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Health workers wearing protective gear are seen at the Central de Abastos market in Mexico City. (AFP)

Latin America hits 70,000 virus deaths as Mexico reports record daily...

The World Health Organization has declared that Latin America is the new hotspot for the coronavirus pandemic

11 Jun 2020 9:31 AM IST

An aerial picture taken on August 28, 2019 shows deforestation in Nascentes da Serra do Cachimbo Biological Reserve in Altamira, Para State, Brazil, in the Amazon basin. (AFP)

Brazil deforested 10,000 square km of Amazon rainforest in 2019 alone

Environmental advocates and scientific researchers blame the policies of right-wing president Bolsonaro for emboldening...

11 Jun 2020 8:55 AM IST

Oil prices fell more than 2% on Thursday on worries about slow demand growth with coronavirus cases rising. (AFP Photo)

Oil prices drop on concerns about slow demand, record US stocks

At the same time, gasoline stockpiles grew more than expected to 258.7 million barrels

11 Jun 2020 8:48 AM IST

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu defended his decision to bypass parliament at the time, arguing lives could be lost while lawmakers debated legislation. (Photo | AFP)

Stop using state spy agency to track phones for coronavirus tracing:...

The government had controversially approved Shin Bet's use of surveillance for the Covid-19 illness as an emergency...

10 Jun 2020 10:05 PM IST

People walk along popular Tunali Hilmi Street, in Ankara, Turkey. (AP)

Turkey relaxes coronavirus restrictions further

Turkey had already lifted restrictions on intercity travel and allowed businesses to reopen after a sharp slowdown in...

10 Jun 2020 9:22 PM IST

Madhuri Dixit Nene.

Is film industry ready for pay cuts?

Madhuri Dixit Nene encourages actors to take pay cuts in efforts to help producers reduce their coronavirus-induced...

10 Jun 2020 8:25 PM IST

A contract worker from the food, catering and events industry in France, left out of Covid-19 budget measures, put her sign in a coffin during a flash mob on Place de La Concorde in Paris Wednesday June 10, 2020, to call attention to the impact the sanitary crisis is having on their lives. (AP)

Contract workers stage flash-mob protest in Paris over job loss

France spent billions on temporary unemployment benefits but contract workers in the food and special events industry...

10 Jun 2020 8:11 PM IST

Short-video app TikTok is set to soon sign up to the disinformation code of conduct aimed at halting the spread of disinformation linked to the virus. Twitter was also appreciated for tagging President Donald Trumps tweets as needing to be fact-checked.

What are you doing about fake news, EU asks Google, Facebook, wants...

Open up and offer more evidence that measures taken are working well, European Commission Vice President Vera Jourova...

10 Jun 2020 7:39 PM IST

Chingari allows a user to download and upload videos, chat with friends, interact with new people, share content, and browse through feed, it said in a statement. A Chingari user gets the opportunity to get creative with their WhatsApp status, videos, audio clips, GIF stickers, and photos.

Chingari, Tiktok's Indian alternative, hits 100,000 downloads

The app is available in multiple languages including English, Hindi, Bangla, Gujarati, Marathi, Kannada, Punjabi,...

10 Jun 2020 7:03 PM IST

Arvind Kejriwal-led Delhi government on Thursday rejected the mercy plea of Mukesh, one of the convicts in the 2012 Nirbhaya case. (Photo: File)

Kejriwal to implement L-G's order overruling reservation in hospitals...

The CM said data shows that COVID-19 cases will significantly increase in Delhi in the coming days.

10 Jun 2020 6:08 PM IST