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China's Ambassador to the United Nations says the US has "created enough troubles for the world already" as the two nations continued to spar over the coronavirus pandemic during a tense meeting of the UN Security Counc
US President Donald Trump has declined to commit to a peaceful transfer of power if he loses the November 3rd presidential election. Trump says we are going to have to see what happens, responding to a question abo
For more than a year, the residents of a small Welsh town would lose their broadband internet every morning at 7am. The bizarre mystery stumped the 400 residents of the small town of Aberhosan, and frustrated many
Xbox-owner Microsoft has acquired the games company behind blockbuster titles including Doom, Fallout, Skyrim and Wolfenstein. It is paying US $7.5 billion for Bethesda's parent ZeniMax Media. Xbox has said th
A Spanish athlete is being applauded on social media after he sacrificed a top tier win in the 2020 Santander Triathlon to give it to a competitor who took a wrong turn on the course. BBC News reports British athle
A package containing ricin poison that was addressed to US President Donald Trump has been intercepted before it reached the White House. Officials say the letter was discovered at a screening facility for White Ho
US Supreme Court Judge Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, an iconic champion of women's rights, has died of cancer at the age of 87. Ginsburg died of metastatic pancreatic cancer at her home in Washington, DC, surrounded
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson says the UK is "now seeing a second wave" of Covid-19. Johnson said he did not "want to go into bigger lockdown measures" but that tighter social distancing rules might be necessary. It
Argentine striker Gonzalo Higuain has left Italian champions Juventus after his contract was mutually terminated and is expected to join David Beckham's Inter Miami club in the United States. The 32-year-old joined
Former Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott had his phone number and passport details obtained by a hacker after posting a picture of his boarding pass on Instagram. Hacker Alex Hope said he uncovered Abbott's det
New Zealand's Finance Minister Grant Robertson says the New Zealand Government is looking to have a trans-Tasman bubble set up by the middle of next year as part of New Zealand’s economic recovery, provided the Labour
Japan's parliament has elected Yoshihide Suga as the country's new prime minister, following the resignation of Shinzo Abe. After winning the leadership of the governing party earlier this week, Wednesday's vote co
Officials in Louisville, Kentucky have agreed to pay $US12m to the family of Breonna Taylor, a black woman who was killed in her home by Police. Taylor was 26 when she was shot at least five times on 13 March durin
The Asian Development Bank says the COVID-19 pandemic has pulled the region's developing economies into recession. It is the first time in six decades that "developing Asia" - a designation that includes 45 countri
India has now recorded more than five million confirmed cases of coronavirus. It is the second-worst affected country in the world, but the virus is spreading much faster there than in the US, which is in the top s
Avengers star Jeremy Renner who plays Hawkeye has asked the Los Angeles Superior Court to reduce his monthly child support payments from $30,000 to $11,000 because the coronavirus pandemic has cost him millions of dolla
Google says it has wiped out its entire carbon footprint by investing in "high-quality carbon offsets". It became carbon-neutral in 2007 and says it has now compensated for all of the carbon it has ever created.
Neighbours in the UK encouraged to snitch on each other for breaking new social gatherings rule People in England are being encouraged by the government to contact police if they see neighbours flouting the new ru
Formula 1 bosses are looking into whether Lewis Hamilton broke rules at the Tuscan Grand Prix by wearing a T-shirt highlighting police brutality. BBC Sports reports a spokesman for the FIA said the matter was "unde
A record one-day rise in the number of new coronavirus cases around the world has been recorded. The World Health Organisation says 307,930 confirmed infections were reported over 24 hours. Restrictions bannin
