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White House targets Chinese-owned TikTok, encouraging Microsoft to buy it

TikTok is under intense political scrutiny. The U.S. Department of Justice has expressed concerns that the video-streaming app's Chinese parent company, ByteDance, may be sharing user data with the Chinese government. Now tech giant Microsoft says it’s interested in purchasing…

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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.