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Trump threatened Monday to permanently freeze US funding to the World Health Organization. (AFP Photo)

Trump threatens permanent freeze on WHO funding in 30 days

Washington suspended funding to the WHO in mid-April, accusing it of being too close to Beijing

19 May 2020 9:39 AM IST

Members of a coronavirus testing station stand on the factory premises of the Westfleisch meat processing company in Hamm, western Germany. (AFP)

Alarm as another German slaughterhouse hit by coronavirus outbreak

Germany has grown increasingly concerned about the meat industry as a hotbed of new coronavirus infections

18 May 2020 2:12 PM IST

Pro-democracy lawmaker Eddie Chu (bottom C) is surrounded by security as he and other pro-democracy lawmakers scuffle with pro-Beijing lawmakers at the House Committeess election of chairpersons. (AFP)

Hong Kong legislature plunges into chaotic scuffles again

Pro-Beijing lawmakers on Monday took control of a key committee, leading to a debate on bill criminalising abuse of...

18 May 2020 1:41 PM IST

Traffic congestion is seen on a road in Wuhan, in Chinas central Hubei province. (AFP)

China sees post-lockdown rise in air pollution

After months of lockdown, China is reopening its economy as the outbreak comes under control, causing emissions to spike

18 May 2020 1:04 PM IST

People cycle through Parliament Square in central London on May 17, 2020, following an easing of lockdown rules in England. (AFP)

US, Europe weighs reopening risks sans vaccine

Health experts say the world could be months, if not years, away from having a vaccine available to everyone

18 May 2020 12:23 PM IST

Irans Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. (AFP)

Americans will be expelled from Iraq and Syria: Khamenei

Khamenei say America's actions in Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria had led to them being hated

18 May 2020 11:35 AM IST

A portrait of the 11th Panchen Lama, Gendhun Choekyi Nyima, an important religious leader second only to the Dalai Lama in the Tibetan Buddhist hierarchy, is seen as exile Tibetans mark his birthday in Dharmsala, India. (AP)

Tibetans demand China disclose fate of Lama taken away in '95

The Tibetan parliament in northern India, said the boy continues to be recognised as the 11th Panchen Lama

18 May 2020 9:55 AM IST

Waorani indigenous people. (AFP)

First coronavirus case detected in Ecuador's Amazon tribe

Waorani organizations warns that virus spread could be catastrophic for the community, which is generally vulnerable to...

18 May 2020 9:35 AM IST

US president Donald Trump. (AP)

Obama was 'grossly incompetent president': Trump

Trump's reaction came after Obama on Saturday criticised the US authorities' response to the coronavirus outbreak

18 May 2020 9:04 AM IST

Rev. Timothy Pelc blesses Easter baskets outside St. Ambrose Church in Grosse Pointe Park. He offered a prayer and sprayed holy water from a squirt gun instead of blessing baskets inside the church in a bid to maintain social distancing during the coronavirus pandemic. (AP)

Michigan priest draws squirt gun to shoot holy water

Priest says he was concerned about how the Vatican might react when the photos of him squirting holy water became viral

18 May 2020 8:53 AM IST

Lina Attalah, editor-in-chief of Mada Masr, a prominent investigative media outlet in Egypt. (AP)

Top editor of Egypt's Independent media outlet arrested

Amnesty International called Attalah's detention a shocking development, and called for her to be immediately and...

18 May 2020 8:41 AM IST

Members of the Israeli police talk to people at the gated house of the Chinese ambassador where he was found dead, in Herzliya. (AFP)

Chinese ambassador to Israel found dead at home: Police

Initial reports say staff had found Du dead in his bed and that there were no signs of violence

17 May 2020 3:50 PM IST