In tonight’s edition: Kenya on Tuesday declared that its school year was considered lost because of the coronavirus pandemic, and primary and secondary pupils would return to class next January. And...
Tech giants refuse to pass on Hong Kong user data
Following new security laws in Hong Kong, US tech giants have stopped responding to police requests to pass on user data. TikTok meanwhile, owned by a Chinese company, is pulling out of the territory entirely. The laws...
TikTok to exit Hong Kong market as security law curbs online freedoms
The Chinese-owned video app TikTok will exit the Hong Kong market within days, a spokesman announced late on Monday, as other technology companies including Facebook suspend processing government requests for...
Coming in hot! | Russian military plane lands on dirt field
Russian military aviation crew masters one of the most difficult elements in combat training – landing on dirt runway
Pandemic not over yet | Doctors warn COVID-19 can spread by air
With most countries in the world easing back to normality following months of lockdown, scientists are warning the virus is no longer being treated seriously enough. More than 200 researchers and doctors have sent a...
‘These days you don’t live in Haiti, you just try not to die’ | Anti-crime protest ends in violence
Protests continue to erupt in Port-au-Prince over rising crime in the community and government corruption. Haiti’s National Network for the Defense of Human Rights logged 54 murders in the capital in May and June...
EU Commission says eurozone to shrink 8.3% this year
The EU reveals an updated economic forecast saying the 19 nation single currency area would contract by a record 8.7 percent before rising by 6.1 percent in 2021, worse than its previous forecast