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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

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

A view of Avila Beach from the cliffs in Pismo Beach, Calif. The beaches in Pismo Beach and Avila Beach, California, were fairly packed with tourists during Memorial Day weekend with the coronavirus pandemic still ongoing. (AP)

Americans pass pandemic holiday on beaches, in parks as death toll...

All 50 states in the US have relaxed coronavirus restrictions to some degree

25 May 2020 9:19 AM IST

US president Donald Trump. (AP)

White House bans travel from Brazil

Trump had already banned travellers from China, Europe, the United Kingdom and Ireland and, to a lesser extent, Iran,...

25 May 2020 9:03 AM IST

US President Donald Trump. (AP)

Trump declares churches 'essential,' calls on them to reopen

The US president threatened to override governors who defy him on Friday, but it was unclear what authority he has to...

24 May 2020 2:21 PM IST

Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden. (AP)

Joe Biden wins Hawaii presidential primary delayed by virus

Biden defeated Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders 63% to 37%

24 May 2020 2:18 PM IST

Pedestrian (lower left) fills out a job application, Saturday, May 16, 2020, during a walk- and drive-up job hiring fair in Seattle. (AP)

Lawsuits demanding better virus protection measures flood US courts

The first wave of lawsuits has come from prisons and immigration centres, demanding parole for prisoners citing poor...

24 May 2020 8:48 AM IST

In this May 17, 2020 file photo of Brazils president Jair Bolsonaro, wearing a protective face mask as a precaution against the spread of the new coronavirus. A profanity-laced video showing Bolsonaro expressing frustration at his inability to get information from police and vowing to change Cabinet ministers if needed to protect his family was released on Friday, May 22, 2020, at the order of a Supreme Court justice in a new blow to a president whose popularity has been sagging. (AP)

Brazilian president Bolsonaro rocked by release of expletive-laced...

The country's Supreme Court releases video of cabinet meeting showing Bolsonaro in full flight

23 May 2020 10:06 AM IST

US president Donald Trump. (AP)

Trump lashes out at scientists whose findings contradict him

One of the studies, funded in part by his own government, had raised alarms about the use of hydroxychloroquine in...

22 May 2020 2:15 PM IST