Oil drops as U.S.-China tension escalates
Oil futures edged lower on Monday as rising U.S.-China tensions weighed on market sentiment, but reports that OPEC and Russia were close to a deal...
Spain reports no new COVID-19 deaths, 71 new cases
Spain’s Health Ministry reported no new deaths from the new coronavirus on Monday, with the total death toll unchanged from Sunday at 27,127, the health...
Eli Lilly starts study of potential antibody treatment
Eli Lilly said on Monday it had started an early-stage trial to test its potential treatment for COVID-19, in the world’s first study of an...
Facebook’s Zuckerberg faces employee backlash over Trump protest comments
Facebook employees critical of CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s decision not to act on President Donald Trump’s inflammatory comments about U.S. protests went public on Twitter, praising...
Trump backpedals after ‘shooting’ threat to Minneapolis protesters
(In May 29 story, corrects wording of Trump tweet in second paragraph; changes headline)...
The cooking romcom serving up Zimbabwe’s Netflix debut
‘Cook Off’, the story of a single mother who finds love in a cooking competition, premiered on Netflix on Monday – marking the Zimbabwean film...
Chile surpasses 100,000 cases of coronavirus: health minister
Chile has surpassed 100,000 cases of the coronavirus, the health minister said on Monday, as infections have spiraled in the capital Santiago, putting the South...
Singapore’s health ministry confirms 408 new coronavirus cases, one death
Singapore confirmed 408 new coronavirus cases on Monday, its health ministry said, bringing the city-state’s tally to 35,292....
Swedish PM to appoint coronavirus inquiry before summer amid criticism
Sweden will launch an inquiry into the country’s handling of the pandemic before the summer, Prime Minister Stefan Lofven said in a newspaper interview on...
Virtual no more – real Michelangelo awes again in Vatican Museums
If you’ve ever dreamed of being in the Sistine Chapel without feeling like you are craning your neck in a packed open-top tourist bus, now...