Pakistani airliner crashes in Karachi
A Pakistan International Airlines plane has crashed in Karachi on a flight from Lahore, aviation officials say.
Flight PK8303, which was carrying around 91 passengers and eight crew, was flying from Lahore to Jinnah International Airport, one of Pakistan's busiest.
Pictures showed a scene of devastation in the Model Colony residential area.
Emergency services have arrived. There is no confirmation on casualties so far, but many are feared dead.
‘I can’t get any help’: Disney World staff go weeks without unemployment benefits
Florida, where the park is located, has the worst unemployment system in the US based on how few people receive benefits
Workers at Disney World in Orlando, the largest single-site employer in the US, with around 77,000 employees, are struggling to obtain unemployment benefits weeks after being furloughed by the coronavirus shutdowns.
Florida has the worst unemployment system in the US based on how few people receive benefits, and a low payout maximum of $275 per week, according to a study conducted by the job market website Zippia.
The giant theme park has been closed since 16 March and a reopening date has not yet been set, leaving staff uncertain over how long they will be out of work. Workers are concerned that even after Disney reopen, it remains unclear whether tourism to the most visited location in the US will rebound enough for all staff to be recalled.
China's proposed security law: A death sentence for Hong Kong?
The National People's Congress has unveiled details of a controversial security legislation that experts say could fundamentally weaken the "one country, two systems" political framework and damage Hong Kong's autonomy.
Following Beijing's surprise plan to enact a national security law for Hong Kong on Thursday, Beijing's National People's Congress (NPC) announced more details about the proposed legislation on Friday morning.Explaining details of the draft legislation to the delegates, Wang Chen, the vice chairman of NPC's Standing Committee, said there has been increasing national security risks in Hong Kong over the last year, citing certain activities linked to the months-long anti-government protest as incidents that seriously challenge the fundamentals of the "one country, two systems" principle and threaten national security and development interests.
Brazil's Covid-19 death toll surpasses 20,000 mark
The novel coronavirus death toll in Brazil surpassed 20,000 on Thursday, after a record number of fatalities in a 24-hour period, the health ministry said.
The country is the epicenter of the outbreak in Latin America, and its highest one-day toll of 1,188 pushed the overall death tally to 20,047.
Brazil has now recorded more than 310,000 cases, with experts saying a lack of testing means the real figures are probably much higher.
With its curve of infections and deaths rising sharply, the country of 210 million ranks third in the world in terms of total cases, behind the United States and Russia.
Jamal Khashoggi's son Salah says family 'forgives' killers
Salah Khashoggi releases statement on Twitter as activists hit back saying murder case is not familial but political.
The son of murdered Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi has released a statement via Twitter forgiving his father's killers.
In the statement, posted on Friday, Salah Khashoggi said his family pardons those who took the reporter's life in 2018 when he visited Saudi Arabia's consulate in Istanbul.
"In this blessed night of the blessed month (of Ramadan) we remember God's saying: If a person forgives and makes reconciliation, his reward is due from Allah.
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