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A statue of Melania Trump has been removed from near her hometown in Slovenia after being badly burned by vandals. CNN reports the statue, near Sevnica, central Slovenia, was set alight on July 5th. Brad Downe
A tourist has finally been rescued after spending more than 100 days living in an airport due to the coronavirus pandemic. Stuff.co.nz reports Roman Trofimov has been staying in the departures area of Manila airpor
Ivory Coast's Prime Minister Amadou Gon Coulibaly has died after falling ill at a ministerial meeting. The 61-year-old had been chosen as the ruling party's candidate for October's presidential election, after Alas
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says the US would certainly look at banning Chinese social media apps including short-form video app TikTok over national security and privacy concerns. Pompeo says with respect to
US President Donald Trump has formally moved to withdraw the US from the World Health Organization. The president had made his intentions clear in late May, accusing the WHO of being under China's control in the wa
UN experts have warned that Zoonotic diseases - which jump from animals to humans - are increasing and will continue to do so without action to protect wildlife and preserve the environment. They blame the rise in
A jet aircraft suspected of carrying illegal drugs has been destroyed by fire after landing on a highway in southern Mexico. Military Officials say a lorry packed with 390kg of cocaine was found nearby in the state
US President Donald Trump has used an Independence Day address to vow to defeat the "radical left" as protests sweep the country. Striking a combative tone, Trump said he would "fight... to preserve the American way o
A businessman in Pune, India has paid about US$4,000 for a gold face mask to protect himself from coronavirus. Shankar Kurhade says it is a thin mask and has tiny pores that help him breathe. He says he is not
The World Health Organisation has today confirmed the highest increase in COVID-19 cases in one day since pandemic began. More than 200,000 new cases have been reported in the past 24 hours. The WHO said the h
Authorities in the Australian city of Melbourne have confined people living in nine housing estate tower blocks because of an outbreak of coronavirus. The 3,000 or so residents of the blocks are being told not to l
England has unlocked travel to and from 59 countries by lifting quarantine requirements, but visitors from the United States will still be subject to restrictions. Officials have revealed a new "travel corridor" li
A 13-ton shipment of beauty products such as weaves suspected to have been made out of human hair has been seized by US Customs and Border Protection in New York. CNN reports the shipment originated in Xinjiang, Ch
An Indian judge is under pressure to delete comments from a court order that questioned the behaviour of a woman who alleged she was raped. Granting bail to the rape accused last week, Justice Krishna S Dixit of the Kar
Australian officials have launched a judicial inquiry amid allegations a fresh coronavirus outbreak in the state of Victoria was sparked by some contracted workers not following protocols at a hotel used to quarantine i
British citizenship is being offered to three million people living in Hong Kong in light of the controversial security laws imposed by China. UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab announced the Government was changing
Italian police have seized what they believe is a world-record haul of 14 tonnes of the highly addictive drug amphetamine which they suspect were made in Syria to finance the jihadist group Islamic State. Officers
The European Union has decided that from tomorrow EU borders will be reopened to citizens from 15 non-EU countries, including Canada, Morocco and Australia, but not the US, Brazil and Russia. China is on the list,
People are relieving themselves on the grounds of Queen Elizabeth's Scottish residence. Employees at Balmoral Castle, which Queen Elizabeth frequently visits for holidays throughout the year, have complained about
A new strain of flu that has the potential to become a pandemic has been identified in China by scientists. According to BBC News, scientists say this new strain of flu emerged recently and is carried by pigs, but
