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Beyonce delights fans with film 'Black Is King'
Her latest stylised visual album features a narrative celebrating the African diaspora
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US astronauts prepare for SpaceX-NASA return home from ISS
The US has paid SpaceX and aerospace giant Boeing a total of about $7 billion for their "space taxi" contracts
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Over 60 killed by bootleg alcohol in Indian state
Police say the victims died in three districts of the northern state and police have arrested 10 people
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UAE starts up first Arab nuclear plant
Announcement comes hot on the heels of the UAE's launch of the Arab world's first probe to Mars
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Massive protests in Russia's far east rattle Kremlin
Tens of thousands attended a rally last weekend, according to journalists, while police put the figure at just 6,500
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In southern Spain, fruit pickers ditched as virus spreads
Known for its strawberries, Lepe in southern Spain supplies a large part of the European market
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Hong Kong opens makeshift hospital for Covid-19 patients
China has offered to send mainland testing staff to the city to carry out large scale nucleic acid testing
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Markets struggle as virus hammers economies
Tweet from Trump suggesting delay in elections also jolts investors
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Dutch airline KLM to shed up to 5,000 jobs
Cuts will involve around 1,500 compulsory layoffs from workforce of 33,000
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Record economic slumps hit Europe
Coronavirus cases force agonising trade-offs between lives, financial health