Morning news brief: Brazil passes 1 million coronavirus cases, North Korea threatens South Korea, and more

Hard-hit Brazil becomes second country to surpass one million COVID-19 cases

Brazil has passed the bleak milestone to become the second country in the world to confirm more than one million cases of Covid-19, as the disease continues to spread. Read more

North Korea gearing up to send anti-South leaflets across border amid heightened tensions

North Korea is gearing up to send propaganda leaflets over its southern border, denouncing North Korean defectors and South Korea, its state media said on Saturday, the latest retaliation for leaflets from the South asbilateral tensions rise. Read more

Oklahoma's Supreme Court gives go ahead to Trump's rally

Oklahoma's Supreme Court has ruled that US President Donald Trump's rally on Saturday in Tulsa, his first since March, can go ahead. Read more

US treatment of Hong Kong depends on how Beijing treats it, says Pompeo

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Friday that the way his country regards Hong Kong depends on the way China treats it. Read more