August 2020

After Covid, China’s Leaders Face New Challenges From Flooding

Unusually heavy rains have wreaked havoc in central and southwestern China, leaving hundreds dead and disrupting the economy’s post-pandemi...

The Communist Party’s “clean plate” campaign targets livestreaming extreme eaters, wasteful diners and others amid concerns about China’s a...

Nine people have reportedly died after a fire broke out at a hydro-electric power plant in the Indian state of Telangana. The bodies we...

Gippsland alpacas are playing a vital part in finding a treatment for COVID-19. Gippsland alpacas are playing a vital part in finding a...

New Zealand has recorded its first cases of COVID-19 in 102 days, with four members of single-family testing positive. New Zealand has r...

President Donald Trump was today abruptly ushered out of a briefing room during the middle of a White House press briefing by US Secret Ser...

Russia President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday said the country has developed the "first" coronavirus vaccine. He also said that his...

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un placed the city of Kaesong in lockdown over fears the country had its first recorded case. Kim Jong Un l...

The country recorded 19 deaths on Monday, all in the state of Victoria, which has been under lockdown for the last five weeks. Australi...

“Screw COVID I went to Sturgis,” read a black T-shirt amid a sea of Harley-Davidson and Trump 2020 outfits. Tens of thousands of motorc...

Sub-Saharan hospitals are dependent on costly oxygen from multinational suppliers. As Covid-19 spreads, doctors are being forced to make te...