U.S. President Donald Trump played golf at one of his courses Saturday during the Memorial Day weekend as he urged U.S. states to reopen after coronavirus-related lockdowns. Yet many Americans remained cautious as the number of confirmed cases nationwide passed 1.6 million.
A fire engulfed a warehouse on San Francisco's Fisherman's Wharf early Saturday, sending a thick plume of smoke over the waterfront and threatening to spread to a historic World War II-era ship before firefighters brought the flames under control.
The British government dug in Saturday to defend Prime Minister Boris Johnson's top adviser, Dominic Cummings, for travelling more than 400 kilometres to his parents' house during a nationwide lockdown at a time when he suspected he had the coronavirus.
China's foreign ministry branch in Hong Kong dismissed concerns that its proposed national security laws for the city would harm foreign investors, hitting back at "meddling" countries as Beijing's ties with Washington soured further.
Former U.S. vice president Joe Biden has apologized for telling a black radio host that he "ain't black" if he was still weighing whether to support him or incumbent Donald Trump in the Nov. 3 U.S. presidential election.
With cases rising rapidly, a military general with no medical experience leading the Ministry of Health, and a president admitting there's no proof his preferred treatment will work, Brazil has become one of the countries hardest hit by the coronavirus.
Several thousand followers of Spain's far-right Vox party gathered Saturday in their cars and on motorbikes in the centre of Madrid and other Spanish cities to protest the Spanish government's handling of the nation's coronavirus crisis.
One of only two survivors of Friday's plane crash in Pakistan says the aircraft jolted violently as it began its descent near Karachi, killing 97 people.
