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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

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

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

A woman reacts as she is sprayed with disinfectant inside a chamber as a precaution against the new coronavirus outbreak before entering a shopping mall in Jakarta, Indonesia. (AP)

Easing restrictions in Indonesia's capital worry its citizens

As Indonesia's overall virus caseload continues to rise, Jakarta has moved to restore normalcy by lifting some...

10 Jun 2020 2:12 PM IST

Commuters return from the capital city of Islamabad, in Rawalpindi. (AFP)

WHO calls for 'intermittent' lockdowns in Pakistan as virus surges

Hospitals across Pakistan say they are at or near capacity, and some are turning COVID-19 patients away

10 Jun 2020 1:58 PM IST

Workers prepare to take down a statue of slave owner Robert Milligan at West India Quay, east London. (AP)

Authorities remove slave trader statue in London

Statues glorifying slave traders and colonialists have come into sharp focus in recent days inspired by the Black Lives...

10 Jun 2020 12:38 PM IST

LaTonya Floyd speaks during the funeral service for her brother George Floyd at The Fountain of Praise church. (AP)

George Floyd laid to rest in Houston

Floyd was remembered at his funeral on Tuesday as an ordinary brother' who was transformed by fate into the cornerstone...

10 Jun 2020 11:07 AM IST

Nepals foreign minister Pradeep Gyawali points to a map of Nepal. (AP)

Nepal still waiting for a response from India' to resolve border...

Nepal's Foreign Minister Pradeep Gyawali says requests to talk were made in November and December last year, and again...

10 Jun 2020 10:33 AM IST

President Pierre Nkurunziza after Ndayishimiye was chosen as the partys presidential candidate at a national conference for the ruling CNDD-FDD party in the rural province of Gitega, Burundi. (AP)

Burundi: Officials say president died of heart attack, many suspect...

Burundi's government had downplayed the virus and held the election and large rallies while also firing their WHO...

10 Jun 2020 9:52 AM IST

Journalists chat near a screen showing President Xi Jinping talks by video with patients and medical workers at the Huoshenshan Hospital in Wuhan. (AP)

China dismisses Harvard study suggesting virus spread started in...

The research used satellite imagery of hospital parking lots in Wuhan and data for symptom-related queries on search...

10 Jun 2020 9:26 AM IST

A health worker treats a COVID-19 patient in a field hospital built inside a gym in Santo Andre, on the outskirts of Sao Paulo. (AP)

Brazil restores daily COVID-19 update after Supreme Court ruling

Allegations that the government was trying to mask the severity of the situation mounted pressure for reinstatement of...

10 Jun 2020 9:01 AM IST

Sister of George Floyd, Zsa Zsa Floyd, both arms raised, attend the funeral service for Floyd at The Fountain of Praise church in Houston. AP photo

Two weeks after his death, George Floyd's life celebrated at Houston...

About 500 people were invited to the funeral, which followed memorial services last week in Minneapolis and Raeford,...

10 Jun 2020 1:14 AM IST