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Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam has defended the law, but critics view it as a threat to the "one country, two systems" principle.

“I would not be surprised if we go up to 100,000 a day if this does not turn around. And so I am very concerned” --Fauci

TikTok denies sharing Indian user data with China

Pompeo to UN: Ending Iran embargo would risk Mideast stability

The EU will lift restrictions on visitors coming from nations such as Algeria, Canada and New Zealand, but U.S. visitors will be excluded from traveling to the bloc in the near term.

Coal reaching 'tipping point' vs renewables: analysis

Australia to boost defence spending as China tensions rise

Apple's Kevin Lynch talks about the new sleep tracking and handwashing features in watchOS 7.

Post-COVID, more in West see China as major power: study

In 1979 the U.S. promised a security guarantee to Taiwan if certain conditions were met. 41 years later those conditions are in place and Su Chi, a think tank member and member of the opposition Kuomintang party, is having doubts if the U.S. can keep that promise in the event of a Chinese takeover.

China's military, the People's Liberation Army and a Chinese vaccine company are ready to begin the third phase of testing on a vaccine to tackle the coronavirus pandemic.

Beijing says HK security law a 'sword' over lawbreakers' heads

Thus far, the G4 virus is only transmissible between pigs and can't be transmitted from person-to-person — yet.

Francis Bacon triptych sells for $84m at online auction

Australia ramps up cyber spending after state-backed attacks

But economists caution that momentum may weaken in the second half of 2020 as key markets struggle to recover from the crisis and as orders for medical supplies abroad -- which have boosted exports -- peak and fall.

Hong Kong leftist jailed by Britain now fears Beijing's law

Beijing says the law banning subversion, secession, terrorism and colluding with foreign forces is needed to return stability to Hong Kong after a year of angry pro-democracy protests.

WHO says pandemic 'not even close' to over as toll passes 500,000

Cirque du Soleil files for bankruptcy protection

European, US stocks rise, shrugging off virus fears