The
Taliban enters
Lashkargah, the provincial capital of
Helmand Province, capturing large areas of the city, according to a provincial
government spokesman, who reported heavy fighting between government forces and the
Islamist group as civilians flee the city.
(Reuters)
Two supporters of the
Zambian political-leading party
Patriotic Front are stabbed to death by supporters of the opposition party National Development in the capital
Lusaka, amid an increasing tension over the
imminent elections. Four people are arrested.
(Al Jazeera)
Vietnam reports a record 8,649 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 137,062.
(Vietnam Plus)
Angela Merkel's cabinet approves a plan to require travellers over the age of 12 who have not been vaccinated or recovered from COVID-19 to show a negative
COVID-19 test result regardless of whether they are travelling by airplane, car or train. People travelling to
Germany from "virus variant areas" will also require a negative test result, even if they have been vaccinated or have recovered from COVID-19. These rules will be in effect beginning on August 1.
(DW)
Moscow abolishes a widely-flouted requirement for people to wear gloves on public transport and in shops and other public places as the number of COVID-19 cases declines.
(Reuters)
Kenya bans all public gatherings and in-person meetings, as well as extends the nationwide curfe] to from 10:00 p.m. to 4:00 a.m., in an attempt to reduce the spread of COVID-19.
(Al Jazeera)
UgandanpresidentYoweri Museveni eases its second nationwide
lockdown that allow some business hubs, private and public transport to reopen and operated with restricted capacity limits due to drop of positivity rate of COVID-19 in the country.
(Bloomberg)
Twenty-four-year-old Tong Ying-kit is sentenced to nine years in prison after being convicted last week for
driving his motorcycle into three riot police last year.
(Reuters)
Police arrest a 40-year-old man at a mall for booing the
Chinese national anthem during the ceremony for
Hong Kong's first gold medal at the
2020 Summer Olympics. Police added that the man also carried a Hong Kong colonial flag and that he was arrested on grounds of the man's aim to "incite hatred and politicize sports".
(Reuters)
The
Taliban enters
Lashkargah, the provincial capital of
Helmand Province, capturing large areas of the city, according to a provincial
government spokesman, who reported heavy fighting between government forces and the
Islamist group as civilians flee the city.
(Reuters)
Two supporters of the
Zambian political-leading party
Patriotic Front are stabbed to death by supporters of the opposition party National Development in the capital
Lusaka, amid an increasing tension over the
imminent elections. Four people are arrested.
(Al Jazeera)
Vietnam reports a record 8,649 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 137,062.
(Vietnam Plus)
Angela Merkel's cabinet approves a plan to require travellers over the age of 12 who have not been vaccinated or recovered from COVID-19 to show a negative
COVID-19 test result regardless of whether they are travelling by airplane, car or train. People travelling to
Germany from "virus variant areas" will also require a negative test result, even if they have been vaccinated or have recovered from COVID-19. These rules will be in effect beginning on August 1.
(DW)
Moscow abolishes a widely-flouted requirement for people to wear gloves on public transport and in shops and other public places as the number of COVID-19 cases declines.
(Reuters)
Kenya bans all public gatherings and in-person meetings, as well as extends the nationwide curfe] to from 10:00 p.m. to 4:00 a.m., in an attempt to reduce the spread of COVID-19.
(Al Jazeera)
UgandanpresidentYoweri Museveni eases its second nationwide
lockdown that allow some business hubs, private and public transport to reopen and operated with restricted capacity limits due to drop of positivity rate of COVID-19 in the country.
(Bloomberg)
Twenty-four-year-old Tong Ying-kit is sentenced to nine years in prison after being convicted last week for
driving his motorcycle into three riot police last year.
(Reuters)
Police arrest a 40-year-old man at a mall for booing the
Chinese national anthem during the ceremony for
Hong Kong's first gold medal at the
2020 Summer Olympics. Police added that the man also carried a Hong Kong colonial flag and that he was arrested on grounds of the man's aim to "incite hatred and politicize sports".
(Reuters)