SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia’s second-most populous state Victoria said on Tuesday that anyone breaking COVID-19 isolation orders will face hefty fines, as high as A$20,000 ($14,250), and that more military […]
U.S. judge orders election boards to extend count of absentee ballots in New York state primary
(Reuters) – A U.S. judge late on Monday ordered all local boards of election in New York state to count “thousands” of absentee ballots received the day after a congressional […]
Biden assails Trump for 'bald-faced lies' about voting by mail
(Reuters) – Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden said on Monday that President Donald Trump was telling “bald-faced lies” about voting by mail to distract from his own failures, after Trump […]
Trump says he can issue order on mail-in voting but hasn't gotten to it
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that he has the right to issue an executive order on mail-in voting but hasn’t gotten to it yet, and […]
‘Neither the US nor China wants us’
Stranded abroad by the coronavirus pandemic and squeezed by political tensions, Chinese students in the United States are rethinking their host and home countries. Eight years ago, Shizheng Tie, then […]
House panel investigates DHS office over Portland, other protests
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. House Intelligence Committee launched an investigation on Monday into the Department of Homeland Security’s intelligence office, including its actions in Portland, Oregon, and its involvement […]
Pompeo, Taliban negotiator discuss Afghan peace process: Taliban spokesman
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo held a video meeting on Monday with the Taliban’s chief negotiator, Mullah Baradar Akhund, to discuss the Afghanistan peace process, a […]
Latin America sees coronavirus records tumble as cases near 5 million
BUENOS AIRES/ASUNCION/BOGOTA (Reuters) – Argentina broke past 200,000 COVID-19 cases on Sunday and Colombia set a daily record as grim milestones topple in Latin America, pushing the world’s worst affected […]
Hong Kong government's election delay may be unlawful: bar association
HONG KONG (Reuters) – The Hong Kong government’s decision to postpone an election for the city’s legislature by a year, by invoking emergency legislation after a spike in coronavirus cases, […]
NASA astronauts make historic return home aboard SpaceX capsule
(Reuters) – U.S. astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley, who flew to the International Space Station in SpaceX’s new Crew Dragon, splashed down in the capsule in the Gulf of […]