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Chinas President Xi Jinping. (AFP)World
China also rejects Trump's offer to mediate in border standoff

Chinese Foreign Ministry asserts the two countries did not want the "intervention" from a third party to resolve the...

29 May 2020 2:48 PM IST

New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern. (Screengrab of video shared by PMs official handle)World
New Zealand keeps the borders closed as virus has grim global hold

The country is almost off the coronavirus grid, with only one Covid-19 patient in hospital, and no new positive cases...

29 May 2020 2:34 PM IST

Hong Kong students and Taiwanese supporters hold slogan reading \ Evil Law Under the Pressure of the Border, Work Hand in Hand \ and The asylum mechanism is clearly in place during a protest against Beijings national security legislation in Taipei, Taiwan. (AP)World
China looks at Taiwan after Hong Kong

Top China general says China will attack Taiwan if there is no other way of stopping it from becoming independent

29 May 2020 12:30 PM IST

People stroll along the Seine river banks in Paris. (AP)World
France to open bars and beaches in second phase of easing lockdown

French PM says the spread of the virus is slowing quicker than hoped for

29 May 2020 12:03 PM IST

A protester gestures in front of the burning 3rd Precinct building of the Minneapolis Police Department on Thursday, May 28, 2020, in Minneapolis. (AP)World
Protesters set Minneapolis police station on fire

When the looting starts, the shooting starts, responds Trump

29 May 2020 11:26 AM IST

A man adjusts a mask in front an electronic stock board showing Japans Nikkei 225 index at a securities firm in Tokyo. (AP)World
As pandemic rages, Japan's suicide hotline rings non-stop

Health workers worry the current crisis will reverse Japan's downward trend in suicide rate

29 May 2020 10:42 AM IST

US president Donald Trump. (AP)World
Trump feels 'absolutely great' after taking hydroxychloroquine

India, which is one of the major manufactures of the drug, has sent several millions of doses to the US as part of its...

29 May 2020 10:18 AM IST

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks the press at the State Department in Washington. (AFP)World
Trump considering to throw out thousands of Chinese graduate students

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says Chinese students "shouldn't be here in our schools spying."

29 May 2020 9:57 AM IST

Police face off with protestors after several fires were started on May 28, 2020 in St. Paul, Minnesota. (AFP)World
Why Us?' Protests over Floyd death spread beyond Minneapolis

Floyd's death has deeply shaken the country and sparked protests across US as local leaders repeatedly urge...

29 May 2020 9:08 AM IST

Activist Mike Merrigan holds a pi±ata shaped like the Twitter logo with hair to look like U.S. President Donald Trump during a protest outside of Twitter headquarters on May 28, 2020 in San Francisco, California. (AFP)World
Trump signs order seeking to strip social media freedom

The move comes a day after Twitter labelled two of his tweets with fact-check notices, calling them misleading

29 May 2020 8:39 AM IST

Security personnel stand beside the wreckage of a plane at the site after a Pakistan International Airlines aircraft crashed in a residential area in Karachi. (AFP)World
Cockpit voice recorder recovered from debris of crashed Pakistani...

The Pakistan International Airlines Airbus A320 crashed last Friday into a crowded residential district of the port city...

28 May 2020 3:46 PM IST

Representational Image. (AP)World
Indonesia starts cloud seeding to keep forest fires at bay

Last year's fires were the worst since 2015 due to dry weather, with around 1.6 million hectares of land razed by the...

28 May 2020 3:28 PM IST

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