Jul 12 Watch 5:43 This year's Tour de France is a virtual ride The pandemic has delayed Tour de France, the world’s most watched bike race, to last August this year. Until then, there is a heavily watched virtual race every weekend with world class bikers and teams racing against each other from… Continue watching
Jul 12 As U.S. grapples with virus, Florida hits record case increase By Tamara Lush, Pablo Gorondi, Associated Press With the United States grappling with the worst coronavirus outbreak in the world, Florida hit a grim milestone Sunday, shattering the national record for a state’s largest single-day increase in positive cases. Continue reading
Jul 12 Poland's momentous presidential runoff too close to call By Vanessa Gera, Monika Scislowska, Associated Press An exit poll for Poland’s presidential runoff Sunday showed a race that is too close to call between the conservative, populist incumbent and the liberal, pro-Europe mayor of Warsaw — a battle that reflected the deep divisions in this European… Continue reading
Jul 12 Bollywood's Amitabh Bachchan, 3 family members test positive By Ashok Sharma, Associated Press Abhishek Bachchan tweeted Sunday that his wife, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, and their 8-year-old daughter had also tested positive. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan is a top Bollywood actress. Continue reading
Jul 12 Nearly 600,000 vote in Hong Kong pro-democracy primaries By Zen Soo, Associated Press Hundreds of thousands of Hong Kong residents turned up over the weekend to vote in an unofficial primary election held by the city’s pro-democracy camp as it gears up to field candidates for an upcoming legislative poll. Continue reading
Jul 11 Video calls, separate bedrooms: Bolsonaro's first COVID week By Associated Press After months in which Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro downplayed COVID-19 by flouting social distancing recommendations and mostly shunning masks, both coronavirus precautions became part of his cloistered life this week at the official residence in capital Brasilia. Continue reading
Jul 11 Watch 9:29 Should the U.S. designate racial violence as terrorism? By Simon Ostrovsky White supremacist violence in the U.S. is on the rise with deadly incidents increasing sharply over the last five years, according to new figures from the University of Maryland’s Start center. It’s part of a global trend that has led… Continue watching
Jul 11 Bollywood star Amitabh Bachchan has coronavirus By Associated Press Amitabh Bachchan says he has tested positive for the coronavirus and is hospitalized in Mumbai, India’s financial and entertainment capital. Bachchan has acted in more than 200 Indian films over the past five decades. He is also a former politician… Continue reading
Jul 11 Leaders, survivors mark 25 years since Srebrenica massacre By Sabina Niksic, Associated Press Speaking at a commemoration ceremony for the thousands of massacre victims, held in the memorial center and cemetery just outside Srebrenica, a top Bosnian official warned that the extent of the 1995 slaughter is still being systematically denied despite irrefutable… Continue reading
Jul 11 Virus cases up sharply in Africa, India as inequality stings By Cara Anna, Associated Press South Africa’s confirmed coronavirus cases have doubled in just two weeks to a quarter-million, and India on Saturday saw its biggest daily spike as its infections passed 800,000. The surging cases are raising sharp concerns about unequal treatment in the… Continue reading