UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday urged the world to prevent a Cold War between the United States and China and halt conflicts so it can focus on the Covid-19 pandemic.
REPLAY: Russian President Vladimir Putin’s speech at UN General Assembly
The UN’s first virtual meeting of world leaders started Tuesday with pre-recorded speeches from some of the planet’s biggest powers, kept at home by the #coronavirus pandemic that will likely be a dominant theme...
South Africa lockdown relaxed but trust in government still hard hit by corruption
In tonight’s edition South Africa’s response to the coronavirus has been praised but trust in the government is still hard hit by corruption. In Cameroon, police have fired tear gas and water cannon to break...
Zarie Sibony, survivor of the Hyper Cacher attack
“It was the most horrible four hours of my life.” Zarie Sibony was working as a cashier at a Hyper Cacher kosher supermarket in #Paris when it became the scene of a gruesome #attack and hostage-taking by a...
France Charlie Hebdo Trial: 14 suspected accomplices go on trial in Paris
Five years after the attacks against a Jewish supermarket and the Charlie Hebdo newspaper that left a total of 17 dead, the trial of 14 suspected accomplices of the perpetrators takes place Tuesday in Paris. FRANCE...
US coronavirus deaths surpass 200,000, with cases once again rising
The US death toll from the coronavirus topped 200,000 Tuesday, by far the highest in the world, hitting the once-unimaginable threshold six weeks before an election that is certain to be a referendum in part on...
Republicans close ranks to back vote on Trump’s Supreme Court nominee
Senate Republicans including Mitt Romney on Tuesday lined up behind President Donald Trump’s push to widen the U.S. Supreme Court’s conservative majority, leaving Democrats little hope of blocking a confirmation vote on...