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Employee wearing masks as he disinfect to avoid contamination with the COVID-19 virus at the Mohammed V airport in Casablanca, Morocco. (AP)World
Morocco reports highest number of daily coronavirus cases

Local media reported the source of the outbreak was a strawberry packing plant in the town of Kenitra

20 Jun 2020 12:45 PM IST

Activists hold banners in front of the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC. (AFP)World
The feud between Trump and US Supreme Court

In 2016, Trump got the support of powerful religious right by promising to fill federal courts with judges who are...

20 Jun 2020 11:58 AM IST

South Korean army soldiers take a military vehicle at their military guard post in Paju, South Korea, near the border with North Korea. (AP)World
North Korea prepares anti-South leaflets amid heightened tensions

The two Koreas, still technically at war as their 1950-53 conflict ended without a peace treaty, have waged leaflet...

20 Jun 2020 10:51 AM IST

Workers (L and C) guide a group of people wearing face masks as they wait in a queue to test for COVID-19 coronavirus, in Beijing on June 19, 2020. (AFP)World
Beijing reports drop in new coronavirus cases

Officials reported 22 new cases in Beijing on Saturday, along with five others elsewhere in the country

20 Jun 2020 9:42 AM IST

The medical team of the Brazilian Armed Forces arrives at the Cruzeirinho village, near Palmeiras do Javari, Amazonas state, northern Brazil, on June 18, 2020, to assist indigenous population amid the COVID-19 pandemic.(AFP)World
Brazil tops 1 million cases as coronavirus spreads inland

Specialists believe the actual number of cases in Brazil could be up to seven times higher than the official statistics

20 Jun 2020 9:15 AM IST

People participate in a march in Brooklyn for both Black Lives Matter and to commemorate the 155th anniversary of Juneteenth on June 19, 2020 in New York City. (AFP)World
Americans march for racial justice on Juneteenth anniversary

A day heavy with symbolism in the current atmosphere, the Juneteenth holiday commemorates the end of slavery in the...

20 Jun 2020 8:48 AM IST

Examiners wear face shields and masks to prevent the spread of COVID-19, during end of year secondary school exams at high school Liceo Kennedy, in Rome. (AP)World
Italy's sewage water study suggests COVID-19 was there before China

Traces of coronavirus were found in wastewater collected in Italy during December 2019

19 Jun 2020 4:30 PM IST

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China publishes genome sequencing data of new cluster

Officials suggest they identified a European strain based on preliminary studies

19 Jun 2020 4:10 PM IST

A Palestinian demonstrator holds national flag in front of Israeli forces as they protest against President Donald Trumps Mideast initiative, in Jordan Valley in the West Bank. (AP)World
Palestinians fear displacement from an annexed Jordan Valley

Israel's Netanyahu has vowed to annex the valley and all of Israel's far-flung West Bank settlements

19 Jun 2020 3:47 PM IST

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Blast in southern Pakistan kills three

Two members of the Rangers, an elite paramilitary security force, were killed after an improvised explosive detonated...

19 Jun 2020 2:25 PM IST

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

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

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