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Read More Annual Gallup survey casts doubt on Mike Pompeo’s claim that the US is ‘perfectly positioned’ to lead the free world in rivalry with China Germany is the most admired country in the world for the third year running, leaving the US in a tight battle for distant second place with China and Russia,…

Read More Veterans across the United States are spending their days painting, making wallets, and finishing needlepoint projects, thanks to a nonprofit organization that sends free arts and crafts kits to vets.Help Heal Veterans was started in 1971, and distributes the therapeutic kits to veterans so they can have something to focus on during challenging…

Read MoreThe event comes after China’s state media said HSBC played a role in the arrest of Huawei’s finance chief.The event comes after China’s state media said HSBC played a role in the arrest of Huawei’s finance chief.

Read More (CHENGDU, China) — The U.S. closed its consulate in the southwestern Chinese city of Chengdu on Monday, a victim of the rising tensions between the global powers. China ordered the mission closed late last week in retaliation for a U.S. order to shut down the Chinese Consulate in Houston earlier the same week.…

Read MoreThe closure follows US order for China to close Houston consulate, representing sharp escalation of two countries’ spat.The closure follows US order for China to close Houston consulate, representing sharp escalation of two countries’ spat.

Read More Police say members of the public intervened and penguin was removed from car boot before officers arrived Two Tasmanian men have been charged after they allegedly tried to steal a penguin and two eggs from a breeding colony. Police were called to the Low Head lighthouse just before 2pm on Sunday following reports…

Read More (AUSTIN, Texas) — Police have identified an armed protester who was shot and killed by a person who had driven into a crowd at a demonstration against police violence in the Texas capital. Austin Police Chief Brian Manley said Garrett Foster, 28, was shot and killed Saturday night as demonstrators marched through downtown…

Read More New Zealand-based Joseph Auga Matamata used 13 of his countrymen as slaves over a quarter of century A New Zealand-based Samoan chief has been sentenced to 11 years in prison for human trafficking and using 13 of his countrymen as slaves over a 25-year period. Joseph Auga Matamata, 65, also known as Villiamu…

Read MorePhilippine president seen as having firm grip on power but faces unprecedented criticism over COVID-19 response.Philippine president seen as having firm grip on power but faces unprecedented criticism over COVID-19 response.

Read More With 423,855 coronavirus cases recorded as of Sunday afternoon, Florida now has the second-highest number of COVID-19 cases in the United States, surpassing New York.Data from Johns Hopkins University shows that California, the country’s most populous state, has the most cases, with 450,242. New York was the epicenter of the pandemic during the…

Read More Port Moresby hospital hit by staff shortages after emergency department workers test positive, bringing case tally to 62 Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Coronavirus cases in Papua New Guinea have nearly doubled in a weekend, with the emerging pandemic threatening to overwhelm the country’s already-fragile healthcare system. The pandemic…

Read More Birx says federal health experts recommend bar closures in Kentucky, Tennessee, Ohio, Indiana and Virginia; Spain’s Covid-19 deaths could be 60% higher; Global deaths near 650,000. Follow the latest updates Victoria, Australia sees national record 532 new cases Pacific Islanders in US hospitalised with Covid-19 at up to 10 times the rate of…

Read More A US national flag has been pulled down at the US Consulate General in Chengdu, after Beijing ordered Washington to shut down the diplomatic facility in a tit-for-tat response for the closure of Chinese consulate in Houston. The flag was lowered around 6:18am local time, according to Chinese media, which earlier reported a…

Read MoreCasablanca and Marrakech among cities to be locked down starting on Monday to help contain surge in COVID-19 cases.Casablanca and Marrakech among cities to be locked down starting on Monday to help contain surge in COVID-19 cases.

Read More New sprawling development near Phnom Penh could prompt environmental catastrophe, including for the capital’s water systems The destruction of critically-important wetlands by politically-connected developers in Cambodia threatens to flood more than one million Phnom Penh residents, ruin the city’s wastewater system, force hundreds of families from their homes, and trigger environmental devastation, a…

Read MoreChina’s decision to close the US mission came after the US shut China’s consulate in Houston.China’s decision to close the US mission came after the US shut China’s consulate in Houston.

Read More Heavy police presence in Chengdu suppresses protests or celebrations as flag is lowered at diplomatic outpost Local residents in Chengdu flocked to the US consulate on Sunday, taking selfies and waving Chinese flags, as officials prepared to remove its official plaque just days after Washington and Beijing each ordered the other to close…

Read MoreIn nearby Portland unidentified officers have detained demonstratorsIn nearby Portland unidentified officers have detained demonstrators

Read MoreRescue workers said Daisy — a 121-pound Saint Bernard — was displaying signs of pain in her rear legs and was refusing to move.Rescue workers said Daisy — a 121-pound Saint Bernard — was displaying signs of pain in her rear legs and was refusing to move.

Read More As coronavirus infections surge, Andrew Harding notes meaningless statistics and a fear of hospitals. As coronavirus infections surge, Andrew Harding notes meaningless statistics and a fear of hospitals.

Read MoreAs coronavirus infections surge, Andrew Harding notes meaningless statistics and a fear of hospitals.As coronavirus infections surge, Andrew Harding notes meaningless statistics and a fear of hospitals.

Read More Victoria’s health system in crisis after 459 new Covid-19 cases and 10 deaths on Sunday, including seven linked to aged care, as NSW records six new cases linked to Thai Rock restaurant. Follow latest updates • How Australia’s health workers are getting Covid-19• Victoria records 459 new coronavirus cases and 10 deaths •…

Read MoreCases are rising fast in one of India’s poorest and most populous states. Can it cope?Cases are rising fast in one of India’s poorest and most populous states. Can it cope?

Read MoreSomalia has fewer than 100 official Covid-19 deaths. But its cemeteries tell a different story.Somalia has fewer than 100 official Covid-19 deaths. But its cemeteries tell a different story.

Read MoreSouth Korea largely forgot its prisoners of war. Now their children are fighting for recognition.South Korea largely forgot its prisoners of war. Now their children are fighting for recognition.

Read MoreWhile writing his memoirs in lockdown, Kenneth Felts opened up to his daughter about his first love.While writing his memoirs in lockdown, Kenneth Felts opened up to his daughter about his first love.

Read More Swiss pianist Alain Roche’s first performance after the lockdown turned out to be high flying both figuratively and literally as the man and his instrument were hanging from a crane 40 meters above ground. More than a hundred music-lovers gathered at a construction site in the French city of Nantes on Friday to…

Read More Monday: How Australia’s frontline healthcare workers are getting coronavirus. Plus, the former Manus detainee free today but ‘overwhelmed with guilt’ Good morning, this is Emilie Gramenz bringing you the main stories and must-reads on Monday 27 July. Continue reading…Monday: How Australia’s frontline healthcare workers are getting coronavirus. Plus, the former Manus detainee free…

Read More Wealthy jet-setters brought some of the first cases of the coronavirus into Mexico. But it’s the poor who’ve suffered disproportionately, and the government’s done little to ease their economic pain. Wealthy jet-setters brought some of the first cases of the coronavirus into Mexico. But it’s the poor who’ve suffered disproportionately, and the government’s…

Read MoreGarrett Foster was pushing his fiancée’s wheelchair when he was shot dead by someone in a car.Garrett Foster was pushing his fiancée’s wheelchair when he was shot dead by someone in a car.

Read MoreDonald Trump has announced that he will not after all throw out the ceremonial first pitch for the New York Yankees next month, blaming his busy schedule – despite having just spent another weekend at one of his own golf courses.Donald Trump has announced that he will not after all throw out the ceremonial…

Read More (NEW YORK) — Actress Spencer Grammer says she was trying to calm an agitated man when he slashed her in the arm and stabbed her friend in the back Friday outside a New York City restaurant. Grammer, 36, told US Weekly that she and her friend “did what anyone else would do in…

Read More An old photo of a French warship was used by Egypt’s Defense Ministry to report on joint drills with France, while an Egyptian corvette was photoshopped into the image, Turkey’s Anadolu news agency said. The statement on the exercises in the Mediterranean Sea, in which Egyptian corvette Tahya Misr and its French counterpart,…

Read More Campaign and Republican party told to stop selling ‘iconic’ coins President ties predecessor to Washington Post, a familiar target Donald Trump famously fell out with the Bush family and has regularly claimed to be the greatest Republican president since the first, Abraham Lincoln. He has largely avoided attacking another claimant to that title,…

Read More Hans-Jochen Vogel, the former leader of Germany’s centre-left Social Democrats who once tried to take on Helmut Kohl for the chancellorship, died at the age of 94 on Sunday. Chancellor Angela Merkel led the tributes, praising Vogel on Twitter as “one of the defining political figures” of postwar Germany whose achievements were “an…