POLITICS

Returning to the podium after the disruption, Trump appeared calm.

Trump's proclamation suspended a group of non-immigrant visa programs, including H-1B visas relied on by many technology firms to bring in engineers.

During the two-week holiday in Scotland, the prime minister will also be watching the effect of schools reopening.

Government buildings in Minsk had been cordoned off, residents reported internet shutdowns and widespread connection problems.

Health Secretary Alex Azar is in Taipei for a three-day visit to promote shared democratic values and the island's success in taming the coronavirus.

Lai owns the Apple Daily newspaper and Next Magazine, two outlets unapologetically pro-democracy and critical of Beijing.

Meghan McCain refused to reveal if she would vote for Biden, but said she is not voting Donald Trump.

This week Imran Khan led a march through Muzaffarabad, the capital of Pakistan-administered Kashmir, as thousands took to the streets across the country.

A military prosecutor announced 16 port staff had been detained over the blast.

Britain followed through on the results of a deeply divisive 2016 referendum and left the EU after almost half a century of integration on January 31.

Trump has been repeatedly accused of spreading misinformation about the coronavirus pandemic.

The trophy hunter says he received threats after PETA released a video of him killing a young elephant in South Africa.

Probes are under way in Switzerland and Spain where media regularly publish details of the murky management of funds allegedly paid to the former head of state by Saudi Arabia.

Trump said that Microsoft was in talks to buy TikTok, which has as many as one billion worldwide users.

The British government's hastily-imposed new rules announced Saturday follow a dramatic spike in virus cases in mainland Spain.

CEOs Tim Cook of Apple, Jeff Bezos of Amazon, Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook and Sundar Pichai of Google were grilled for more than five hours.

Trump said it was unfair that the leading US infectious diseases specialist Anthony Fauci was more popular than him.

Britain imposed a 14-day quarantine on everyone entering Britain from Spain, following a recent surge of cases in Spain.

Foreign Minister Winston Peters said "New Zealand can no longer trust that Hong Kong's criminal justice system is sufficiently independent from China".

Released prisoners with no stable homes are twice as likely to repeat crimes

St. Andrew's Episcopal School in Maryland will take its final decision on reopening, on Aug. 10, weeks before the first day of school on Sept. 8.

Trump's Democratic challenger Joe Biden, whom he derides as "weak," "sleepy" and mentally incompetent, leads by double digits in some polls.

The chief Brexit negotiators of UK and EU ruled out a deal framework by the end of July because of fundamental gaps in major areas.

The Russian submarine and a tug vessel were followed by two Royal Navy ships as it passed through the English Channel over a couple of days.

Details of his affair were passed on to Ardern's office on Tuesday by opposition leader Judith Collins.

Polls also show his response to the pandemic driving voters strongly in the direction of opponent Joe Biden in the presidential election.

The deal was sealed after intense negotiations that saw threats of walkouts, vetoes and fierce opposition from the Netherlands and Austria.

In a separate 20-page response, the government said there was 'no evidence of successful interference in the EU referendum'.

Britain has now edged closer to US President Donald Trump's administration in its geopolitical tug-of-war with China.