Three people, including two policemen and the mayor's son, are killed by
Islamic State-linked militants attack a Christian village in
Kaftoun,
Lebanon.
(Xinhua)
State-run oil company
Saudi Aramco suspends plans to build a
US$10 billion
oil refinery in
Liaoning,
China, due to decreased global demand for oil. Its Chinese partners said they will press ahead with the project.
(Al Jazeera)
Chief ExecutiveCarrie Lam announces mass COVID-19 testing for residents starting on September 1, with the assistance of a 60-person team from the
mainland, which is the first time Chinese health officials have assisted the
special administrative region in its battle to control the epidemic.
(CNA)
South Korea reports 324 new cases in the previous 24 hours. This is the highest number of new cases since March 8, as the authorities warn of a cluster of infections in
Seoul threatening to spread nationwide.
(Reuters)
The opposition-controlled region of the northwest of
Syria reports its first death from COVID-19, that of an 80-year-old woman who suffered from severe renal insufficiency and high blood pressure.
(AFP via Al Arabiya)
At least 41 schools in
Berlin have reported students or teachers are infected with COVID-19 less than two weeks after they reopened. Hundreds of students and teachers are in quarantine and Elementary schools, high schools and trade schools are affected.
(AP via CBC News)
Prime MinisterViktor Orbán announces on state radio that he will tighten border crossing rules in
Hungary on September 1 to prevent the spread of
COVID-19 as the number of new infections rises in neighbouring countries.
(Reuters)
Italy reports 947 new cases, touching the same levels recorded in mid-May, when the government started easing its stringent lockdown measures.
(Anadolu Agency)
American company
Pfizer and German company
BioNTech say that they are on track to being submitted for regulatory review as early as October.
(Financial Express)
The U.S. announces through its Sahel Region representative
J. Peter Pham that it is halting military cooperation with
Mali over the
recent coup until the recent situation is "clarified".
(Reuters)
A court in
Zimbabwe denies, for the third time, bail to opposition politician and activist Jacob Ngarivhume after ruling he "could be a danger to the public if released", over protests he organized last month. His lawyer says he is "stunned" by the court's decision.
(Reuters)
Former California police officer
Joseph James DeAngelo, also known as the Golden State Killer, receives multiple consecutive life sentences without parole in the
county superior court in
Sacramento. DeAngelo pleaded guilty in June to 13 counts of first-degree murder in exchange for taking the death penalty off the table.
(ABC News)
The press office of deposed
Bolivian PresidentEvo Morales rejects a criminal complaint filed this week by the Ministry of Justice accusing him of trafficking and raping a 16-year-old girl, claiming it was part of a "dirty war" waged by the interim government.
(Reuters)
Irish Agriculture MinisterDara Calleary resigns after attending a golf dinner with more than 80 people, which came a day after Dublin announced a tightening of lockdown restrictions.
Gardaí are now investigating possible breaches of COVID-19 regulations on the event.
(BBC News)
Protesters in the southern city of
Basra set fire to a local
parliament office after gathering to demand the resignation of governor
Asaad Al Eidani for the killing of two activists last week.
(Reuters)
Doctors treating
Russian anti-
corruption activist and opposition leader
Alexei Navalny in
Omsk refute claims that Navalny was poisoned before his flight from
Tomsk to
Moscow the previous day, citing that tests had shown no trace of any poison in his body.
German ChancellorAngela Merkel has offered to transfer Navalny to
Berlin for further treatment by sending an
air ambulance to Omsk, but doctors have refused to discharge him, saying Navalny is in an "unstable" condition. Navalny's spokeswoman Kira Yarmysh claim the refusal is a ploy to hide the poisoning and "put his life at risk".
(AFP via NDTV)
Three people, including two policemen and the mayor's son, are killed by
Islamic State-linked militants attack a Christian village in
Kaftoun,
Lebanon.
(Xinhua)
State-run oil company
Saudi Aramco suspends plans to build a
US$10 billion
oil refinery in
Liaoning,
China, due to decreased global demand for oil. Its Chinese partners said they will press ahead with the project.
(Al Jazeera)
Chief ExecutiveCarrie Lam announces mass COVID-19 testing for residents starting on September 1, with the assistance of a 60-person team from the
mainland, which is the first time Chinese health officials have assisted the
special administrative region in its battle to control the epidemic.
(CNA)
South Korea reports 324 new cases in the previous 24 hours. This is the highest number of new cases since March 8, as the authorities warn of a cluster of infections in
Seoul threatening to spread nationwide.
(Reuters)
The opposition-controlled region of the northwest of
Syria reports its first death from COVID-19, that of an 80-year-old woman who suffered from severe renal insufficiency and high blood pressure.
(AFP via Al Arabiya)
At least 41 schools in
Berlin have reported students or teachers are infected with COVID-19 less than two weeks after they reopened. Hundreds of students and teachers are in quarantine and Elementary schools, high schools and trade schools are affected.
(AP via CBC News)
Prime MinisterViktor Orbán announces on state radio that he will tighten border crossing rules in
Hungary on September 1 to prevent the spread of
COVID-19 as the number of new infections rises in neighbouring countries.
(Reuters)
Italy reports 947 new cases, touching the same levels recorded in mid-May, when the government started easing its stringent lockdown measures.
(Anadolu Agency)
American company
Pfizer and German company
BioNTech say that they are on track to being submitted for regulatory review as early as October.
(Financial Express)
The U.S. announces through its Sahel Region representative
J. Peter Pham that it is halting military cooperation with
Mali over the
recent coup until the recent situation is "clarified".
(Reuters)
A court in
Zimbabwe denies, for the third time, bail to opposition politician and activist Jacob Ngarivhume after ruling he "could be a danger to the public if released", over protests he organized last month. His lawyer says he is "stunned" by the court's decision.
(Reuters)
Former California police officer
Joseph James DeAngelo, also known as the Golden State Killer, receives multiple consecutive life sentences without parole in the
county superior court in
Sacramento. DeAngelo pleaded guilty in June to 13 counts of first-degree murder in exchange for taking the death penalty off the table.
(ABC News)
The press office of deposed
Bolivian PresidentEvo Morales rejects a criminal complaint filed this week by the Ministry of Justice accusing him of trafficking and raping a 16-year-old girl, claiming it was part of a "dirty war" waged by the interim government.
(Reuters)
Irish Agriculture MinisterDara Calleary resigns after attending a golf dinner with more than 80 people, which came a day after Dublin announced a tightening of lockdown restrictions.
Gardaí are now investigating possible breaches of COVID-19 regulations on the event.
(BBC News)
Protesters in the southern city of
Basra set fire to a local
parliament office after gathering to demand the resignation of governor
Asaad Al Eidani for the killing of two activists last week.
(Reuters)
Doctors treating
Russian anti-
corruption activist and opposition leader
Alexei Navalny in
Omsk refute claims that Navalny was poisoned before his flight from
Tomsk to
Moscow the previous day, citing that tests had shown no trace of any poison in his body.
German ChancellorAngela Merkel has offered to transfer Navalny to
Berlin for further treatment by sending an
air ambulance to Omsk, but doctors have refused to discharge him, saying Navalny is in an "unstable" condition. Navalny's spokeswoman Kira Yarmysh claim the refusal is a ploy to hide the poisoning and "put his life at risk".
(AFP via NDTV)