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Terrence Floyd speaks to a group gathered at the site where his brother George Floyd was killed by police one week ago. (Photo- AFP)World
Violence won't bring back Floyd, says victim's brother

The crowd chanted, What's his name? George Floyd! and One down, three to go! in reference to four officers involved...

2 Jun 2020 12:12 PM IST

WHO and other experts say no evidence of COVID-19 losing potency. (AFP Photo)World
WHO rubbishes Italian doc's claim on virus losing potency

Professor Alberto Zangrillo, head of intensive care at Italy's San Raffaele Hospital said that new coronavirus ...

2 Jun 2020 11:44 AM IST

Donald Trump declares himself president of law and order amid protests. (AP Photo)World
Amid racial unrest, Trump brands himself 'president of law and order'

Trump vowed to deploy the US military to America's own cities to quell a rise of violent protests

2 Jun 2020 11:03 AM IST

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director general of the World Health Organization speaks during a news conference on updates regarding on the novel coronavirus COVID-19, at the WHO headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. (Photo- AP)World
WHO seeks good ties with US despite Trump's exit move

WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said he hoped his organisation could continue its longstanding collaboration with...

2 Jun 2020 10:13 AM IST

Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan defends lifting lockdown, urges nation to live with the virus. (AFP Photo)World
Imran Khan defends lifting lockdown, urges Pak to -"live with the...

Pakistan has rolled back almost all shutdown measures, primarily to avert an economic meltdown

2 Jun 2020 9:23 AM IST

Abid Hussain and Muhammad Tahir, two officials of the Pakistan high commission who have been apprehended by Indian law enforcement authorities for carrying out espionage activities in the country. (PTI)World
Pakistan embassy officials leave India after spying charges

The two had been detained for

1 Jun 2020 3:27 PM IST

A pupil at the City Kidz Pre & Primary School in the Inner City district in Johannesburg has his temperature measured as he enters the school premises on June 1, 2020. (AFP)World
South Africa postpones reopening of schools over safety concerns

The plan for reopening on Monday backfired after teachers' unions and governing associations urged school staff to defy...

1 Jun 2020 2:39 PM IST

Armenias Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. (AFP)World
Armenian PM Pashinyan tests positive for coronavirus

Armenia has registered 9,402 confirmed cases of the coronavirus as of Monday and 139 deaths

1 Jun 2020 2:09 PM IST

A journalist is seen bleeding after police started firing tear gas and rubber bullets near the 5th police precinct following a demonstration to call for justice for George Floyd. (AFP)World
Why are journalists targeted amid the attacks?

Organizations that track press violence documented about two dozen acts of violence over the three-day period

1 Jun 2020 1:53 PM IST

Some 4,000 New Zealand protesters demonstrate against the killing of Minneapolis man George Floyd in a Black Lives Matter protest in Auckland. (AFP)World
US anti-racism protests stretch to distant New Zealand

The rallies were peaceful in contrast to the days of violent protests in the US

1 Jun 2020 12:20 PM IST

A picture made available on May 30, 2020, by a friend of Saudi Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz shows him (left) with Portugals Prime Minister Antonio Costa in the capital Lisbon in 2017. (AFP)World
Saudi's Game Of Thrones: Pressure grows to release jailed prince

The detention of Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz and his father since January 2018 is part of a clampdown under the current...

1 Jun 2020 12:12 PM IST

Demonstrators protesting the death of George Floyd, near the White House on May 31, 2020 in Washington, DC. (AFP)World
Curfew in Washington after protests near White House

Night-time curfews were imposed in other cities as well such as Los Angeles, Houston and Minneapolis, which has been the...

1 Jun 2020 12:00 PM IST

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