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Workers prepare to take down a statue of slave owner Robert Milligan at West India Quay, east London. (AP)

Authorities remove slave trader statue in London

Statues glorifying slave traders and colonialists have come into sharp focus in recent days inspired by the Black Lives...

10 Jun 2020 12:38 PM IST

WHO Director General, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. (AFP Photo)

WHO says coronavirus pandemic 'far from over' as daily cases hit...

More than six months into the pandemic, this is not the time for any country to take its foot off the pedal, said WHO...

9 Jun 2020 1:25 PM IST

Protesters kneel as they gather in front of the US embassy during the Black Lives Matter protest rally in London. (AP)

Protests increase risk of coronavirus spread: UK health minister

Anti-racism protests started in the USA two weeks ago has now brought together thousands of Europeans on the streets in...

8 Jun 2020 1:09 PM IST

A member of staff wearing a face shield uses a laser thermometer to test a customers temperature in a Furniture Village store in Croydon, in south-east London. (AFP)

Britain starts mandatory self-quarantine for arrivals

UK's hospitality sector relies heavily on tourists and business leaders fear the quarantine will mean much of the summer...

8 Jun 2020 12:16 PM IST

Protesters throw a statue of slave trader Edward Colston into Bristol harbour, during a Black Lives Matter protest rally, in Bristol, England. (AP)

UK protesters take down slave trader's statue, dump it in harbour

Protesters also defaced statue of former British PM Winston Churchill, crossing out his last name and painting 'was a...

8 Jun 2020 9:35 AM IST

Aboriginal protesters perform a traditional smoking ceremony before the start of a Black Lives Matter demonstration to express solidarity with US protestors in Sydney. (AFP)

Protesters worldwide internalise US's Black Lives Matter movement

The global protests reflect rising anger over similar mistreatment by police towards ethnic minorities in different...

7 Jun 2020 3:51 PM IST

US Ambassador to Russia John Sullivan (C) poses with US soldiers at Vnukovo International Airport outside Moscow, on June 4, 2020, upon the landing of a shipment carrying medical aid donated by the United States, including ventilators, in order to help Russia tackle the coronavirus outbreak. (AFP)

'It's complicated': says Germanys of its ties with US

US President Donald Trump had recently ordered the US military to remove 9,500 troops from Germany

7 Jun 2020 12:31 PM IST

A bottle and pills of Hydroxychloroquine. (AFP)

British scientists halt hydroxychloroquine trial, call it 'useless'

The malaria drug was touted by U.S. President Donald Trump as a potential game changer in the pandemic

6 Jun 2020 3:42 PM IST

A protester runs among tear gas during a demonstration Tuesday, June 2, 2020 in Marseille, southern France. (AP)

French police use tear gas to disperse crowd marking France's George...

Thousands assembled for a demonstration in memory of Adama Traore, a 24-year-old black Frenchman who died in a 2016...

3 Jun 2020 1:36 PM IST

People lined up at DHL courier outlets across the city, many to send documents to the U.K. to apply for or renew what is known as a British National (Overseas) passport. (AP)

UK to change immigration rules if China imposes security law on Hong...

About 350,000 Hong Kongers currently hold British National Overseas passports and another 2.5 million would be eligible...

3 Jun 2020 1:13 PM IST

$A protester holds a poster reading \Let them breath\ during a demonstration Tuesday, June 2, 2020 in Marseille, southern France. (AP)$ World

Protests over George Floyd's death expose raw race relations in many...

Anti-police-brutality activists gathered in various European and African cities in support of the protests in US

3 Jun 2020 10:00 AM IST

A total of 375,070 deaths have been registered across the globe from 6,258,474 cases. (AP Photo)

Global coronavirus death toll tops 3,75,000

United States recorded most deaths, with 105,160, ahead of Britain with 39,045, Italy with 33,475, Brazil with 29,937...

2 Jun 2020 1:23 PM IST