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With cases falling in China and soaring abroad, Beijing is now rejecting the widely held assessment that the city of Wuhan is the birthplace of the outbreak
World
20.08.2024
China, US spar over origin of coronavirus
Although Russia decriminalised homosexuality in 1993, homophobia remains widely socially acceptable
World
20.08.2024
Russian LGBT activist faces porn trial for vagina drawings
Jacinda Ardern was widely praised for her compassion towards the Muslim community after a lone gunman attacked two mosques last year
World
20.08.2024
Arden says racist threat lingers after New Zealand mosque attacks
A man walks in al-Mastuma, about seven kilometres south of Idlib city in northwest Syria, on March 10
World
20.08.2024
Idlib: Syria's 'forgotten city' targeted for revenge by Assad
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Syrians displaced by regime bombardment have sought shelter in squalid camps along the border with Turkey
World 20.08.2024
New homes offer some relief for Syria's desperate displaced
Iman al-Khatib, an Arab Israeli newly elected to Israel's parliament, speaks to supporters in the northern Israeli town of Kafr Kanna, with her brother at her side
World 20.08.2024
Four women at forefront of Israel's Arab political surge
Apple's stores in China have been reopening as the country slowly gets back to work
World 20.08.2024
Last of Apple's 42 stores in China reopen
The Mormon Church is suspending all public ceremonies and gatherings of its members around the world
World 20.08.2024
Mormon Church halts all public gatherings worldwide
Nurses protest what they call the weak US response to the novel coronavirus outside the UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles
World 20.08.2024
Beyond human toll, coronavirus could shake up global politics
After 12-year-old Lua Oliveira's call for books went viral, she has been receiving around 1,500 a week -- way more than her small library can hold
World 20.08.2024
12-year-old bookworm launches favela library in Brazil
The People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI) settled in their unlikely home in Albania under a UN and US-backed deal in 2013 after their camp in Iraq was bombed
World 20.08.2024
In Albania, Iranian dissidents plot a revolution
A US judge ruled that continued detention of Chelsea Manning "no longer serves any coercive purpose"
World 20.08.2024
Judge orders US activist Chelsea Manning freed from jail
The Dow suffered its worst session since 1987 on March 12, plunging 10 percent as emergency measures by central banks failed to douse mounting recession fears
World 20.08.2024
Asian stocks nosedive, extending global rout on recession fears
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