City attractions in Japan's Osaka have introduced a new tracking system for people with the coronavirus disease using a QR code, the NHK broadcaster reported

The Georgian Prime Minister's Special Representative for Relations with Russia, Zurab Abashidze, told Sputnik on Friday that he has agreed with Russian upper house lawmaker Giorgy Karasin that cooperation on a global level was required amid the COVID-19 pandemic

OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Harlem Desir expressed concerns on Friday about police in the US state of Minnesota arresting a CNN reporting crew during a live broadcast as they covered riots triggered by death of a black man in law enforcement custody

Dutch minister for foreign trade, Sigrid Kaag, has been tipped as a possible candidate to succeed outgoing World Trade Organization (WTO) director-general Roberto Azevedo, Dutch public broadcaster NOS reported, citing sources

The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) stands by its call upon the Libyan authorities to release refugees and asylum seekers from detention facilities, where poor sanitary conditions and overpopulation expose these vulnerable populations to a heightened risk of getting the coronavirus, UNHCR spokesperson in Libya Caroline Gluck told Sputnik

The Minnesota National Guard on Friday says that it has activated more than 500 soldiers amid widespread riots in the city of Minneapolis over the death of an African-American male in police custody