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A protester stands outside the presidential palace in Bucharest, Romania, Thursday, June 18, 2020, during a rally against a law banning the teaching of gender studies. (AP)World
Protesters call on Romania's president to reject gender studies ban

Romania's parliament had approved the bill to ban gender studies bill on Tuesday

19 Jun 2020 10:43 AM IST

A lab technician looks fills a test tube during research on coronavirus, COVID-19, at Johnson & Johnson subsidiary Janssen Pharmaceutical in Beerse, Belgium. (AP)World
Race for virus vaccine could leave some countries behind

Rich countries are rushing to place advance orders for the inevitably limited supply to guarantee their citizens get...

18 Jun 2020 12:01 PM IST

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern had warned that new cases may come up in the future as New Zealanders return home. (AFP Photo)World
New Zealand confirms two new cases ending coronavirus free run

The two new cases were women aged in their 30s and 40s who visited a dying parent in Wellington, the director general of...

16 Jun 2020 3:22 PM IST

A family watches French President Emmanuel Macron during his televised address, in Bayonne, southwestern France, Sunday, June 14, 2020. (AP)World
Macron rejects racism but says colonial statues to remain in France

Demonstrators have expressed anger at discrimination within French society, particularly toward minorities from France's...

15 Jun 2020 12:43 PM IST

A woman walks through a disinfection booth upon arrival to the opening of Cinemacar drive-in cinema in Alicante on June 11, 2020. (AFP)World
Europe starts to reopen borders

From Iceland to Greece, many restrictions for EU and Schengen visitors ease on Monday

15 Jun 2020 12:34 PM IST

Britains Prime Minister Boris Johnson. (AFP)World
Britain cannot photoshop' its cultural landscape: Johnson

PM Johnson defends Churchill, criticises 'distortion of our history'

15 Jun 2020 9:13 AM IST

Russian President Vladimir Putin (right). (AP)World
Russia's low death toll raises suspicion

The way Russia counts fatalities could be one reason why its official death toll of 6,829 is far below many other...

14 Jun 2020 2:22 PM IST

An injured man is taken away by police after fights take place in Trafalgar Square. (AFP)World
Far-right protesters cause mayhem in London, Johnson condemns racist...

The far-right groups, describing themselves as patriots and chanting England, England', said they wanted to defend...

14 Jun 2020 9:58 AM IST

A long shot of Paris. (AFP)World
Protesters dislodge artwork from Paris museum to return it to Africa

The five protesters were stopped before they could leave the Quai Branly Museum with the artwork

13 Jun 2020 12:13 PM IST

French police unionists fire blue flares as they demonstrate with a banner reading\ No police, no peace\ down the Champs-Elysee avenue, Friday, June 12, 2020 in Paris. (AP)World
Police rally for government support in France after chokehold ban

French police opine that new restrictions have gone too far, and have taken issue with any implication of systemic...

12 Jun 2020 4:18 PM IST

A damaged Christopher Columbus statue stands in a waterfront park near the citys traditionally Italian North End neighborhood, in Boston, USA. (AP)World
Not set in stone: Statues fall as Europe reexamines its past

Memorials erected in honour of historical figures have become a focus of protests around the world

12 Jun 2020 11:55 AM IST

A contract worker from the food, catering and events industry in France, left out of Covid-19 budget measures, put her sign in a coffin during a flash mob on Place de La Concorde in Paris Wednesday June 10, 2020, to call attention to the impact the sanitary crisis is having on their lives. (AP)World
Contract workers stage flash-mob protest in Paris over job loss

France spent billions on temporary unemployment benefits but contract workers in the food and special events industry...

10 Jun 2020 8:11 PM IST

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