Chinese COVID-19 Vaccine Promising in Animal Tests
A potential COVID-19 vaccine being developed by Chinese researchers showed promise in trials in monkeys, triggering antibodies and raising no safety issues.
Another Etihad Plane Lands in Occupied Palestine
UAE carrier Etihad Airways sent its second flight to Israel in less than a month Tuesday, carrying medical aid to help the Palestinians tackle the coronavirus pandemic, witnesses and officials said.
UN Urges Immediate Action to Avoid `Global Food Emergency’
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called for immediate action Tuesday to avoid a “global food emergency.”
Wearing mask could prevent COVID-19 second waves: Study
Wearing mask by population could push COVID-19 transmission down to controllable levels for national epidemics and could prevent further waves of the pandemic.
PMU Forces Destroy Headquarters of ISIS Ringleader
Fighters from Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Units (PMU), known as Hashd al-Sha’abi, destroyed a headquarters believed to belong to the new ringleader of ISIS.
Johnson: We Won’t Ignore Anger over Racial Injustice
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson acknowledged the “cold reality” behind angry protests against racial injustice.
North Korea to Cut Communication Links to South
North Korea is severing all official communication links with the South, it announced Tuesday in a move analysts said was aimed at manufacturing a crisis on the divided peninsula.
World will change: Global economic outlook amid pandemic
As the health and human toll grows, the economic damage is already evident and represents the largest economic shock the world has experienced in decades.
Minneapolis City Council pledges to disband police
Minneapolis City Council members pledged to abolish the police force whose officer knelt on the neck of a dying George Floyd, as the biggest civil rights protests in more than 50 years demanded a transformation of US criminal justice.
WHO: Pandemic ‘far from over’
New coronavirus cases had their biggest daily increase ever as the pandemic worsens globally and has yet to peak in Central America.