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Police guard an MTR station exit near the Legislative Council in Hong Kong on May 27, 2020, ahead of a debate over a law that bans insulting Chinas national anthem. (AFP)

Why is China pushing the Hong Kong security law?

The protests in Hong Kong and the reaction in Beijing illustrate a fundamental divide that has once again bubbled to the...

27 May 2020 2:24 PM IST

Representational Image. (AFP)

New Zealand expects plan for safe travel with Australia in June

Both have slowed the spread of the novel coronavirus to levels well below those in United States, Britain and some other...

27 May 2020 1:57 PM IST

People wearing face masks amid concerns of the COVID-19 novel coronavirus walk along a bridge across the Han river in Seoul. (AFP)

South Korea reports spike in coronavirus cases

More than 2 million students, including kindergarten students, were expected to return to school on Wednesday

27 May 2020 9:43 AM IST

Riot police stand guard outside the Legislative Council building in Hong Kong, Wednesday, May 27, 2020. (AP)

Security tight as Hong Kong set to debate China national anthem bill

The anthem bill is set for a second reading today and is expected to be turned into law next month

27 May 2020 9:34 AM IST

US President Donald Trump. (AFP)

Twitter adds fact-check warnings to Trump tweets

In a statement, Twitter said Trump's vote-by-mail tweets contain potentially misleading information about voting...

27 May 2020 8:57 AM IST

Frame from video provided by Darnella Frazier, a Minneapolis officer kneels on the neck of a handcuffed man who was pleading that he could not breathe in Minneapolis.

Four Minneapolis officers fired after death of unarmed black man

The death comes amid outrage over the death of Ahmaud Arbery, a black man shot by a white father and son while jogging

27 May 2020 8:42 AM IST

Health personnel of a medical emergency response service carry Brazilian Eladio Lopes, 79, -infected with the new coronavirus- on a stretcher to be transferred on an ambulance boat from the community of Portel to a hospital in Breves, on Marajo island, Para state, Brazil. (AFP)

Brazil surpasses US in daily coronavirus death toll

Brazil has the second-worst outbreak in the world, with 374,898 cases, behind the U.S. with 1.637 million cases

26 May 2020 2:55 PM IST

A chemist holds a pack of hydroxychloroquine tablets in Mumbai, India. (AP)

WHO suspends testing hydroxychloroquine on virus patients

Hydroxycholoroquine has been touted by Donald Trump and many others as a possible treatment for COVID-19

26 May 2020 12:16 PM IST

Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam, center, and other officials attend a press conference in Hong Kong after returning from Chinas National Peoples Congress (NPC) meeting in Beijing. (AP)

Chinese security laws will not affect rights and freedoms: Hong Kong...

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam calls on citizens to wait to see the details of the legislation

26 May 2020 11:45 AM IST

Brazils President Jair Bolsonaro, wearing a face mask amid the new coronavirus pandemic, waves to supporters as he leaves the official residence of Alvorada palace, in Brasilia, Brazil. (AP)

In Bolsonaro's Brazil, everyone but himself is to blame for virus

The president is deflecting all responsibility for the current crisis, blaming mayors, governors, an outgoing health...

26 May 2020 11:27 AM IST

Debris falls from a row of damaged shops in Perth, Australia, Monday, May 25, 2020. (AP)

Thousands without power in Western Australia after once in a decade...

Emergency services began cleaning up in Perth on Monday as wild weather downed trees and left around 50,000 citizens...

25 May 2020 11:26 AM IST

Police fire tear gas on protesters during a planned protests against a proposal to enact a new security legislation in Hong Kong on May 24, 2020. (AFP)

Hong Kong security chief warns of growing 'terrorism'

More than 180 people were arrested on Sunday as authorities fired tear gas and water cannon to disperse pro-democracy...

25 May 2020 11:15 AM IST