It came just a day before the sentencing of Derek Chauvin, the white officer whose killing of Mr Floyd sparked the biggest demonstrations for racial justice in

Five men have been arrested after they sneaked their way into Singapore illegally via the Lube Park Jetty in Tuas yesterday.

Olympics Minister Tamayo Marukawa says the Ugandan coach who tested positive to COVID-19 on arrival in Tokyo had the highly-infectious Delta variant.

Rescue workers are frantically scouring the rubble of a collapsed apartment block in a Miami suburb for signs of life as the death toll from the disaster creeps up, with more than 150 people still unaccounted for.

Australia and Israel, which had been successful in fending off Covid-19, reimposed restrictions on Friday as cases surged of the highly contagious Delta variant which also threatened Africa with a brutal third wave.

World Food Program Executive Director David Beasley has urged the world to help people in southern Madagascar, who have been teetering on the edge of starvation as a result of droughts blamed on climate change.

Prince Harry has touched down at London’s Heathrow Airport just after midday on Friday, according to reports. The Duke of Sussex has flown back to the UK to reunite with his brother William for the unveiling of a new statue to mark what would have been Princess Diana’s 60th birthday.

Software mogul John McAfee was not suicidal, his widow has Janice told reporters, adding she blamed US authorities for his death in a Spanish prison where he was awaiting extradition to the United States.

Nearly 100 years after its founding, the Communist Party of China (CPC) continues to thrive in the world's most populous country, with its membership growing from over 50 at the very beginning to more than 91 million today.

Officials say the death toll from the apartment building collapse in Miami, Florida has risen to four, with 159 people still unaccounted for.