Top 10 world news today: Hong Kong postpones elections, UK tightens lockdown and more
Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam, seen wearing a face mask, speaks during a press conference at the government headquarters in Hong Kong
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam on Friday postponed a September6 election for seats in the city legislature for a year because of a spike in novel coronavirus cases, dealing a blow to the pro-democracy opposition hoping to make gains in the vote. Read more
Amid the growing of coronavirus cases, British PM Boris Johnson today said the UK has "puts brakes on" further reopening as virus cases have risen. Read more
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah AliKhamenei, in a live speech on state TV on Friday, ruled out negotiations with the United States over Tehran's ballistic missile and nuclear programmes, calling on Iranians to resist USbullying. Read more
Chinese tech giant ByteDance is considering listing its domestic business in Hong Kong or Shanghai, against a backdrop of rising Sino-US tensions over its hit non-China video app TikTok. Read more
China has rejected charges that hackers linked to its government targetted biotech firm Moderna Inc, a leading US-based coronavirus vaccine research developer, to steal data. Read more
Russia-backed hackers have beenengaged in a sustained campaign to compromise news websites to plant false stories aimed at discrediting Nato, according to a latest report. Read more
Australia on Friday unveiled a draft law to force Google and Facebook to pay news media for their content in a "world-leading" initiative sure to prompt a confrontation with the digital giants. Read more
With some countries battling the possibility of a second wave of coronavirus, and some still struggling with containing the first wave, the number of coronavirus cases seem to be increasing at an alarming stage. Read more
Belarus on Thursday accused more than 30 detained Russians of plotting terror attacks amid a presidential election campaign. Kremlin, however, vehemently refuted the allegations. Read more
An overseas-based Uighur group urged the IOC on Thursday (Jul 30) to reconsider holding the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing because of what it says is China's "genocide" of the Uighur population. Read more