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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

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

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

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

A group of Trump supporters outside the BOK Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma. (AFP)

Trump presidency in turmoil after Bolton's book

Trump's march toward a second term was already in a hole due to criticism over his responses to the coronavirus and...

19 Jun 2020 8:53 AM IST

Vendors clean fish at Khlong Toei Market, the biggest fresh market in Bangkok, on June 18, 2020. (AFP)

China finds heavy coronavirus traces in seafood, meat sections of...

Experts suspect the area's low temperature and high humidity may have been contributing factors

18 Jun 2020 7:31 PM IST

Pro-Hong Kong demonstrators display flags during a protest at a shopping mall in Hong Kong. (AP)

China passes draft of controversial Hong Kong security law

The law is expected to bring about the most profound change to the former British colony's way of life since it returned...

18 Jun 2020 4:48 PM IST

Nepals House of Representatives members sign as they vote on an amendment to update the national emblem with a new controversial political map in Kathmandu. (AFP)

Nepal votes to pass bill that incorporates 3 key Indian areas into map

Nepal last month released the revised political and administrative map of the country laying claim over the...

18 Jun 2020 3:23 PM IST

An armed police officer standing guard outside the Al Noor mosque during Friday prayers in Christchurch. (AFP)

New Zealand gun laws tightened again after shootings

Parliament passed legislation to establish firearms registry to track every gun after ban on military-style...

18 Jun 2020 1:59 PM IST

A lab technician looks fills a test tube during research on coronavirus, COVID-19, at Johnson & Johnson subsidiary Janssen Pharmaceutical in Beerse, Belgium. (AP)

Race for virus vaccine could leave some countries behind

Rich countries are rushing to place advance orders for the inevitably limited supply to guarantee their citizens get...

18 Jun 2020 12:01 PM IST

People eat at a restaurant on June 17, 2020, in Washington, DC. (AFP)

US will not lock down again amid rising coronavirus cases

We won't be closing the country again. We won't have to do that, said the president

18 Jun 2020 10:50 AM IST

A worker places trays of food in the seafood section of a supermarket in Beijing on June 17, 2020. (AFP)

Beijing says it must improve hygiene in markets after new outbreak

The resurgence of COVID-19 in the country's capital over the past week has been linked to the city's massive Xinfadi...

18 Jun 2020 10:01 AM IST