Canada set to ban 11 categories of assault rifles, other weapons: source
Canada is set to announce it is banning 11 categories of assault rifles and other weapons, including those that have been used in mass shootings, a security source said on Thursday.
Newly recovered UK leader Johnson joins applause for coronavirus carers
Prime Minister Boris Johnson joined in a nationwide round of applause on Thursday to thank hospital and care workers battling the coronavirus pandemic, as many Britons also sang happy birthday to centenarian war veteran Tom Moore.
With economy in ‘free fall’, Lebanon aims for IMF aid
Lebanon plans to seek International Monetary Fund aid after approving an economic rescue plan setting out vast losses in its financial system as it aims to chart a way out of a crisis seen as the biggest risk to stability since the 1975-90 civil war.
Newly recovered UK leader Johnson joins applause for COVID carers
Prime Minister Boris Johnson joined in a round of applause across the United Kingdom on Thursday to thank hospital staff and care workers on the front line of the coronavirus crisis.
Ten Egyptian army members killed or wounded in a bomb attack: spokesman
Ten Egyptian army members including an officer were killed or wounded on Thursday when a bomb exploded in an armoured vehicle south of Bir al-Abd city in the Northern Sinai region, a military spokesman said in a statement.
Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin tells Putin he has coronavirus
Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin told President Vladimir Putin on Thursday that he had been diagnosed with the new coronavirus and was temporarily stepping down to recover.
U.N. chief laments lack of global leadership in coronavirus fight
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday lamented a lack of leadership by world powers and a divided international community in the fight against the coronavirus as he raised concern about inadequate support for poor countries.
Discarded puppy Locky’s luck turns in Moscow lockdown
A month ago, Locky the mongrel puppy was left abandoned on the side of a road with her mother and six siblings.
Czechs to allow cultural and sports events with up to 100 people in next reopening wave
The Czech government will allow cultural and sport events with up to 100 people to go ahead from May 11 as part of a next phase of relaxing restrictions imposed to combat the spread of the new coronavirus, officials said on Thursday.
U.N. experts urge lifting of Cuba embargo to save lives in coronavirus fight
United Nations human rights experts on Thursday urged the Trump administration to lift the U.S. financial and economic embargo on Cuba, saying it limited the Communist-ruled island’s ability to fight the coronavirus pandemic and save lives.
