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Protesters march after a rally at the Glynn County Courthouse to protest the shooting of Ahmaud Arbery. (AP)

Hundreds demand justice for Arbery at Georgia rally

Protesters demand the removal of two district attorneys accused of dragging their feet in arresting the suspects

17 May 2020 2:08 PM IST

Former US President Barack Obama. (AFP)

Leaders aren't even pretending to be in charge: Obama

Obama also highlighted how the health crisis has underscored racial inequality in America

17 May 2020 9:43 AM IST

US president Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House. (AP)

Just don't want to talk to Xi Jinping right now: Trump

The US's criticism on how Chinese leadership handled the coronavirus outbreak has led to a spat between both the...

16 May 2020 12:51 PM IST

US president Donald Trump speaks with reporters as he departs the White House on Marine One. (AP)

In US, pandemic planning becomes political weapon

Trump has repeatedly said that the blame for inadequate supplies and machines to cope with an outbreak lay with his...

16 May 2020 11:56 AM IST

US president Donald Trump. (AP)

Trump administration to restore partial funding to WHO

US will agree to pay up to what China pays in assessed contributions to the WHO, as said in the letter

16 May 2020 10:16 AM IST

Flags of the United Nations and the United States of America are seen in New York City. (AFP)

China calls on US to pay its debts to the United Nations

US, meant to pay 27.89% of the peacekeeping budget in UN, cut it to 25% in 2017 and now runs up an annual shortfall of...

16 May 2020 9:35 AM IST

Brazils outgoing Health Minister Nelson Teich gives a thumbs up before a news conference at the Health Ministry headquarters in Brasilia. (AP)

Brazil's health minister resigns after one month on the job

Bolsonaro had earlier fired Teich's predecessor, Mandetta, on April 16, after disagreements over efforts to contain the...

16 May 2020 9:09 AM IST

Children wash their hands at the Saint-Tronc Castelroc primary school in Marseille, southern France. (AP)

US gives doctors guidance on how to spot rare COVID-linked syndrome in...

The guidance follows several reports of the syndrome in France, Italy, Spain and Britain and more than 100 cases in the...

15 May 2020 3:23 PM IST

Workers from the Iztapalapa government talk to people trying to enter the cemetery to explain that only are allow two persons at a time outside Pantheon of San Lorenzo Tezonco in Mexico City. (AFP)

Brazil and Mexico report record surge in coronavirus cases

Leaders of both countries receive criticism for intensified attempts to reopen their economies

15 May 2020 11:56 AM IST

US president Donald Trump. (AFP)

US unveils 18-point plan to hold China accountable for coronavirus...

The prominent suggestions include moving manufacturing chain from China and deepening military-strategic ties with...

15 May 2020 9:22 AM IST

An Ecuadorian criminalistics police member disinfects the death body of a woman in a street of Quito. (AFP)

Global coronavirus death toll exceeds 300,000

The US had reported more than 85,000 deaths from the new coronavirus, while the Britain and Italy have reported over...

15 May 2020 8:40 AM IST

A medical worker wears a mask and a face shield at the entrance of the SERMESA hospital in Managua. (AP)

Nicaragua releases 2,800 prisoners to house arrest to contain virus

Many of the political prisoners arrested during 2018 protests against president Ortega still kept in jail

14 May 2020 1:27 PM IST