Aug 03 Zimbabwe continues arrests of critics, says opposition party By Farai Mutsaka, Associated Press Zimbabwean rights groups say the military and police are arresting scores of opposition members and activists after authorities thwarted an anti-government protest last week. Continue reading
Aug 03 Anti-human trafficking organizations are struggling under COVID-19 By Corinne Redfern, The Fuller Project Trafficking survivors say they are unable to access food and water, safe accommodation or psychological support during the pandemic. Continue reading
Aug 03 Notre Dame Cathedral’s organ will undergo a 4-year-long cleaning By Nadine Achoui-Lesage, Angela Charlton, Associated Press The mammoth task of dismantling, cleaning and re-assembling France’s largest musical instrument started Monday and is expected to last nearly four years. Amazingly, the 8,000-pipe organ survived the 2019 fire that consumed the cathedral’s roof and toppled its spire. Continue reading
Aug 03 Vietnam confirms 21 more cases in new virus outbreak By Associated Press The country, which had lifted many restrictions after more than three months with no local infections, now has 196 cases in the new outbreak. Continue reading
Aug 03 Microsoft confirms talks seeking to buy U.S. arm of TikTok By Cathy Bussewitz, Associated Press Microsoft is confirming that it is in talks with Chinese company ByteDance to acquire the U.S. arm of its popular video app TikTok and has discussed with President Donald Trump his concerns about security and censorship. Continue reading
Aug 03 Outbreak hits Norway cruise ship, could spread along coast By Associated Press The 41 people on the MS Roald Amundsen who tested positive have been admitted to the University Hospital of North Norway in Tromsoe, north of the Arctic Circle, where the ship currently is docked. Continue reading
Aug 03 Afghan troops retake prison attacked by Islamic State group; 29 people killed By Associated Press Even as Afghan troops seized the prison in Jalalabad, the capital of Nangarhar province, some 115 kilometers (70 miles) east of Kabul, IS militants continued to fire on Afghan security forces from a nearby neighborhood. Continue reading
Aug 02 Pompeo says Trump to take broad action on Chinese software By Cathy Bussewitz, Associated Press President Donald Trump plans to take action on a what he sees as a broad array of national security risks presented by software connected to the Chinese Communist Party, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Sunday. Continue reading
Aug 02 Bollywood star Amitabh Bachchan recovers from coronavirus By Associated Press His actor son, Abhishek Bachchan, who is still in the Nanavati Super Speciality Hospital with the virus, said in a tweet that his father has tested negative and will rest at home. Both were hospitalized on July 11. Continue reading
Aug 01 South Africa hits 500,000 confirmed cases, still not at peak By Andrew Meldrum, Associated Press South Africa, with a population of about 58 million, has the fifth-highest number of cases in the world, behind the U.S., Brazil, Russia and India, all countries with significantly higher populations, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University. Experts… Continue reading