China rocket debris ‘disintegrates over Indian Ocean’ – Chinese media
Debris from a Chinese rocket that had been hurtling back towards Earth has disintegrated over the Indian Ocean, China says. The bulk of the rocket was destroyed during the re-entry, but parts landed at a location 72.47° East and 2.65° North, Chinese state-run media reported....
Big Chinese rocket segment set to fall to Earth
Debris from a Chinese rocket is expected to fall back to Earth in an uncontrolled re-entry this weekend. The main segment from the Long March-5b vehicle was used to launch the first module of China’s new space station last month. At 18 tonnes it is...
Al-Aqsa mosque: Dozens hurt in Jerusalem clashes
At least 163 Palestinians and six Israeli police officers have been hurt in clashes in Jerusalem, Palestinian medics and Israeli police say. Most were injured at the Al-Aqsa Mosque, where Israeli police fired rubber bullets and stun grenades as Palestinians threw stones and bottles. Tensions...
Australia provokes China anger over scrapped deals
Australia has scrapped agreements tied to China’s Belt and Road initiative, prompting anger from Beijing and adding further strain to tense relations between the countries. The federal government used new powers to rip up two deals made between the state of Victoria and China. Canberra...
India reports highest worldwide rise in daily Covid-19 cases
India reported 314,835 new Covid-19 infections on Thursday, the highest daily increase in cases worldwide since the pandemic began. The country also recorded its highest number of new Covid-19 deaths at 2,104 fatalities. The stark figures come as health care and other essential services across...
Fukushima: Japan approves releasing wastewater into ocean
Japan has approved a plan to release more than one million tonnes of contaminated water from the destroyed Fukushima nuclear plant into the sea. The water will be treated and diluted so radiation levels are below those set for drinking water. But the local fishing...
South Korea reports 473 new coronavirus cases as health minister warns of fourth wave
South Korea on Monday reported 473 new Covid-19 cases in the previous 24 hours, bringing the national total to 105,752, according to a statement from the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA). Seoul’s metropolitan area accounted for 276 of the total cases. Among the...
India records more than 100,000 new Covid-19 cases – its most in a single day since the pandemic began
India recorded 103,558 new Covid-19 cases on Monday, its highest single-day rise in infections so far in the pandemic. The number of new daily cases in India has risen steadily since March 10, with the country also reporting 741,830 active cases on Monday – its...
Myanmar coup: Protesters flee after being ‘trapped’ overnight
Dozens of Myanmar protesters who had been cornered overnight by security forces in Yangon have escaped from the area where they were trapped. About 200 people were caught in a four-street area in Sanchaung district which the police sealed off. At least 40 people were...
Myanmar coup: Aung San Suu Kyi detained as military seizes control
Myanmar’s military has taken control of the country after detaining de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi and other politicians in the early hours. Military TV said a state of emergency had been declared for one year and power transferred. The coup comes after tensions...
Covid: WHO probe team in China exits Wuhan quarantine
A World Health Organization (WHO) team has come out of quarantine and will start on-the-ground investigations into the origins of the coronavirus in the Chinese city of Wuhan. The scientists will begin interviewing people from research institutes, hospitals and the seafood market linked to the...
Japan’s daily coronavirus cases fall below 3,000 for first time since December
Japan confirmed 2,765 new coronavirus infections on Monday, falling below 3,000 new daily cases for the first time since December 28, according to the country’s Health Ministry. The country’s total number of cases now stands at 368,855, with the death toll rising by 74 Monday...
Coronavirus vaccine: India begins world’s biggest drive
A sanitation worker became the first Indian to receive a Covid vaccine as the country began the world’s largest inoculation drive. Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the programme, which aims to vaccinate more than 1.3 billion people against Covid. He paid tribute to front-line workers...
China approves its first homegrown coronavirus vaccine, developed by Sinopharm
Chinese regulators have approved the country’s first homegrown coronavirus vaccine, developed by state-owned pharmaceutical giant Sinopharm, officials announced Thursday. The approval comes a day after Sinopharm said its vaccine is 79.34% effective, citing interim analysis of Phase 3 clinical trials. China has drastically scaled up...
Hong Kong’s Jimmy Lai denied bail, Pompeo tweets
HONG KONG — Jimmy Lai, the 73-year-old Hong Kong media tycoon and advocate for democracy, was denied bail Saturday after being charged the previous day under the semi-autonomous Chinese territory’s new national security law. Lai faces a charge of collusion with foreign elements to endanger...
“Covid Hunter” US Doctor Has Not Had A Single Day Off Since March
CVD HNTR. That is the license plate on Joseph Varon’s Mercedes 550. A vanity plate can be construed as grandiosity – but in this case, it is quite literal. Varon, a 58-year-old physician and chief of staff at United Memorial Medical Center in Houston, has...
South Korea logs record 1,030 cases amid ‘COVID-19 emergency’
South Korea reported 1,030 new coronavirus infections on Sunday, its largest single-day jump and the second daily record in a row, putting pressure on authorities to further tighten physical distancing rules. Of the new cases, 1,002 were locally transmitted, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention...
The tormented genius who became one of football’s greatest players
A little bit with the head of Maradona and a little bit with the hand of God.” Those four words — “the hand of God” — describe one of the most iconic moments in football history, a goal that belongs to one of the most...
COVID Latest Updates: Biden Implores Americans To Wear Masks
The coronavirus continues to disrupt daily life around the globe, with more than 50.5 million people confirmed to have contracted COVID-19 since Chinese officials implemented the first coronavirus lockdown in the city of Wuhan in January. But Monday brought some potentially good news: Pfizer released...
Iran’s daily death toll hits new record amid ‘third wave’
Iran has reported its highest daily death toll from Covid-19, as the country grapples with what officials have called a “third wave” of its outbreak. Health ministry spokeswoman Sima Sadat Lari said 337 people had died in the past 24 hours, exceeding the previous daily...
Covid-19: What drove India close to 100,000 coronavirus deaths
India is on the verge of reporting 100,000 deaths from the coronavirus – a grim toll that ranks it third in the world behind only the US and Brazil. September was the nation’s worst month on record: on average 1,100 Indians died every day from...
Hathras gang rape: India victim’s death sparks outrage
A 19-year-old Dalit (formerly untouchable) woman has died after she was allegedly gang raped by four upper-caste men, sparking outrage in India. The woman was admitted to a hospital in Delhi two weeks ago with several serious injuries. The attack occurred on 14 September in...
Kim Jong-un ‘apologises for killing of South Korean official’
North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un has issued a rare personal apology for the killing of a South Korean official, Seoul says. Mr Kim reportedly told his South Korean counterpart Moon Jae-in that the “disgraceful affair” should not have happened. South Korea has said the 47-year-old...
South Korea wants to check citizens for coronavirus and seasonal flu in one test
South Korea is developing a testing kit that can detect seasonal flu and Covid-19 at the same time, according to the country’s Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) As symptoms of Covid-19 and seasonal flu are similar it’s important to detect the difference for...
India overtakes Brazil as country with second-highest number of Covid-19 cases
India has surpassed Brazil as the country with the second-highest number of confirmed Covid-19 cases after reporting a fresh daily high of 90,802 new infections on Monday. India’s total number of cases now stands at 4,204,613, according to the Indian Ministry of Health and Family...
Coronavirus: India overtakes Brazil in Covid-19 cases
India has recorded more than 90,000 new cases of Covid-19 in the past 24 hours, taking its total above that of Brazil. The country now has the second-largest number of confirmed cases in the world, 4,204,613. It has reported 71,642 deaths, the third-highest in the...
India reports almost 79,000 new Covid-19 cases, more than 1,000 new deaths in a day
India’s health ministry recorded another 78,903 new coronavirus cases Wednesday, bringing the country’s total number of cases to 3,770,069. The ministry also reported 1,045 new deaths from the virus, bringing India’s death toll to 66,333. On Wednesday, India also recorded 801,282 active Covid-19 cases as...
China test fires so-called ‘carrier killer’ missiles into South China Sea
Hong Kong (CNN)China launched a series of ballistic missiles into the South China Sea this week, according to United States defense officials, part of a flurry of military exercises extending thousands of miles along the country’s coastline, as tensions with Washington over the disputed waterway...
New Zealand records seven new locally transmitted cases as latest outbreak continues
Seven new locally transmitted coronavirus cases have been recorded in New Zealand, as the country attempts to contain a new outbreak after weeks of being virus free. According to Ashley Bloomfield, the country’s Director-General of Health, six of the new cases were related to a...
India reports more than 64,500 coronavirus cases
India recorded 64,553 new coronavirus cases and 1,007 deaths in the past 24 hours, the country’s Health Ministry announced Friday. The country has reported 2,461,190 Covid-19 cases since the outbreak began, according to the ministry, the third highest in the world after the United States and Brazil. The confirmed...
