6 killed in car bomb blast, gunfight in eastern Afghanistan: official

Sep 1,2020
At least three Afghan police and three assailants were killed in a suicide car bomb blast and ensuing gunfight outside a police camp in Gardez, capital of Afghanistan's eastern Paktia province on Tuesday, the provincial governor confirmed.
Wuhan, Ground Zero for coronavirus epidemic, re-opens all schools
Sep 01
Students in face masks returned to class Tuesday in Wuhan, the central Chinese city where the coronavirus first emerged last year, as the city opened schools and kindergartens for the first time in seven months.
Coronavirus blamed for 50,000 job losses in Japan
Sep 01
Japan's labor ministry says more than 50,000 people in the country have lost or are about to lose their jobs because of the coronavirus.
Hong Kong starts mass virus tests undermined by distrust of China
Sep 01
Hong Kong launched a mass coronavirus testing scheme on Tuesday, but calls for millions to take up the offer have been undermined by deep distrust of the government following China's crushing of the city's democracy movement.
Ex-India president and political fixer Mukherjee dies at 84
Sep 01
Former India president Pranab Mukherjee, a veteran powerbroker once described in leaked US diplomatic cables as "the ultimate Congress Party fixer", died Monday at the age of 84, his family said.
US coronavirus cases top 6 million
Sep 01

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Powerful typhoon sweeps through Okinawa
Sep 01
The islands of Okinawa in southern Japan are bracing for more winds strong enough to knock down houses from Typhoon Maysak.