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China warns students against studying in Australia due to coronavirus-linked racism

On Monday, Australia's Trade Minister Simon Birmingham said that China remains unresponsive to its weeks-long pleas to ease tensions between the two trading par...

United Kingdom daily virus deaths drop to pre-lockdown level

Individual health authorities in the home nations collate their numbers at different times throughout the day and so they may not tally up to the United Kingdom...

Trudeau 'open to getting tested' after attending 4000 person rally in Ottawa

Trudeau arrived on Parliament Hill wearing his trademark black cloth mask in the afternoon. Trudeau recently made headlines as he paused for more than 20 seco...

Dozens wounded in clashes as hundreds of protesters flood Beirut

In recent weeks, the Lebanese pound, pegged to the dollar for more than two decades, has lost 60% of its value against the dollar and prices of basic goods soar...

Trump, Democrats focus on police reform

The placards on the fence support Black Lives Matter, memorialize the tragic murder of Floyd, read "I can't breathe", and one makes a call to "fund the black co...

COVID-19 Spread By Asymptomatic People Is "Very Rare", WHO Claims

The guidelines , set to be released today, detail the type of fabric masks that are effective. In the United Kingdom, the government announced on Friday that...

New York Times op-ed editor resigns amid backlash over column

Why it matters: Bennet had been under fire for green-lighting an op-ed by Sen. The report published by the Times on Sunday addressed the resignation of...

US COVID-19 deaths top 110,000: Johns Hopkins University

The death toll in the country has reached 7,135. After the U.S., the hardest-hit countries are Britain with 40,465 deaths from 284,868 cases, Brazil with 35,9...

Texas politicians face resignation calls after racist posts on Facebook

Several Republicans have also criticized Keith Nielsen, the chairman-elect of the Harris County GOP, for posting an image of a quotation from Martin Luther Ki...

Virginia KKK leader drove through protesters with truck

The number of people struck wasn't clear, the New York Daily News reports, but police reported no serious injuries. Rogers, of Hanover County, was arreste...

Howls of protest as UK starts 14-day quarantine for arrivals

Ryanair chief executive Michael O'Leary called the quarantine a "political stunt" and argued that it will cause "untold devastation" for the country's tourism ...

10-foot great white shark kills surfer in Australia

A shark was found and photographed that matched the one involved in the attack. "At the moment we are concentrating on making the beach safe", he told the Tw...

Delhi, Beijing push for quiet diplomacy amid border face-off

Hua stressed working together to maintain peace and tranquility in the border areas, so as to create a favorable atmosphere for the stable development of bilate...

Statue of Slave Owner Toppled in UK Protest

The statue was then rolled into the nearby Bristol Harbor - again to rapturous scenes. "There have been petitions and requests to get the statue removed", she...

Province reports 30 new COVID-19 cases, no deaths since Friday

Other areas report an increase in cases, too. Monday's update from provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry, which also includes one newly confirmed "epi-li...

NRL admits error in forward pass call in Parra Manly game

Touch judge Liam Kennedy made the controversial call instantly but Annesley quickly said the call was wrong and distanced the reduction in a referee as a cause ...

Man's hand blown off; note references violence against women

When FBI agents searched his house, they discovered drops of blood leading from a vehicle outside to a second-floor bedroom. Investigators interviewed Carini ...

Virginia officer charged in use of stun gun on man

The video shows Tyler Timberlake, a member of the Fairfax County Police Department, striking the man with a stun gun and then getting on top of him, along w...

UK anger at toppled slave trader statue but few want it back

Explaining the reason for the grade II listing, Historic England says: "The statue is of particular historical interest, the subject being Edward Colston , ...

New Zealand declares itself coronavirus

For the month of February, Trump did little to prepare for coronavirus , even as experts in his own administration voiced concerns, and often suggested those w...

Canadian pilot shows solidarity, draws raised fist in air for George Floyd

A Canadian pilot sent love from above by drawing a raised fist with his plane's flight path to honor the late George Floyd and denounce racism. The death of...

Schumer: Senate Democrats will "fight like hell" to pass police reform bill

Majority were seen wearing Kente cloths during the moment of silence as well as during the news conference. They knelt for 8 minutes and 46 seconds - now a s...

Building works re-start in Paris' fire-ravaged Notre Dame

Some 40,000 metal tubes weighing 200 tons had been erected atop the Gothic building to fix its spire and roof before the blaze last April . Construction on t...

Australian Trade Minister: China unresponsive to its pleas to ease tensions

Australian has been among countries pushing for an worldwide investigation into the origins of the coronavirus pandemic and responses to it. Beijing has denied ...

California officer shot dead in ambush

The Associated Press reported that Carrillo's wife, Monika Leigh Scott Carrillo, who was also in the Air Force, was found dead in 2018 at an off-base hotel whi...

Memorial service and visitation for George Floyd takes place in Houston

A six-hour visit will be held at The Fountain of Praise Church in southwest Houston. The officer who pinned his neck down is charged with murder and other count...

Minister 'deeply concerned' about brutality claims during Indigenous chief's arrest

Adam, speaking in Fort McMurray, Alberta, said RCMP approached his parked truck on March 10 as he and his wife prepared to leave a casino in the city. Adam alle...

George Floyd Alleged Murderer Derek Chauvin Makes First Court Appearance

Minnesota Assistant Attorney General Matthew Frank asked Circuit Court Judge Denise Reilly for an increase in Chauvin's bail to $1 million with conditions or $1...

Bill de Blasio lifts NYC curfew, "effective immediately"

Owners of smaller shops were eager to reopen, even if they didn't expect much business. The days when a shopper could casually browse through a store will rem...

Trump Ridicules Sen. Romney for Marching With DC Protesters

Trump's approval in the state was up to 57% in April before the protests began. The president has held a grudge against the Republican senator from Utah since...