financial capital Mumbai who are grappling with surging coronavirus infections, the onset of the annual monsoon poses a...
Transgender couple in limbo as Hungary bans changes to identity papers
For Hungarian transgender couple Tamara Csillag and Elvira Angyal life is on hold, their wedding postponed, and they are angry....
Wall St Week Ahead: Investors bet bounce in value stocks will stick
As the U.S. economy begins to emerge from the sharp slowdown during the coronavirus pandemic, some fund managers have been drawn to value stocks, a...
San Francisco prepares to resume outdoor dining
Some restaurants in San Francisco, California, will take another step forward on Friday (June 12) when the city permits outdoor seating for the first time...
Indonesia reports 1,111 new COVID-19 cases, 48 deaths
Indonesia reported on Friday 1,111 new coronavirus infections and 48 new deaths, taking the total number of cases to 36,406 and fatalities to 2,048, health...
80% of venues secured for next year’s Games: Tokyo 2020 CEO Muto
Tokyo 2020 organisers announced on Friday that 80% of the venues required to run a successful Olympics have been secured ahead of next year’s rearranged...
EU warns COVID-19 health crisis not over yet, urges vigilance
The public health crisis caused by the COVID-19 epidemic in Europe is not over yet, the European Union’s top health official warned on Friday, urging...
EU experts see some risk of return to lockdown in COVID-19 second wave
The risk of a second wave of COVID-19 infections big enough to require European lockdowns to be reimposed is moderate to high, EU health experts...
Turkey arrests prominent journalist on espionage charges: Anadolu
A Turkish court has jailed a prominent opposition journalist from an online news outlet pending trial on “military and political espionage”, the state-run Anadolu news...
Beijing city reports 2 new confirmed COVID-19 cases
Beijing city government on Friday reported two new confirmed COVID-19 cases, marking the second consecutive day of new infections being reported in the Chinese capital....