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George Floyd death: Trump threatens to send in army to end unrest

George Floyd death: Trump threatens to send in army to end unrest

-- 2020-06-02 12:50:32

President Donald Trump has threatened to send in the military to quell growing civil unrest in the US over the death of a black man in police custody. He said if cities and states failed to control t...

Congo hit by new Ebola outbreak

Congo hit by new Ebola outbreak

Reuters 2020-06-02 12:35:45

Authorities in Congo announced a new Ebola outbreak in the western city of Mbandaka on Monday, adding to another epidemic of the virus that has raged in the east since 2018. Six cases have been detec...

Red alert as Mumbai braces for first-ever cyclone in its history

Red alert as Mumbai braces for first-ever cyclone in its history

-- 2020-06-02 12:08:46

The Indian city of Mumbai could be in for a weather phenomenon that has never occurred in its documented history. A cyclone developing over the Arabian Sea—the second to be forming near India i...

Singapore rushes to build housing for 60,000 migrant workers after virus outbreak

Singapore rushes to build housing for 60,000 migrant workers after virus outbreak

Reuters 2020-06-02 10:22:13

The Singapore government is racing to create additional housing for about 60,000 migrant workers by the end of this year, as it seeks to reduce the density in dormitories which have seen mass outbreak...

India's coronavirus infections overtake France

India's coronavirus infections overtake France

Reuters 2020-06-01 18:47:46

India's cases of coronavirus crossed 190,000, the health ministry said on Monday, overtaking France to become seventh highest in the world, as the government eases back on most curbs after a two-month...

‘WHO should intervene to end internet shutdowns amid pandemic’

‘WHO should intervene to end internet shutdowns amid pandemic’

FE ONLINE REPORT 2020-06-01 18:06:15

The World Health Organization (WHO) should press four governments including Bangladesh that have shut down the internet to minority populations during the Covid-19 crisis to restore internet access, H...

South Africa partly lifts lockdown to try to fix battered economy

South Africa partly lifts lockdown to try to fix battered economy

-- 2020-06-01 14:24:42

South Africa partly lifted a two month-old coronavirus lockdown on Monday, letting people outside for work, worship, exercise or shopping, and allowing mines and factories to run at full capacity to t...

Armenian Prime Minister tests positive for coronavirus

Armenian Prime Minister tests positive for coronavirus

Reuters 2020-06-01 13:40:49

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Monday said he had tested positive for the novel coronavirus, speaking during a Facebook live video. “I didn’t have any symptoms, I decided to t...

Curfew imposed in 40 cities as protests spread across US

Curfew imposed in 40 cities as protests spread across US

-- 2020-06-01 13:36:00

About 40 US cities including Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Chicago and Washington DC have imposed curfews as protests against police brutality kept spreading for the sixth day. The protests began in res...

Coronavirus lockdown eases in Moscow as cases fall in Russian capital

Coronavirus lockdown eases in Moscow as cases fall in Russian capital

-- 2020-06-01 11:36:27

Residents of Moscow can leave their homes to take a stroll for the first time in nine weeks on Monday under a partial easing of a tough lockdown regime following a fall in novel coronavirus cases. Mo...

Armed bandits kill at least 18 in Nigeria's Katsina state

Armed bandits kill at least 18 in Nigeria's Katsina state

-- 2020-06-01 11:00:43

Armed bandits in Nigeria’s northwestern state of Katsina killed at least 18 people, including a local official, and stole thousands of livestock on Sunday, two witnesses and a police spokesman t...

India expels two Pakistan embassy officials for 'espionage'

India expels two Pakistan embassy officials for 'espionage'

-- 2020-06-01 10:30:13

India on Sunday expelled two officials working at the Pakistan embassy in New Delhi after they were held for espionage, the foreign ministry has said in a statement. “Two (Pakistani) officials...

Japan considering re-opening door to selected countries

Japan considering re-opening door to selected countries

Reuters 2020-06-01 10:09:19

Japan is considering re-opening its borders to travellers from selected countries which have low levels of coronavirus infections, as it begins to ease restrictions put in place earlier this year to c...

US Los Angeles declares curfew amid mounting riot

US Los Angeles declares curfew amid mounting riot

-- 2020-06-01 10:07:14

A countywide curfew was issued Sunday evening by US Los Angeles County following weekend protests and riots over the death of African American George Floyd. The curfew will be in effect from 6:00 pm...

Spain to extend lockdown until June 21

Spain to extend lockdown until June 21

-- 2020-05-31 23:21:05

Spanish government wants to extend ongoing lockdown for 15 more days to ‘finish’ the coronavirus pandemic. Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Sunday said he would ask parliament to a...

Protesters rally in London, Berlin in solidarity with US demonstrations

Protesters rally in London, Berlin in solidarity with US demonstrations

-- 2020-05-31 22:46:45

Hundreds of people protested in London and Berlin on Sunday in solidarity with demonstrations in the United States over the death of a black man shown on video gasping for breath as a white policeman...

Massive US protests raise fears of new virus outbreaks

Massive US protests raise fears of new virus outbreaks

AP 2020-05-31 20:06:53

The mayor of Atlanta, one of dozens of US cities hit by massive protests in recent days, has a message for demonstrators: "If you were out protesting last night, you probably need to go get a COVID te...

Saudi Arabia reopens mosques with strict regulations

Saudi Arabia reopens mosques with strict regulations

-- 2020-05-31 18:07:40

Saudi Arabia’s mosques opened their doors to worshippers on Sunday for the first time in more than two months as the kingdom, the birthplace of Islam, eased restrictions imposed to combat the co...

Trump postpones G7 summit, seeks to add countries to invitation list

Trump postpones G7 summit, seeks to add countries to invitation list

REUTERS 2020-05-31 13:44:10

US President Donald Trump said on Saturday he would postpone a Group of Seven summit he had hoped to hold next month until September or later and expand the list of invitees to include Australia, Russ...

FBI’s top lawyer resigns as agency faces pressure from Trump

FBI’s top lawyer resigns as agency faces pressure from Trump

-- 2020-05-31 11:09:59

The FBI said on Saturday that its top lawyer, Dana Boente, had announced his resignation as the agency faces scrutiny over its investigations of former staffers and supporters of President Donald Trum...

Global coronavirus cases surpass 6-million mark

Global coronavirus cases surpass 6-million mark

Reuters 2020-05-31 10:10:32

Global coronavirus cases surpassed 6 million on Saturday, according to a Reuters tally, as Latin America reported a grim milestone of 50,000 deaths from the disease. Countries such as Brazil, Chile a...

EU urges Trump to rethink cutting funding to WHO

EU urges Trump to rethink cutting funding to WHO

-- 2020-05-30 19:52:53

The European Union on Saturday urged US President Donald Trump to rethink his decision to cut American funding for the World Health Organization amid global criticism of the move, as spiking infection...

Protests flare around US over killing black man

Protests flare around US over killing black man

-- 2020-05-30 19:02:17

Protests flared late into the night in many cities in the United States over the killing of George Floyd, a black man who died this week after being pinned down by the neck by a white police officer i...

France, Britain, Germany 'regret' US decision on Iran nuclear waivers

France, Britain, Germany 'regret' US decision on Iran nuclear waivers

-- 2020-05-30 17:56:29

France, Germany and Britain on Saturday criticised a US decision to end sanctions waivers allowing work on Iranian nuclear sites designed to prevent weapons development. “We deeply regret the U...

COVID-19: India records highest single-day spike of 265 deaths, 7,964 cases

COVID-19: India records highest single-day spike of 265 deaths, 7,964 cases

-- 2020-05-30 16:34:10

The death toll due to COVID-19 rose to 4,971 and the number of cases climbed to 1,73,763 in India registering a record single-day spike of 265 deaths and 7,964 cases till Saturday 8:00am, according to...

17 more tested positive for COVID-19 in Myanmar

17 more tested positive for COVID-19 in Myanmar

-- 2020-05-30 11:20:46

Myanmar reported 17 more confirmed cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) on Saturday, bringing the number of infection to 224 in total, said a release from the Health and Sports Ministry. The newly confirm...

Police free CNN reporter arrested live on TV

Police free CNN reporter arrested live on TV

Reuters 2020-05-29 21:06:34

Police in Minneapolis released a CNN reporter who was led off in handcuffs along with his film crew while reporting live on television early Friday morning during violent protests in the city. Office...

Monkeys steal coronavirus blood samples in India   

Monkeys steal coronavirus blood samples in India  

-- 2020-05-29 20:31:16

A troop of monkeys in India attacked a medical official and snatched away blood samples of patients who had tested positive for the novel coronavirus, authorities said on Friday. The attack occurred...

Europe prepares post-corona, socially-distanced culture-fest

Europe prepares post-corona, socially-distanced culture-fest

-- 2020-05-29 20:23:46

You may need a face mask to see the Mona Lisa. You will have your temperature taken at the Colosseum in Rome. And to see views of Paris from the Eiffel Tower might require taking the stairs. After th...

Australian court rules queen’s letters can be made public

Australian court rules queen’s letters can be made public

-- 2020-05-29 17:37:56

Australia’s highest court ruled on Friday to make public letters between Queen Elizabeth II and her representative that would reveal what knowledge she had, if any, of the dismissal of an Austra...