The US general manager of TikTok has said the Chinese-owned video-sharing app is "here for the long run", after President Donald Trump said he would ban it in the US. ....

With a total of 46,688 fatalities, Mexico now accounts for the world's third highest number of coronavirus fatalities in the world, according to the Johns Hopkins University. ....

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who was diagnosed with the COVID-19 earlier this month, said that everyone will probably contract coronavirus at some point, "so face up to it". ....

The upcoming Sri Lankan general elections to elect a new 225-member Parliament scheduled to take place on August 5, will be the most expensive in the history of the island-nation, according to a senior poll official. ....

A fast-moving wildfire in Southern California has forced the evacuation of 200 homes, authorities said. ....

USA President Donald Trump said that his administration is working on what he called "a big immigration bill". ....

US President Donald Trump has said that he will ban the popular Chinese-owned video app TikTok from operating in the country through an executive order as early as Saturday, according to media reports. ....

A safe and effective coronavirus vaccine will be a "reality" by the end of the year, Anthony Fauci, America's leading authority on the pandemic, said on Friday. ....

Australia on Friday recorded the second largest single-day surge in the number of of new COVID cases, while the death toll was nearing 200. ....

The Pakistan Telecom­munication Authority (PTA) announced that it has decided to lift the ban on the online game PlayerUnknowns Battle Ground (PUBG). ....