Violence has erupted in cities across the US on the sixth night of protests sparked by the death in police custody of…
South Africa has pushed back Monday’s reopening of schools by a week, the Department of Basic Education said on Sunday, saying that…
US astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken have docked with, and entered, the International Space Station (ISS). Their Dragon capsule – supplied…
SIR Richard Branson is selling a stake in Virgin Galactic to raise $500m to prop up his other businesses including Virgin Atlantic….
A fire at a St Petersburg hospital has killed five coronavirus patients in an intensive care unit. The blaze was apparently started…
BITCOIN has just gone through a much-hyped adjustment that reduced the rate at which new coins are created. The world’s biggest cryptocurrency’s…
THE Chinese city of Wuhan is drawing up plans to test its entire population of 11 million people for Covid-19, state media…
SOME African countries could see a peak in coronavirus cases in the coming weeks, and testing should be urgently increased in the…
PRESIDENT Trump has signed the largest-ever US financial stimulus package, worth $2tn (£1.7tn), as the country grapples with the coronavirus pandemic. The…
Italy has recorded 919 new coronavirus deaths, its highest daily figure in the outbreak so far. It means 9,134 people have now…
