overnight News of 07/03/20

Peruvians Fill The Streets As Lockdown Ends Despite New Infections

LIMA, Peru — Blocks-long lines formed at bus stops, food markets and shopping centers in Peru’s capital Wednesday as people left their homes en masse to go to work or shop as a 106-day coronavirus lockdown ended in many parts of the ...

China Appears To Have Tamed A Second Wave Of Coronavirus In Just 21 Days With No Deaths

China appears to have gotten a second wave of COVID-19 under control following an outbreak at a sprawling Beijing produce market last month that led to at least 328 new cases and the partial shutdown of the capital. On Wednesday, Beijing reported ...

New Zealand’S Health Minister Resigns After Coronavirus Blunders

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand’s health minister resigned Thursday following a series of personal blunders during the coronavirus pandemic. David Clark had earlier described himself as an “idiot” for breaking the ...

24 Shot To Death In Attack On Drug Rehab Center In Mexico

MEXICO CITY — Gunmen burst into an unregistered drug rehabilitation center in central Mexico and opened fire Wednesday, killing 24 people and wounding seven, authorities said. Police in the north-central state of Guanajuato said the attack ...

Appeals Court Lifts Restraint Against Trump Book Publisher

NEW YORK — A New York appeals court cleared the way Wednesday for a publisher to distribute a tell-all book by President Donald Trump’s niece over the objections of the president’s brother. The New York State Supreme Court ...

China Tells U.S. To Stop ‘Oppressing Chinese Companies’ After Latest Huawei Move

(BEIJING) — China on Wednesday demanded Washington stop “oppressing Chinese companies” after U.S. regulators declared telecom equipment suppliers Huawei and ZTE to be national security threats. The Federal Communications Commission ...

Turkey Says Up To 60 Migrants Feared Dead After Boat Sinks

(ANKARA, Turkey) — Up to 60 migrants may have been trapped in a boat that sank in an eastern lake last week, Turkey’s interior minister said Wednesday. Turkey launched a search-and-rescue mission involving helicopters and boats after the ...

Government Report Says Boeing Fell Short In Disclosing Key Changes To 737 Max Jet

A government report says Boeing did not give regulators documents about changes it made in a key system blamed in two deadly crashes of its 737 Max jet, and that officials responsible for approving the plane did not know how powerfully the system ...

Senate Temporarily Extends Small Business Coronavirus Relief Program

(WASHINGTON) — Democrats drove a temporary extension of a popular subsidy program for small businesses through the GOP-controlled Senate late Tuesday, an unexpected development that came as spikes in coronavirus cases in many states are causing ...

First COVID-19 Case Confirmed In Asylum Seeker Camp At U.S.-Mexico Border

(CIUDAD VICTORIA, Mexico) — An international disaster relief organization reported Tuesday the first confirmed case of COVID-19 among migrants living in a tent encampment of asylum seekers at the U.S.-Mexico border. Global Response Management ...

Politicians Call For U.N. Probe Into China Forcing Birth Control On Uighurs

Politicians around the world have called for a United Nations probe into a Chinese government birth control campaign targeting largely Muslim minorities in the far western region of Xinjiang, even as Beijing said it treats all ethnicities equally ...

India’S Ban Of 59 Chinese Apps Is The Latest Test For Beijing’S Faltering ‘Wolf Warrior’ Diplomacy

Sino-Indian relations have taken another hit following New Delhi’s decision to ban 59 Chinese apps that it claims pose a “threat to sovereignty and integrity.” The move marks the latest salvo between the nuclear-armed neighbors after ...

U.S. Likely To Be Excluded From E.U.’S Travel List

(BRUSSELS) — The European Union is set to make public Tuesday a list of countries whose citizens will be allowed to enter 31 European countries, but most Americans are likely to be refused entry for at least another two weeks due to soaring ...

Singapore Prime Minister’S Brother Decides Not To Run Against Him

Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong’s estranged brother won’t stand in the July 10 election, removing a potential obstacle for the ruling party as it seeks to retain its 55-year grip on power. “I have chosen not to stand for ...

Kim Kardashian West’S Beauty Brand Valued At $1 Billion After Selling Stake

(NEW YORK) — Kim Kardashian West is selling a stake in her beauty brand for $200 million, in a deal that values the TV reality star’s three-year-old business at $1 billion. The buyer is Covergirl owner Coty Inc., which will get a 20% ...

U.S. Restricts Hong Kong’S Access To Sensitive Technology Over Security Law

The Trump administration made it harder to export sensitive American technology to Hong Kong, escalating pressure on China as lawmakers in Beijing prepared to hand down a national security law that limits the former British colony’s autonomy. ...

White House Was Reportedly Aware Of Intel On Russian Bounties For U.S. Troops In 2019

Top officials in the White House were aware in early 2019 of classified intelligence indicating Russia was secretly offering bounties to the Taliban for the deaths of Americans, a full year earlier than has been previously reported, according to U.S. ...

Hong Kong National Security Law Passes In Beijing Amid Global Concern

A national security law for Hong Kong was passed on Tuesday by the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress in Beijing, amid international criticism and fear among pro-democracy figures in the former British colony. The law ...

China Forces Birth Control On Uighurs To Suppress Population

The Chinese government is taking draconian measures to slash birth rates among Uighurs and other minorities as part of a sweeping campaign to curb its Muslim population, even as it encourages some of the country’s Han majority to have more ...

Gunmen Attack Stock Exchange In Karachi, Pakistan

(KARACHI, Pakistan) — Pakistani police say an unknown number of gunmen have attacked the Pakistan Stock Exchange in the southern port city of Karachi, the country’s financial center. Rizwan Ahmend, a police official at the scene of the ...