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Curfew ends in Wisconsin city ahead of campaign visit from Joe Biden

The move came a day after the curfew was targeted as unconstitutional in a federal lawsuit and the day before former Vice President Joe Biden planned to visit, marking his first stop in Wisconsin

US: Budget deficit to hit record $3.3 trillion due to Covid-19, recession

The USD 3.3 trillion figure is more than triple the 2019 shortfall and more than double the levels experienced after the market meltdown and Great Recession of 2008-09.

Donald Trump ignores pandemic, stokes unrest, solves neither: Joe Biden

The Democratic presidential nominee's broadsides came a day ahead of his own trip to Kenosha, Wisconsin, where Biden said he wants to help "heal" a city

Taiwan plans to issue new passports emphasising distinction with China

Despite the political divide, China continues to claim Taiwan as its own territory and has required foreign countries and multinational companies to refer to the island as a part of China

S Korea records three-digit daily jump in Covid cases for 20th straight day

South Korea has seen a triple-digit daily jump in reported coronavirus infections for the 20th straight day, prompting authorities in recent days to impose tough social distancing rules

Large antibody study offers hope for coronavirus vaccine efforts

Antibodies that people make to fight the new coronavirus last for at least four months after diagnosis and do not fade quickly, as some earlier reports suggested, scientists have found

Serena Williams wins 1st-round match at US Open 2020 in quest of 24th title

Serena Williams began her latest attempt to win a 24th Grand Slam singles trophy by beating Kristie Ahn in the first round at the US Open

UAE's warm welcome to Israelis reflects changing regional politics

In less than 24 hours on the ground, Israel's first-of-its-kind delegation to the United Arab Emirates received a royal welcome that would have been nearly unthinkable just a few weeks ago

French paper Charlie Hebdo, attacked in 2015, reprints Muhammad caricatures

The announcement on Tuesday came on the eve of the first trial for the January 2015 attacks against Charlie Hebdo and, two days later, a kosher supermarket

US says it won't join WHO's global effort to find coronavirus vaccine

The Trump administration that it will not work with an international cooperative effort to develop and distribute a COVID-19 vaccine

Donald Trump visits Kenosha, calls violence 'domestic terrorism'

Trump charged into the latest eruption in the nation's reckoning over racial injustice, blaming domestic terror" that he said fuelled the violence in Kenosha, Wisconsin

Cuba coronavirus update: 15-day lockdown in Havana to curb virus spread

Cuban authorities ordered a strict 15-day lockdown of Havana on Tuesday seeking to stamp out the low-level but persistent spread of the novel coronavirus in the capital

Court blocks release of Donald Trump tax returns amid latest appeal

A federal appeals court blocked a New York prosecutor from obtaining Trump's tax returns while the president's lawyers continue to fight a subpoena seeking the records

Macron warns Lebanese leaders of sanctions if reforms are not swift

The visit was Macron's second since the devastating Aug. 4 explosion the most destructive single incident in Lebanon's history that killed at lest 190 people and injured more than 6,000

Unemployment rate across 19 Eurozone nations held down by support schemes

The unemployment rate across the 19 countries that use the euro currency rose modestly to 7.9 per cent in July, official figures showed Tuesday.

Taliban attacked a military base in Afghanistan, killing at least three

Five other forces were wounded in the attack, said Abdul Rahman Mangal, a spokesman for the governor in Paktia province

Coronavirus reversed fragile progress on gender equality: UN chief

Although input prices rose at the sharpest pace in nearly two years, firms have cut prices of their goods for four months to boost demand

Facebook threatens to block Australian publishers from sharing news stories

The social network said the Australian move would force it to pay arbitrary and theoretically unlimited sums for information that makes up only a small fraction of its service

New focus for US presidential campaign: Will Biden or Trump keep you safer?

While the president blamed Biden, his Democratic foe, for siding with "anarchists," Biden, in his most direct attacks yet, accused Trump of causing the divisions

Hong Kong begins mass-testing for virus amid public doubts

The virus-testing program has become a flash point of political debate in Hong Kong, with many distrustful over resources and staff being provided by the China