S.Africa set to re-open sit-down eateries, cinemas, hair salons

Jun 18,2020
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Wednesday announced further relaxation of coronavirus restrictions, allowing sit-down dining for restaurants and for personal care salons to resume operations despite record daily cases.
New Zealand gun laws tightened again after shootings
Jun 18
New Zealand further tightened its firearms laws Thursday in the wake of the last year's Christchurch mosques massacre, when a lone gunman murdered 51 Muslim worshippers.
Fire kills 6 in south China
Jun 18
Six people were killed after a fire broke out in a house under construction at about 7:40 a.m. Thursday in Fangcheng District, Fangchenggang City, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, according to local authorities.
Trump asked China's Xi for re-election help, claims Bolton
Jun 18
Donald Trump pleaded with China's leader Xi Jinping for help to win re-election in 2020, the US president's former national security advisor John Bolton writes in an explosive new behind-the-scenes book, according to excerpts published Wednesday.
4 civilians killed in Indian firing along LoC: Pakistan army
Jun 18
Pakistan's army said late Wednesday that four civilians were killed and another was injured in Indian forces' firing along the Line of Control (LoC) in the disputed Kashmir region.
Iconic Amazon indigenous chief Paiakan dies of virus
Jun 18
One of the most iconic defenders of the Amazon rainforest, indigenous chief Paulinho Paiakan, died after contracting the new coronavirus, activists said Wednesday.
S.Korea reports 59 more COVID-19 cases, 12,257 in total 
Jun 18
South Korea reported 59 more cases of the COVID-19 compared to 24 hours ago as of 0:00 a.m. Thursday local time, raising the total number of infections to 12,257.