China legislation on Hong Kong could lead to U.S. sanctions, White House says
China’s proposed national security legislation for Hong Kong could lead to U.S. sanctions and threaten the city’s status as a financial hub, White House National Security Adviser Robert O’Brien said on Sunday.
Afghan Taliban declare three-day Eid ceasefire from Sunday
The Taliban declared a three-day Eid ceasefire starting on Sunday, a spokesman for the hard-line Islamist group wrote in a tweet on Saturday, a move that comes as fighting has intensified between the warring sides despite the coronavirus pandemic.
Madrid residents eager ahead of this week’s reopening
Residents of Madrid and Barcelona are eagerly anticipating the opening of parks, museums, churches and outdoor seating at bars this week, as Spain prepares to ease some of the strictest lockdown measures in Europe in its capital and second city.
France wants its citizens to holiday at home this summer
The French government does not want its citizens to travel abroad this summer and recommends they take their holidays in France, Environment Minister Elisabeth Borne said on Sunday.
Netanyahu says he has been framed as corruption trial starts
Benjamin Netanyahu professed his innocence at the start of his corruption trial on Sunday, saying he was being framed in the first criminal prosecution of a serving Israeli prime minister.
Newsmaker: Britain’s Brexit mastermind fights for job over claims of lockdown hubris
Dominic Cummings, the mastermind of Brexit who openly scorned the British elite, is fighting for his job as Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s senior adviser after claims he flouted the government’s coronavirus lockdown rules.
Fifty-three workers at AngloGold Ashanti mine in South Africa have coronavirus
Underground production at AngloGold Ashanti’s Mponeng mine in South Africa will remain closed until further notice after 53 employees tested positive for the coronavirus, a provincial health department said in a statement on Sunday.
China’s Wuhan says conducted 1,146,156 COVID-19 tests on May 23
The city of Wuhan, the epicenter of the novel coronavirus outbreak in China, conducted 1,146,156 nucleic acid tests on May 23, the local health authority said on Sunday, compared with 1,470,950 tests a day earlier.
Hong Kong police fire tear gas as thousands protest security law
Hong Kong police fired tear gas and water cannon to disperse thousands who, in defiance of curbs imposed to contain the coronavirus, gathered on Sunday to protest against Beijing’s plan to directly impose national security laws on the city.
Netanyahu arrives at court for corruption trial, says case aimed at ‘toppling me, in any way possible’
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrived on Sunday at the Jerusalem court for the start of his corruption trial and said his opponents were aiming to oust him.
