South Korea confirms 196 new coronavirus cases, total 6,284; deaths up by 7 to 42
South Korea confirmed a total of 6,284 coronavirus cases on Friday, up by 196 cases from late Thursday.
NZ man with coronavirus attended packed rock concert in Auckland, health authorities say
A person in New Zealand confirmed to have been infected was revealed on Friday to have attended a rock concert packed with thousands of other people.
Guyana’s Granger says ready to serve five more years as president
Guyanese President David Granger on Thursday told supporters his coalition was ready to serve five more years in office following the country’s presidential election on Monday.
Guyana opposition cries fraud in presidential election
Guyana opposition leader Bharrat Jagdeo on Thursday accused the nation’s elections commission of fraud in tallying the results of Monday’s presidential vote, saying the group inflated the vote count to favor the incumbent, President David Granger.
U.S., EU question part of Guyana presidential vote results
Diplomats from the United States and the European Union on Thursday questioned official results of Guyana’s presidential elections reported for one of the country’s regions, shortly after the opposition accused the government of fraud.
For Australia’s Muslims, Indonesian seafaring history gives a sense of belonging
Centuries before Captain James Cook claimed Australia for Britain in 1770, Muslim Makassan sailors from Indonesia regularly traveled thousands of kilometers across open sea to trade with Aboriginal people in Australia’s far north.
Turkey attacks Syrian military after two Turkish troops killed: Anadolu
Turkey killed 21 members of the Syrian government armed forces and destroyed two artillery pieces and two missile launchers after two Turkish soldiers were killed earlier, the state-owned Anadolu news agency reported on Friday, citing the Turkish Defen…
Chinese province reports 11 new virus cases from Iran flights: state media
The northwestern Chinese province of Gansu reported 11 new confirmed coronavirus patients, all of whom entered China on commercial flights from Iran, according to state media.
Britain’s government spent 4.4 billion pounds on Brexit planning
Britain’s government has spent at least 4.4 billion pounds ($5.6 billion) of taxpayers’ money on preparations to leave the European Union, the public spending watchdog said on Friday, in the first detailed estimate of the cost of Brexit.
Florence Nightingale show presents nursing pioneer who told us to wash hands
Victorian Britain took Florence Nightingale into its heart as the “Lady with the Lamp” who tended wounded soldiers, but a new exhibition shows her as a tough pioneer whose principles on hygiene underpin nursing today as the world battles coronavirus.
