UK lockdown a week earlier could have halved COVID-19 deaths, scientist says
Britain’s death toll from COVID-19 could have been halved if lockdown was introduced a week earlier, a former member of the UK government’s scientific advisory...
Facebook says no proof of malicious acts by fake accounts in Philippines
Facebook has yet to find evidence that user-reported accounts that proliferated in the Philippines at the weekend had engaged in malicious and coordinated acts, the...
One of four Minneapolis police charged over Floyd’s death freed on bail
One of the four former Minneapolis police officers who were charged over the death of George Floyd, a black man whose death in custody set...
Grieving doctor finds peace on COVID-19’s frontline
British-Somali doctor Jihan Ali Mohamud visited Somalia last year to bury her father. Now she’s on the front-line of the country’s COVID-19 epidemic. Nazanine Moshiri...
Ony French victims of faulty breast implant may claim damages, EU court says
German victims of defective breast implants made by French company Poly Implant Prothese (PIP) cannot claim damages from its insurer as its policy covered only...
Outside panel to review Samsung heir Lee’s case: Seoul prosecutors
An outside panel will weigh the validity of an investigation into Samsung Group heir Jay Y. Lee over a 2015 merger and alleged accounting fraud,...
Finland lifts travel restrictions on neighbours except Sweden
Finland’s government said on Thursday it will lift coronavirus-related restrictions on leisure travelling to and from neighbouring Baltic and Nordic countries, excluding Sweden....
Trump To Address ‘Disparities’ At Dallas Event – NPR
Trump To Address ‘Disparities’ At Dallas Event NPR Cooper calls out McEnany’s defense of Trump’s baseless tweet CNN Trump to address policing Thursday as White House grapples...
Ivory Coast army says 12 soldiers killed and seven wounded
Some 12 Ivorian soldiers were killed and other seven wounded in an attack at a northern border post near Burkina Faso early on Thursday, a...
Outbreak quashed, China launches test lab spending spree
China is building hundreds of testing laboratories and stocking up on tests to ramp up screening for the coronavirus, even in healthy people, having all-but...