Maryland is reporting a new low COVID-19 positivity rate statewide, but state officials are concerned about the rate in Worester County on the Eastern Shore

The Godzilla Museum, featuring dioramas and figures that re-create scenes from the monster movie series, opened Saturday at Hyogo Prefectural Awaji Island Park in Hyogo. Visitors can experience a close-up view of Godzilla for a limited time until Aug. 31.

More than 273,000 confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus infection were registered worldwide on August 9, with the overall number of such cases exceeding 19.46 million, the World Health Organization (WHO) said in its daily bulletin on Sunday.

Hidden behind the tragedy of Tuesday’s deadly explosion in Beirut is the more pervasive travesty of the abandonment of ships, seafarers and cargo, and unless the global public reckons with this deeper problem a next disaster is all but inevitable.

The JR Hohi Line resumed full operations on Saturday, more than four years after some sections in Kumamoto Prefecture were suspended as a result of the earthquake there in April 2016.

More than 4,000 people have reached UK shores this year by risking the dangerous journey across the English Channel in small boats after another significant number of arrivals this weekend.

NAGASAKI — The existence of nuclear weapons continues to threaten humanity even 75 years after they were last used, Nagasaki Mayor Tomihisa Taue said at a memorial ceremony on Sunday.

…in Covid-19 cases in the sunbelt states and more recently in the mid-west, is creating a drag on the economic recovery. The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the US topped 5m at the weekend…

Microsoft Corp. founder and billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates said it’s “mind-blowing” that the U.S. government hasn’t improved Covid-19 testing that he described as slow and lacking fair access.