North Korea destroys liaison office on border with South in ‘terrific explosion’
North Korea blew up an office set up to foster better ties with South Korea on Tuesday in a “terrific explosion” after it threatened to take action if North Korean defectors went ahead with a campaign to send propaganda leaflets into the North.
Amid U.S. standoff, WHO chief to address Chinese university graduates
The head of the WHO is due to give a speech to Beijing university students this week, as the U.N. body seeks to manage a resurgence of the coronavirus in China amid hostility from its biggest donor, the United States.
For Syrian family with 16 children, life at Turkish border only gets harder
Providing for 16 children including four sets of twins is only getting harder for Ahmad Yassin al-Ali and his wife Fawza Umri, Syrians who were forced to flee their home nearly a decade ago and are now crammed into a tent at the Turkish border.
Extreme poverty in Italy was falling before coronavirus, survey shows
The number of Italian families living in absolute poverty decreased in 2019 after four straight years of growth, though there is still a significant problem in the underdeveloped south, data showed on Tuesday.
American wanted by FBI arrested in Indonesia for suspected child sex crimes
A U.S. national wanted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation over a bitcoin scam has been arrested in Indonesia and charged under a child protection law for suspected sex crimes, Indonesian police said on Tuesday.
U.N. rights experts condemn Israel’s annexation plan and U.S. support
U.N. human rights experts said on Tuesday that Israel’s plan to annex significant parts of the occupied West Bank would violate international law banning the taking of territory by force, and urged other countries to actively oppose it.
Chinese capital and provinces impose travel curbs as coronavirus cases mount
The Chinese capital banned high-risk people from leaving and curbed public transport on Tuesday to stop the spread of the most serious coronavirus flare-up since February, which has stoked fears of a second wave of infections.
In Paris, the Pompidou Centre prepares to reopen with one-way system and masks
The Pompidou Centre in Paris, home to Europe’s largest modern art collection, will be left 20 million euros out of pocket by the coronavirus crisis but its director Serge Lasvignes has a more pressing matter on his hands – how to reopen safely.
UK COVID-19 death toll hits 53,077: Reuters tally
The United Kingdom’s COVID-19 death toll has hit 53,077, according to a Reuters tally of official data sources that underline the country’s status as one of the worst hit in the world.
Chinese military suffers casualties in clash with India – Global Times editor
The Chinese military suffered casualties in a border clash with Indian soldiers, the editor-in-chief of China’s Global Times newspaper said on Tuesday.
