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Police officers are seen securing the area around Radio City Music Hall after breaking up a large crowd attempting to vandalize the iconic New York City Landmark after continued protests against the death of George Floyd. (AP)

Four police officers shot amid protests in US after Trump vows to...

George Floyd's brother urges protestors to resort to non-violent modes of protesting

2 Jun 2020 3:07 PM IST

Protestors gather in Sydney to support the cause of U.S. protests over the death of George Floyd. (AP)

Floyd's death is homicide, confirms autopsy

State and independent autopsies differ over other contributing factors to Floyd's death while in police custody

2 Jun 2020 2:56 PM IST

Terrence Floyd speaks to a group gathered at the site where his brother George Floyd was killed by police one week ago. (Photo- AFP)

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

Donald Trump declares himself president of law and order amid protests. (AP Photo)

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

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)

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

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

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

US president Donald Trump. (AP)

The president took shelter in White House bunker as protests raged

Trump spent nearly an hour in the bunker, which was designed for use in emergencies like terrorist attacks

1 Jun 2020 9:29 AM IST

Cemetery workers wearing protective clothing bury a victim of COVID-19 at the Sao Franciso Xavier cemetery in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (AFP)

Brazil has record new coronavirus cases, surpasses France in deaths

Brazilian states are preparing to ease quarantine restrictions despite warnings from public health experts

31 May 2020 12:01 PM IST

Protestors hold a picture of George Floyd at a protest in Detroit, Michigan. (AFP)

George Floyd's body will return to his native town

Floyd was a Houston native before moving to Minnesota

31 May 2020 11:55 AM IST

A SpaceX Falcon 9, with NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Robert Behnken in the Dragon crew capsule, lifts off from Pad 39-A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Saturday, May 30, 2020. (AP)

SpaceX sends two NASA astronauts to ISS in historic mission

Elon Musk's SpaceX now becomes the first commercial company to launch a rocket carrying humans into orbit

31 May 2020 10:32 AM IST

A protester poses for photos next to a burning police vehicle in Los Angeles. (AP)

Protests over Minneapolis death rage on amid political finger-pointing

Officials blame a tightly controlled group of outsiders, including white supremacists and drug cartel members, for...

31 May 2020 8:35 AM IST

Crematorium workers wearing personal protective equipment as a preventive measure against the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, push a corpse into the oven of its crematorium at Sao Francisco Xavier cemetery, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (AFP)

Brazil's COVID-19 death toll surpasses Spain's

Brazil is second in the number of confirmed cases, though trailing far behind the United States which has 1.7 million...

30 May 2020 11:02 AM IST