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Latest on the worldwide spread of coronavirus

 A group of 50 Democratic and Republican members of Congress is due to unveil $1.5 trillion bipartisan coronavirus relief legislation on Tuesday, in an election year effort to break a month-long impasse in COVID-19 talks between the White House and top Democrats. London judges,...

Japan ruling party elects Yoshihide Suga as PM successor

Japan's ruling party on Monday elected chief cabinet secretary Yoshihide Suga as its new leader, making him all but certain to replace Shinzo Abe as the country's next prime minister. Suga easily won the ballot, taking 377 of a total of 534 valid votes from Liberal Democratic Party...

Around 50 feared dead in DR Congo mine flooding

About 50 people are feared dead after an artisanal gold mine flooded in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo after torrential rain, a provincial governor said Saturday. The accident in the makeshift mine occurred on Friday in the town of Kamituga, in South Kivu province, about 270...

Discordant voices on Bahrain deal with Israel

Bahrainis opposed to forming diplomatic ties with Israel vented their frustration Saturday, while lonelier voices supported the accord, underlining the complexities of the Gulf's rapprochement with the Jewish state. The hashtags "Bahrainis against normalisation" and "normalisation is...