China's National Supervisory Commission and the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Chinese Communist Party (CPC) said on Tuesday that they had launched an investigation into Xu Honglan, the vice mayor of the city of Wuhan, which was the epicenter of the coronacirus pandemic, without clarifying the reasons for the measure

The leader of the UK Labour Party Keir Starmer accused the government on Wednesday of "serial incompetence" over its handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, and urged Prime Minister Boris Johnson "to get a grip."

Canadian police have arrested an armed man who was able to gain access to the grounds of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's residence in Ottawa, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) said in a statement on Thursday