At least 11 injured in blast in Japan's Fukushima Prefecture, gas leak suspected

 At least 11 people were injured when an explosion occurred Thursday morning in Koriyama City, Fukushima Prefecture, in northeastern Japan, fire department officials said.
Hong Kong implements tough coronavirus restrictions

29 July

Malaysian ex-PM Najib sentenced to 12 years over 1MDB scandal

29 July

Slow tests, poor tracing: virus disaster unfolds in Florida
Florida has emerged as a major new epicenter of the US coronavirus battle, but two key weapons in the state's fight are misfiring badly: testing and contact tracing. 
Virus deaths surge in US as scaled-down hajj begins
Coronavirus deaths in the United States surged to their highest level in months as Muslim pilgrims began Wednesday a pandemic-curtailed version of their sacred hajj.
5 injured in police station explosion in Bangladeshi capital
An explosion rocked in a police station in Bangladeshi capital Dhaka on Wednesday morning, leaving five people injured including four police.
UK signs up for Sanofi-GSK coronavirus vaccine
Pharma giants Sanofi and GSK have agreed to supply Britain with up to 60 million doses of a potential COVID-19 vaccine, the firms announced Wednesday.