Chinese authorities have arrested a Law Professor who published essays strongly criticising President Xi Jinping over the Coronavirus pandemic and accusing him of ruling “tyrannically”, according to his friends and colleagues.  Xu Zhangrun, a rare outspoken critic of the government … Continue reading →

US President Donald Trump, long opposed to wearing a face covering in public, says he is “all for masks” and they make him look like the Lone Ranger. Mr. Trump also maintained that face coverings do not need to become … Continue reading →

Four gunmen attacked the Pakistani Stock Exchange in Karachi, killing 2 guards and a policeman and wounding 7 others before being shot dead. Early this morning, the assailants launched a grenade attack at the main gate to the building and … Continue reading →

New York, New Jersey and Connecticut have asked people travelling from states where COVID-19 cases are rising to go into self-isolation for 14 days. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said, those states are Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, … Continue reading →

US President Donald Trump has extended a pause on some Green Cards and suspended Visas for other foreign workers until the end of 2020. High-skilled tech workers, non-agricultural seasonal helpers, au pairs and top executives will be affected. The White … Continue reading →

Health officials in South Korea believe the country is going through a second wave of Coronavirus, despite recording relatively low numbers.   The country had been a success story in dealing with COVID-19, but now expects the pandemic to continue … Continue reading →

Brazil has become the second country, after the US, to register more than 50,000 deaths from COVID-19. It comes amid growing political tension and just days after the country confirmed more than one million Coronavirus infections Graphs of Brazil’s deaths … Continue reading →

Amid protests against racial mistreatment and injustice across the United States, the family of a 24-year-old black man found hanging from a tree in Palmdale, California have called for answers over his death. On Saturday, hundreds of people marched in … Continue reading →

Mexico has reported 1,092 novel Coronavirus deaths for the past day. It is the country’s highest daily toll so far, taking the total fatalities to 11,729. Daily infections are also at an all-time high of 3,912. The overall number of … Continue reading →

Brazil has removed months of data on COVID-19 from a government website amid criticism of President Jair Bolsonaro’s handling of the outbreak. The Health Ministry says it would only be reporting cases and deaths in the past 24 hours, no … Continue reading →