A black man in Iowa was allegedly assaulted by three white men who assumed he was breaking into a nearby home, according to reports. DarQuan Jones, 22, wants answers in what he and NAACP officials are calling a racially motivated assault early Saturday in Des Moines, where he was visiting his girlfriend, the Des Moines […]

UK announces 338 more coronavirus victims taking total death toll to 36,042 as data shows London has recorded fewer than 100 cases per day for a FORTNIGHT NHS England has confirmed 187 more people died in its hospitals between March 29 and May 20 Here’s how to help people impacted by Covid-19 The UK has […]

We will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. Please see our Privacy Notice for details of your data protection rights. Countries and states all around the world are beginning to ease coronavirus lockdown restrictions. This morning, Scotland became the first of the devolved nations to unveil its four-step route out of lockdown. […]

Pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca has capacity to make ONE BILLION doses of Oxford University’s experimental COVID-19 vaccine amid hopes it could be ready for September UK has reportedly ordered 100million doses for a population of 66million people The vaccine is still in trials but could eradicate COVID-19 if it proves effective Experts sceptical about a short […]

Global cases of the novel coronavirus surpassed 5 million early Thursday, nearly five months after the first infection was reported in the Chinese city of Wuhan. The virus has now spread to more people in under six months than the total number of severe flu cases each year, which is estimated to infect about three […]

We will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. Please see our Privacy Notice for details of your data protection rights. New import rules for iron ore are set to be introduced after Beijing slapped taxes on barley imports from Australia and banned beef imports altogether. Trade analysts said the new rules appear […]

SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian state and territory leaders bickered on Thursday over whether to reopen internal borders, a major step to rejuvenating the country’s A$80 billion ($50 billion) domestic tourism industry, as part of measures to ease coronavirus restrictions. Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has said he wants the bulk of all social distancing restrictions […]

Saskatchewan may have to wait until 2022 to host the Grey Cup. The 2020 Grey Cup was initially awarded to the Saskatchewan Roughriders in 2019, but due to the uncertainty surrounding the CFL season caused by the coronavirus pandemic, it’s been rescheduled for 2022. “The COVID-19 pandemic continues to cause uncertainty across the country and […]

A fresh wave of intercommunal fighting in South Sudan has killed and displaced “many people”, a UN mission has said. Dozens of homes in Jonglei state were destroyed, warehouses belonging to aid groups were raided, and women and cattle were abducted. A humanitarian worker from Médecins Sans Frontières was among those killed. A treaty aimed […]

Four guns were seized when the Alberta Law Enforcement Response Team arrested a 50-year-old Grande Prairie man on May 14. ALERT said its organized crime and gang team arrested Allan Salud, “who was allegedly involved in trafficking restricted handguns.” The agency alleges Salud was “selling restricted handguns to the criminal market, and involved in a […]