Hot spots are emerging in urban areas across Africa,  Asia, and Latin America, where social distancing is challenging and missing work can mean not eating.

Health experts say the reports of ignoring COVID precautions aren't surprising as different forms of risk assessment play out during crises.

North Korea on Saturday expressed its support for China's decision to impose new national security laws in Hong Kong, calling it a "legitimate step" to safeguard the state security.

Bankers and investors fear China's push to impose national security laws on Hong Kong threaten the city's future as an international financial centre. If it gets to that stage, Beijing's move will come at a cost for China's economy.

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As some lockdown restrictions ease, countries are finding inventive ways to keep people safe in public spaces.

Thousands took to the streets Sunday to march against China's proposed tough national security legislation for the city.

For Chinese leader Xi Jinping it is a high-stakes power play. His move to impose tough national security laws on Hong Kong risks reigniting pro-democracy protests that plunged the city into chaos last year, increasing tensions in an already fraught relationsh…

China proposes strict national security law to combat political unrest in Hong Kong. Beijing says that the law is necessary to "safeguard national security."

Beijing's controversial Hong Kong national security legislation has shocked democracy advocates and elicited swift rebuke from Washington.

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The Saudi military trainee who killed three US sailors and wounded several others in a terror attack last year on a military base in Pensacola, Florida, was in touch with a suspected al Qaeda operative, according to multiple US officials briefed on the matter.

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For real this time. Its sister conference, Black Hat, has also been called off.

A California city official has been removed from his office after posting on social media that COVID-19 should be permitted to spread.

The two child limit… the benefit cap… and the removal of the spare room subsidy (bedroom tax), and the benefit rates freeze, LHA, council tax support cuts etc were never primarily about the money. It was about the message it sent about ‘welfare’, social security and the role… https://t.co/kIoTiYPnWr

RT @PunjabGovtIndia: Anganwadi workers and helpers will wear red ICDS logo with pink & sky colour while performing their duties. Social Sec…

RT @aleshadalin: The party of greedy groping offenders wants to slide their hands into our pockets. GOP's tax scam involves cuts to Social…

RT @TheFungi669: Marjorie Greene: “Joe Biden is trying to improve education, medical care, rural poverty, Social Security and Medicare, whi…

RT @TheFungi669: Marjorie Greene: “Joe Biden is trying to improve education, medical care, rural poverty, Social Security and Medicare, whi…

RT @PattyMurray: If you make ~$160,000 a year, you're paying the same amount into Social Security each year as a billionaire. In fact, bill…

RT @MFWitches: How the fuck do we live in a world where funding for athletes is always sacrosanct but funding for education, the Arts and a…

RT @Analytical_Kuki: Imphal, now popularly known as the Valley of Death, has lately experienced a surge of violence, leaving Meira Paibis a…

RT @aleshadalin: The party of greedy groping offenders wants to slide their hands into our pockets. GOP's tax scam involves cuts to Social…

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RT @PressSec: We agree with @RepMTG! Bidenomics is about reducing rural poverty, protecting Medicare, and protecting Social Security. @PO…

RT @IranPanoramaNew: Iran - Shush The protest gathering of social security retirees in Shush protesting against the poor living conditions…

RT @PunjabGovtIndia: Anganwadi workers and helpers will wear red ICDS logo with pink & sky colour while performing their duties. Social Sec…

RT @Longjacket2: Republicans think Social Security & Medicare are bad for Americans & the bobble head MAGAS shake their heads saying no com…

RT @PopularLiberal: Kevin McCarthy is displaying a facetious attitude while he and the Republicans aggressively target Medicaid, Medicare,…

RT @carsonkrow: “The American public has no idea where their tax money is going… We found among many bizarre payments $4.5 Million US Socia…

RT @MuellerSheWrote: The goal was always to be able to say - with a straight face - that health care, Medicare, infrastructure, and social…

RT @TheFungi669: Marjorie Greene: “Joe Biden is trying to improve education, medical care, rural poverty, Social Security and Medicare, whi…

RT @TheFungi669: Marjorie Greene: “Joe Biden is trying to improve education, medical care, rural poverty, Social Security and Medicare, whi…

RT @VoteRiders: Need help getting an ID or underlying documents — like a birth certificate or Social Security card — for free? We've got yo…

RT @PattyMurray: If you make ~$160,000 a year, you're paying the same amount into Social Security each year as a billionaire. In fact, bill…

RT @PopularLiberal: Kevin McCarthy is displaying a facetious attitude while he and the Republicans aggressively target Medicaid, Medicare,…

RT @PressSec: We agree with @RepMTG! Bidenomics is about reducing rural poverty, protecting Medicare, and protecting Social Security. @PO…

RT @PressSec: We agree with @RepMTG! Bidenomics is about reducing rural poverty, protecting Medicare, and protecting Social Security. @PO…

RT @Analytical_Kuki: Imphal, now popularly known as the Valley of Death, has lately experienced a surge of violence, leaving Meira Paibis a…

RT @RottenInDenmark: We already do this with the elderly: Social Security is a direct cash payment to people over 65. We could do the same…

RT @PressSec: We agree with @RepMTG! Bidenomics is about reducing rural poverty, protecting Medicare, and protecting Social Security. @PO…

RT @TheFungi669: Marjorie Greene: “Joe Biden is trying to improve education, medical care, rural poverty, Social Security and Medicare, whi…

RT @carsonkrow: “The American public has no idea where their tax money is going… We found among many bizarre payments $4.5 Million US Socia…

RT @TheFungi669: Marjorie Greene: “Joe Biden is trying to improve education, medical care, rural poverty, Social Security and Medicare, whi…

RT @TheFungi669: Marjorie Greene: “Joe Biden is trying to improve education, medical care, rural poverty, Social Security and Medicare, whi…

RT @NoLieWithBTC: This is a blatant lie by @JDVance1 and he knows it. The only people proposing to cut Social Security are Republicans like…

RT @CathieStraka: @jerrieskid @TonyHussein4 Damn right we're ENTITLED to Social Security & Medicare benefits that we paid into our entire w…

RT @MeidasTouch: Ron DeSantis wants to take away your social security.

RT @sanchitg14: After paying 5 lacks tax (income + GST), There is no point working for 6 months for the Government without even having an…

RT @MeidasTouch: Ron DeSantis wants to take away your social security.

RT @mamadporii: #MohammadSadeghi , the theater actor, protested torture and pressure on women for compulsory hijab via social media. Today,…

RT @mamadporii: #MohammadSadeghi , the theater actor, protested torture and pressure on women for compulsory hijab via social media. Today,…

I'm #GenX and will fight like hell to protect #SocialSecurity not just for my generation but for #Millennials and #GenZ as well. #SaveSocialSecurity #RonDeSantis: Social Security cuts should target 'people in their 30s or 40s' https://t.co/AbcdPhDfJN

RT @TonyHussein4: Here is proof that Republicans want to cut Social Security and Medicare. In this thread, you'll find several videos featu…