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Burundi president Pierre Nkurunziza dies

Burundi president Pierre Nkurunziza dies

-- 2020-06-09 21:15:04

Burundi's outgoing President Pierre Nkurunziza has died, the government of the central African nation announced in a statement posted on Twitter, Reuters reports. The government statement said that N...

Beijing clears all domestically transmitted COVID-19 cases

Beijing clears all domestically transmitted COVID-19 cases

-- 2020-06-09 19:04:38

Beijing cleared all its domestically transmitted COVID-19 cases as the last patient was cured and discharged from hospital on Monday, local authorities said Tuesday. No new confirmed cases, suspected...

Mourners pay tribute to George Floyd as pressure mounts for US police reform

Mourners pay tribute to George Floyd as pressure mounts for US police reform

-- 2020-06-09 18:03:50

Thousands of mourners braved sweltering Texas heat on Monday to view the casket of George Floyd, whose death after a police officer knelt on his neck ignited worldwide protests against racism and call...

Pakistan building collapse death toll rises to 13

Pakistan building collapse death toll rises to 13

Xinhua 2020-06-09 16:24:31

The death toll from the collapse of a five-storey residential building in Pakistan's southern port city of Karachi has risen to 13 on Tuesday morning, police and rescue officials said. Senior Superin...

Malaysia detains 269 Rohingyas, finds body in damaged boat

Malaysia detains 269 Rohingyas, finds body in damaged boat

AP 2020-06-09 13:24:35

Malaysian authorities detained 269 Rohingyas refugees and found a body on board a suspected smuggling boat they said had been intentionally damaged so it couldn’t be turned back to sea. How lon...

North Korea says it will sever hotlines with South Korea

North Korea says it will sever hotlines with South Korea

Reuters 2020-06-09 12:29:50

North Korea said on Tuesday it will sever hotlines with South Korea as the first step toward shutting down all contact with Seoul, state news agency KCNA reported. For several days, North Korea has l...

China demands evidence from US senator for COVID-19 accusation

China demands evidence from US senator for COVID-19 accusation

-- 2020-06-08 19:53:52

China on Monday challenged US Senator Rick Scott to show evidence supporting his accusation that Beijing is trying to slow down or sabotage the development of a COVID-19 vaccine by western countries....

‘Half of new COVID-19 cases in Singapore are symptomless’

‘Half of new COVID-19 cases in Singapore are symptomless’

-- 2020-06-08 18:49:55

At least half of Singapore's newly-discovered coronavirus cases show no symptoms, the co-head of the government's virus taskforce told Reuters on Monday, reinforcing the city-state's decision to ease...

Minneapolis council members pledge to disband police as protests rise

Minneapolis council members pledge to disband police as protests rise

-- 2020-06-08 16:58:09

A majority of city council members in Minneapolis have pledged to abolish the city’s police department after the death of an unarmed black man in custody last month led to some of the biggest pr...

Schools re-open in South Africa after initial delay

Schools re-open in South Africa after initial delay

-- 2020-06-08 13:27:07

Children in South Africa began returning to classrooms on Monday as part of a gradual loosening of restrictions imposed under a months-long COVID-19 lockdown in the continent’s most industrialis...

India COVID-19 deaths cross 7,000-mark

India COVID-19 deaths cross 7,000-mark

-- 2020-06-08 12:47:28

The total number of deaths due to coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in India crossed the 7,000-mark, reaching 7,135 on Monday, as the total number of cases surpassed 250,000, reaching 256,611, said the...

Pakistan's COVID-19 cases cross 100,000 mark

Pakistan's COVID-19 cases cross 100,000 mark

-- 2020-06-08 12:05:26

The number of confirmed coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in Pakistan has risen to 103,671 with 2,067 deaths, according to the data updated by the country's health ministry on Monday. The country currentl...

New Zealand says coronavirus ‘eliminated’, to lift most curbs

New Zealand says coronavirus ‘eliminated’, to lift most curbs

-- 2020-06-08 11:07:05

New Zealand has eliminated transmission of the novel coronavirus and will lift all containment measures except for border curbs, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Monday, making the South Pacific...

US senator Scott says China trying to sabotage vaccine development

US senator Scott says China trying to sabotage vaccine development

-- 2020-06-07 19:51:14

The United States has evidence China is trying to slow down or sabotage the development of a COVID-19 vaccine by Western countries, Republican senator Rick Scott said on Sunday, Reuters reports. "We...

Anti-racism protests increase risk of coronavirus spread: UK health minister

Anti-racism protests increase risk of coronavirus spread: UK health minister

-- 2020-06-07 18:55:37

Anti-racism protests attended by thousands of people in London and other major British cities "undoubtedly" risk causing an increase in the number of COVID-19 cases again, British health minister Matt...

China defends its coronavirus response in new report

China defends its coronavirus response in new report

AP 2020-06-07 18:47:12

Senior Chinese officials released a lengthy report Sunday on the nation's response to the coronavirus pandemic, defending their government's actions and saying that China had provided information in a...

'A part of history': Calm prevails over DC's biggest George Floyd protest

'A part of history': Calm prevails over DC's biggest George Floyd protest

-- 2020-06-07 17:04:09

Tens of thousands of demonstrators amassed in Washington and other US cities on Saturday demanding an end to racism and brutality by law enforcement, as protests sparked by George Floyd’s fatal...

Global coronavirus deaths cross 400,000

Global coronavirus deaths cross 400,000

Reuters 2020-06-07 16:47:57

The global death toll from the coronavirus has crossed 400,000 as the cases of infections are approaching seven million worldwide, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University. The gradual easing...

Japan declines to join US, others in condemning China for Hong Kong law

Japan declines to join US, others in condemning China for Hong Kong law

REUTERS 2020-06-07 16:04:14

Japan will not join the United States, Britain and others in issuing a statement scolding China for imposing a new security law, Kyodo news agency reported on Sunday, citing officials from countries i...

Germany’s confirmed coronavirus cases rise by 301 to 183,979

Germany’s confirmed coronavirus cases rise by 301 to 183,979

Reuters 2020-06-07 15:09:44

The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Germany increased by 301 to 183,979, data from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases showed on Sunday. The reported death toll rose by 2...

Ten shot dead in attack on Mexican drug rehab centre

Ten shot dead in attack on Mexican drug rehab centre

-- 2020-06-07 12:43:36

Ten men were killed on Saturday when gunmen opened fire on a drugs rehabilitation centre in the Mexican city of Irapuato, the government of Guanajuato state said. Guanajuato, a region in central Mexi...

Fire destroys Amazon centre in Southern California

Fire destroys Amazon centre in Southern California

-- 2020-06-06 22:22:33

A major three-alarm fire has destroyed a Southern California distribution centre that was used to ship items to Amazon customers. Authorities said employees moved out to safety and there were no repo...

Washington gets ready for major protest as US officials move to rein in police

Washington gets ready for major protest as US officials move to rein in police

-- 2020-06-06 19:54:09

Protesters are expected to gather in Washington for a huge demonstration on Saturday, its police chief said, as US street marches over the killing of a black man in custody enter a 12th day and author...

Wedding party fuelled new COVID-19 surge in Iran: Rouhani

Wedding party fuelled new COVID-19 surge in Iran: Rouhani

-- 2020-06-06 19:28:08

A wedding party contributed to a new surge in coronavirus infections in Iran, the country’s President Hassan Rouhani said on Saturday but insisted the country had no option but to keep its econo...

Brazil threatens to leave WHO

Brazil threatens to leave WHO

-- 2020-06-06 18:25:59

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro threatened on Friday to pull his country out of the World Health Organization after the UN agency warned Latin American governments about the risk of lifting lockdow...

India, China agree to solve shared border dispute 'peacefully'   

India, China agree to solve shared border dispute 'peacefully'  

-- 2020-06-06 16:47:35

India and China agreed on Friday to resolve a dispute over their shared border in the Ladakh region through diplomatic channels, the Indian foreign affairs ministry said in a statement, reports Reuter...

Twitter, Facebook disable Trump video tribute to Floyd over copyright complaint

Twitter, Facebook disable Trump video tribute to Floyd over copyright complaint

Reuters 2020-06-06 16:23:38

Twitter Inc, Facebook Inc and Instagram disabled President Donald Trump's campaign tribute video to George Floyd on their platforms on Friday, citing copyright complaints.The clip, which shows photos...

India overtakes Italy in coronavirus cases amid easing of lockdown

India overtakes Italy in coronavirus cases amid easing of lockdown

-- 2020-06-06 13:24:20

India has recorded close to 10,000 new cases of Covid-19 in the past 24 hours, taking its total above that of Italy. The country now has the sixth-highest number of confirmed cases in the world, 236,...

Lightning strikes claim 36 lives in Myanmar in five months

Lightning strikes claim 36 lives in Myanmar in five months

-- 2020-06-06 13:24:17

Lightning strikes claimed 36 lives with some injured in different areas of Myanmar in the first five months of this year, an official from the Disaster Management Department said on Saturday. From Ja...

Thousands in Australia defy bans at Black Lives Matter protests

Thousands in Australia defy bans at Black Lives Matter protests

-- 2020-06-06 12:39:02

Thousands of Australians gathered in protests on Saturday embracing the cause of US protesters angered by the death of a black man in police custody, defying bans and police warnings that fines will b...