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$Casts of the headstone and footstone of an enslaved African man, in the entrance to St Marys church, in Bristol, England, Thursday June 18, 2020, where the memorial for an enslaved African man have been vandalised in St Marys churchyard in an apparent \retaliation attack\ following the toppling of a statue of slave trader Edward Colston during anti-racist protests held in the wake of the killing of George Floyd in the US.(AP)$ World

Slave's grave vandalized in UK city in apparent retaliation

Authorities presume the attack is in revenge for anti-racism protesters toppling the statue of a prominent slave trader...

19 Jun 2020 11:36 AM IST

Doctors pay homage to a corona victim in Srinagar on Thursday. (PTI)

COVID-19 cases continue to surge in India even as recoveries cross 2L...

Meanwhile, Union government launches mobile COVID-19 testing labs.

19 Jun 2020 11:35 AM IST

Reliance Industries and Jio Platforms on Thursday announced an investment of Rs 11,367 crore by Saudi Arabias Public Investment Fund. (PTI Photo)

Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund to invest Rs 11,367 crore in Jio...

PIF's investment will translate into a 2.32 per cent equity stake in Jio Platforms on a fully diluted basis

19 Jun 2020 11:22 AM IST

Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) students gather in front of the Supreme Court on Thursday, June 18, 2020, in Washington. (AP)

US Court rejects Trump bid to end Dreamers' immigrant protections

This is the second election-season rebuke for Trump from the court after it ruled against firing people because they're...

19 Jun 2020 11:17 AM IST

A protester stands outside the presidential palace in Bucharest, Romania, Thursday, June 18, 2020, during a rally against a law banning the teaching of gender studies. (AP)

Protesters call on Romania's president to reject gender studies ban

Romania's parliament had approved the bill to ban gender studies bill on Tuesday

19 Jun 2020 10:43 AM IST

Petrol price on Friday was hiked by 56 paise per litre and diesel by 63 paise a litre. (PTI Photo)

Fuel price hike: In 13 days, petrol and diesel prices hiked by more...

Petrol price hiked by 56 paise per litre and diesel by 63 paise a litre on Friday

19 Jun 2020 10:36 AM IST

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison speaks at a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra, Friday, June 19, 2020. (AP)

Australia under frequent cyberattacks, says PM

Authorities refrain from commenting on the speculation that the attacks were part of Australia's increasingly hostile...

19 Jun 2020 10:25 AM IST

Mukesh Ambanis Reliance Industries becomes net debt free after Rs 1.69 lakh crore fund raising. (PTI Photo)

Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries is now 'net debt free'

Ambani said Reliance raised Rs 1.15 lakh crore by selling a little less than a quarter of the firm's digital arm, Jio...

19 Jun 2020 10:02 AM IST

Workers wearing protective clothing wait to check the temperature of passengers entering the airport in Beijing. (AFP)

Mainland China reports 32 new coronavirus cases, 25 of them in Beijing

Authorities have restricted the movement of people in the capital and stepped up other measures to prevent the virus...

19 Jun 2020 9:43 AM IST

President Donald Trump on Thursday renewed his threat to cut ties with China. (AFP Photo)

Trump threatens to cut China ties after high-level talks

Trump made rebalancing US trade deficit with China top priority, but relations worsened as his campaign for re-election...

19 Jun 2020 9:42 AM IST

India plans to impose higher trade barriers and raise import duties on around 300 products from China. (AFP Photo)

India plans extra tariffs, trade barriers on 300 imported products...

The plan has been under review since at least April, and with PM Modi's recently announced self-reliance campaign to...

19 Jun 2020 9:23 AM IST

Facebook removes Trump ads with symbols once used by Nazis

Facebook removes Trump ads with symbols once used by Nazis

The company said in a statement that it does not permit symbols of hateful ideology 'unless they're put up with context...

19 Jun 2020 9:20 AM IST