The South African government has come up with measures that would improve Indiaâs travel and tourism relations in a major way. The country wants to upgrade the current e-visa system with an electronic travel arrangement…
The World: China Claims Sovereignty Over Galwan Valley…
The Chinese militaryâs statement on the violent clash in eastern Ladakh has a claim that China has not made directly for decades â sovereignty over entire the Galwan valley. The Indian Army has stated that…
North Korea studies action plan to reenter DMZ,…
North Korea's army is ready to take action if defector groups push ahead with their campaign to send propaganda leaflets into North Korea, state media said on Tuesday, in the latest warning of retaliatory measures.…
COVID-19 : China locks down 10 more areas…
China on Monday sealed 10 more neighbourhoods in Beijing after a spate of fresh coronavirus cases linked to a food market sparked fears of a new wave of infection, KnowAfrika reported. Authorities on Saturday had…
US: Atlanta police chief resigns hours after US…
Atlanta's police chief resigned today hours after a black man was fatally shot by officers in a struggle following a field sobriety test. Authorities said the slain man had grabbed an officer's Taser, but was…
THE WORLD: Beijing shuts food market after new…
The largest wholesale food market in Beijing has been shut by authorities after a number of coronavirus cases were detected amongst its workers. The Xinfadi market in Chinaâs capital, which has 4,000 tenants, was closed…
THE WORLD: Joe Biden says military will escort…
United States Democratic candidate Joe Biden has said the military will escort US President Donald Trump out of the White House if he fails to leave after losing the November 2020 election. Biden said it…
THE WORLD: Oil prices fall as US stockpiles…
Oil prices fell more than 2% on Thursday on worries about slow demand growth with coronavirus cases rising, US crude stockpiles hitting an all-time high and the US Federal Reserve projecting recovery from the pandemic…
Pope Francis donates âŹ1m for COVID-19 charity efforts
Pope Francis has offered one million euros for a new charity fund targeting people in Rome left in dire straits by the coronavirus economic crisis. The fund, called âJesus Divine Worker,â will be managed by…
China will treat vaccine as ‘global public goods’…
China has vowed to strengthen international cooperation in future COVID-19 clinical vaccine trials. The country is expending great efforts in the global scramble to develop a vaccine for the new corona virus pandemic that began…
Treasure chest worth over a million-dollar found after…
A bronze chest filled with gold, jewels and other valuables worth more than $US1 million ($A1.4 million) and hidden a decade ago somewhere in the Rocky Mountain wilderness has been found, according to a famed…
THE WORLD: 10-foot shark kills surfer off Australia’s…
A 60-year-old surfer was attacked and killed by a 3-meter (10-foot) shark off the coast of northern New South Wales state on Sunday, Australian police said. Several people tried to help the surfer and fought…
French forces execute al-Qaeda leader in the Islamic…
French forces have killed the leader of Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, Algerian Abdelmalek Droukdel, in northern Mali, France's defence minister said. Droukdel was killed on Thursday near the Algerian border, where the group…
THE WORLD: Twitter disables Trumpâs campaign video on…
Twitter gunned for U.S. President Donald Trump once again by disabling his campaign tribute video to George Floyd on its platform. The social media platform cited a copyright complaint, as basis for its action, reports…
Tunisia plans to resume commercial flights late June
Tunisia moves to resume commercial flights as it plans to reopen its airspace, land and sea borders on June 27, 2020 as part of full de-confinement scheduled for June 14. On Tuesday, the Minister of…
George Floyd died of âasphyxiation,â autopsy commissioned by…
An autopsy commissioned for George Floydâs family found that he died of asphyxiation due to neck and back compression when a Minneapolis police officer held his knee on Floydâs neck for several minutes and ignored…
The World: Trump to invite Russia and other…
President Trump told reporters on Saturday evening he would postpone the G7 summit to September and expand the meeting to more nations that are not members of the Group of 7. Trump said he would…
US must sit up, eliminate racial discrimination: AU…
The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat has waded into the death of a black American man, George Floyd at the hands of police in the United States. The AUC chair issued…
The Minneapolis police officer who knelt on George…
The former Minneapolis police officer seen in a video with his knee on George Floyd's neck had 18 prior complaints filed against him with the Minneapolis Police Department's Internal Affairs, according to the police department.…
