Trump | Twitter says it’s cracking down on QAnon conspiracy theory

Twitter says it is cracking down on accounts and content related to QAnon, the far-right U.S. conspiracy theory popular among supporters of President Donald Trump. The measures include banning accounts associated

This Day in History | 1977 Deng Xiaoping back in power

The disgraced deputy Prime Minister of China, Deng Xiaoping, is to return to Chinese Government. The Chinese Communist Party conference has restored him to the offices of Vice Premier of the

USA | Biden, lawmakers warn of foreign interference in election

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden said he is putting Russia and other foreign governments “on notice” that he would act aggressively as president to counter any interference in U.S. elections.

The Buzz | Report: UK officials ‘avoided’ looking into Russian meddling

A long-awaited report on Russian influence in British politics criticized the British government for neglecting to investigate whether Russia interfered in the 2016 Brexit referendum, describing its utter lack of

Breached levees trap thousands as flooding in China worsens

Breached levees have trapped more than 10,000 people in an eastern Chinese town as flooding worsens across much of the country, local authorities said yesterday. High waters overcame flood defenses protecting

This Day in History | 1969 Man takes first steps on the Moon

American Neil Armstrong has become the first man to walk on the Moon. The astronaut stepped onto the Moon’s surface, in the Sea of Tranquility, at 0256 GMT, nearly 20 minutes

Insults, slammed fists: EU virus summit goes into fourth day

Weary and bleary, European Union leaders yesterday geared up for a fourth day of fighting over an unprecedented 1.85 trillion-euro ($2.1 trillion) EU budget and coronavirus recovery fund, barely recovered

The Buzz | UK buying 90 million coronavirus vaccine doses

British officials say they have signed a deal to buy 90 million doses of experimental coronavirus vaccines being developed by the pharmaceutical giant Pfizer and others. The British government said in

This Day in History | 1944 Hitler survives assassination attempt

Adolf Hitler has escaped death after a bomb exploded at 1242 local time at his headquarters in Rastenberg, East Prussia. The German News Agency broke the news from Hitler’s headquarters, known

Russia is trying to beat the West to a Covid-19 vaccine

A top Russian official said his country could roll out a vaccine against Covid-19 as soon as September, while denying accusations that hackers working for the country’s intelligence agency tried

The Buzz | Pakistani police arrest 4 men who destroyed statue of Buddha

Police arrested four men Saturday for allegedly destroying an ancient statue of Buddha they found while doing construction work near an historic Buddhist site in northwest Pakistan, officials said. The arrests

This Day in History | 1976 African countries boycott Olympics

The opening ceremony of the 21st Olympic Games in Montreal has been marred by the withdrawal of 25 African countries. They are all protesting at New Zealand’s sporting links with South

As Trump attacks, China sees a worrying trend for its future

On Monday, it was the South China Sea. On Tuesday, it was Hong Kong. On Wednesday, Huawei and human rights. The Trump administration appears to be accelerating a push to define

The Buzz | President Trump and Ivanka criticized over Goya support

US President Donald Trump and his daughter and advisor Ivanka have been criticized for endorsing a Hispanic food company on social media, BBC reports. The pair shared images of themselves holding

EU court cancels US data-sharing pact over snooping concerns

The European Union’s top court ruled yesterday that an agreement that allows thousands of companies — from tech giants to small financial firms — to transfer data to

Briefs | Telemarketer fined for data privacy breaches

  A company named Hoi Sheung Sociedade Unipessoal Limitada has been fined 1.08 million patacas by the personal data watchdog for data privacy breaches that occurred during its telemarketing activities. The

This Day in History | 1969 Apollo 11 takes off for the Moon

The Apollo 11 space rocket has taken off successfully from Cape Kennedy, Florida, at the start of the first attempt to land a man on the Moon. An estimated one million

First Covid-19 vaccine tested in US poised for final testing

The first COVID-19 vaccine tested in the U.S. revved up people’s immune systems just the way scientists had hoped, researchers reported yesterday -- as the shots are

The Buzz | Apple wins EU court case over $15 billion in claimed taxes

A European Union court delivered a hammer blow to the bloc’s attempts to rein in sweetheart tax deals between multinationals and individual member countries when it ruled that technology giant

Report: Mongolian teenager dies of bubonic plague

A 15-year-old boy has died in western Mongolia of bubonic plague, the country’s national news agency reported. The Health Ministry said laboratory tests confirmed the teenager died of plague that he

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