Europe has recorded a sharp rise in the number of new Covid-19 infections in recent weeks, reflecting an alarming trend as the World Health Organization warns “no country can just pretend the pandemic is over.” The number of new coronavirus cases reported across the region increased by 5.6% to a total of just over 4 million […] Read more
It was a very grand setting for what turned out to be a very common speech. President Donald Trump formally accepted his party’s nomination for president Thursday night on the South Lawn of the White House, flanked by dozens of American flags and cheered by more than a thousand invited guests. Trump emerged from the South […] Read more
To travel or not to travel? That is the question. As Europe’s journey with the COVID-19 pandemic enters its next phase, many have embarked on their summer adventures to Greece, Italy or Spain, riding the wave of optimism offered by EU recommendations on opening borders. Even though the majority of the countries in Europe are […] Read more
Tens of thousands of protesters marched in Belarus’ capital city of Minsk over the weekend, demanding the resignation of President Alexander Lukashenko following his contested re-election earlier this month. Demonstrators marched toward Lukashenko’s residence at the Independence Square on Sunday, brandishing red and white flags to symbolize their opposition to the president and chanting for […] Read more
U.S. President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden are “as stark as black and white” when it comes to the maximum pressure campaign on Iran, according to one analyst. Trump wants more pressure, while Biden would want more engagement, said Behnam Ben Taleblu, a senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD). “There’s this long-standing […] Read more
President Donald Trump said U.S. enterprise software giant Oracle is “a great company” when asked if if it would be a good buyer for TikTok. His endorsement for Oracle, co-founded by billionaire Larry Ellison, comes after reports that the Californian tech firm is interested in buying TikTok’s North America, Australia and New Zealand businesses from Chinese parent company […] Read more
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has rejected calls to quit following his contested re-election, warning that the former Soviet republic would “perish as a state” if it was forced to repeat the vote. Opposition protesters took to the streets for the eighth consecutive day of anti-government demonstrations on Sunday, demanding the departure of the country’s embattled authoritarian […] Read more
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said President Donald Trump’s executive orders against TikTok and WeChat could be “broader” than just those two apps. Pompeo did not elaborate, but his comments could be hinting at action against other Chinese apps or even TikTok’s parent company ByteDance, or WeChat owner Tencent. “So when President Trump made his announcement about not only […] Read more
Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the registration of what Russia claims to be the first vaccine for the coronavirus in the world and said one of his daughters had already taken it. “As far as I know, a vaccine against a new coronavirus infection has been registered this morning, for the first time in the world,” he said at […] Read more
Lebanon on Thursday mourned the victims of the most powerful blast in the country’s history, with many expressing their dismay at the political establishment over missed warnings on the unsafe storage of volatile chemicals.An enormous explosion ripped through the Lebanese capital of Beirut on Tuesday, killing at least 135 people and injuring around 5,000, according […] Read more
