Hong Kong considers easing public-gathering limits

Hong Kong (IANS) Hong Kong health authorities could further relax rules on public gatherings to allow groups of up to 12 people to meet as early as the end of this week, sources said on Monday, as the city has not recorded new COVID-19 cases.

US city's police chief resigns after black man shot dead

Washington, June 14 (IANS) The US city of Atlanta's Chief of Police has resigned after two white officers fatally a young African-American man at a parking lot.

Rayshard Brooks, 27, died after being shot on Friday night in the parking…

Afghan govt 'lacks capacity' for nationwide COVID-19 testing

Kabul (IANS) Due to a lack of equipments and an overload of applicants, the Afghan government has not been able to capacitate nationwide testing of the novel coronavirus, the acting Health Minister has said.

On Saturday, Ahmad Jawad Osmani…

Number of unemployed South Koreans hit record high

Seoul (IANS) The number of unemployed South Koreans hit a record high in May as the COVID-19 pandemic has hammered the job market, data showed on Sunday.

The number of unemployed people who had been seeking to find jobs for less than three…

Heads of state, UN chiefs to talk COVID-19, inequality, climate

New York (IANS) German Chancellor Angela Merkel and the Presidents of Botswana, Colombia, Costa Rica and Ethiopia will join dozens of Chief Executive Officers and UN chiefs at the United Nations Global Compact's Leaders Summit next week to address…

Khalilzad calls for immediate start of intra-Afghan talks

Kabul (IANS) US special envoy Zalmay Khalilzad said the intra-Afghan negotiations between the Kabul governments team and the Taliban "must begin immediately", and adding that the prisoner releases, which were a precursor for start of the negotiations,…

4 killed in Kabul mosque blast

Kabul (IANS) Four people were killed and a few others injured as a bomb blast ripped through a mosque in Kabul, Afghan Interior Ministry spokesman Tareq Arian said.

The mosque is located in the capital city's Police District 3, reports…

Don't meddle in inter-Korean relations: Pyongyang to US

Seoul (IANS) North Korea on Thursday warned the US not to meddle in inter-Korean relations if it wants to avoid experiencing an unspecified "hair-raiser" and hold November's presidential election smoothly.

Kwon Jong-gun, Director General…

Disney to reopen California theme parks next month

Los Angeles (IANS) Disney theme parks in Anaheim, California, will begin a phased reopening from July after being closed nearly three months due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the company said.

The Disneyland Resort, which is home to two theme parks…

Whistleblower strikes dissent in SoftBank's Arm

New Delhi (IANS) Suggesting disagreement between the two entities, SoftBank Group owned U.K. chip designer Arm and its Chinese joint venture issued contradicting statements on Wednesday over the removal of the local unit's CEO, the Nikkei reported.