Hostility toward China is growing in the U.S. over China's handling of the coronavirus and human rights abuses. But Chinese support for their government is stronger than ever.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials have instituted new policies to discourage nonessential travel across the Mexico border. It has resulted in major delays for essential workers as well.
Silvio Berlusconi tested positive for the virus that causes COVID-19 after returning to his home near Milan after a holiday in Sardinia, according to his staff.
Since the Aug. 4 blast, the number of COVID-19 cases has increased by some 220%, according to the International Rescue Committee. The country is also coping with damage to medical facilities.
Novichok is the same nerve agent used in a 2018 attack in Britain on former KGB spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter, Yulia. A German government spokesman says the evidence is "without a doubt."
Michael Pack, who leads VOA's parent company, ordered a political appointee to formally review a story on Joe Biden. The move appears to violate bans on political meddling in coverage.
Kaing Guek Eav oversaw Phnom Penh's notorious S-21 prison, where thousands of people were executed and tortured during the Khmer Rouge's terrifying rule in the 1970s.
A Trump administration spokesman says Washington will continue to engage the rest of the world in vaccine development but won't be "constrained" by the "corrupt" World Health Organization.
The fragments of a 4.6 billion-year-old meteorite that fell on Santa Filomena last month have been a literal windfall as locals sell them for thousands of dollars apiece.