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Nepal leaders begin debate on new map

In the upper house, the ruling party, Nepal Communist Party (NCP), has the required numbers. The amendment requires a two-thirds majority vote in parliament. On...

U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptors intercepts Russian Tu-95 bombers

Two formations of Russian military aircraft featuring four bombers and two fighter jets flew unusually close to American airspace Wednesday morning but were int...

Globally COVID-19 situation is worsening: World Health Organization chief

She said that many countries doing contact tracing had identified asymptomatic cases, but they did not find these cases causing further spread of the virus. N...

Minneapolis Withdrawing From Police Union Negotiations in Wake of George Floyd's Death

Minneapolis police chief Medaria Arradondo revealed the first of a series of department reforms Wednesday, starting with pulling out of negotiations with the ...

Thousands of protestors in Oxford demand removal of imperialist Cecil Rhodes statue

Meanwhile, a statue of the 18th-century slave owner Robert Milligan was removed from its place in London's docklands on Tuesday, watched by cheering supporters ...

2 firefighters found dead near oil well blaze in India's Assam

OIL said that it would take at least four weeks to complete all the operations and cap the well but efforts are on to reduce the time frame. Asserting that ...

Government confirms shops can reopen on Monday

After 11 weeks of lockdown, thousands of high street shops across England can start reopening from next week. Clothes shops can reopen from Monday. Pubs , ...

69 killed as terrorists strike in Borno

The attack, which was carried out in Faduma Koloram village in Gubio local government area of Borno, was said to have been unleashed on helpless locals around 1...

Greece, Italy ink accord on maritime zones

Earlier, Dendias explained that the accord confirmed a 1977 continental shelf agreement with Rome "and the right of islands to have maritime zones". Last Nove...

Richmond protesters topple Columbus statue, toss it in lake

The targeting of Confederate statues and monuments has gained momentum in the wake of nationwide protests over the death of a black man, George Floyd, at the ha...

Weather: Looks like a nice couple of days

Highs will be back in the upper 80s to near 90. Tomorrow (Wednesday): Partly sunny in the morning shifting to partly cloudy later in the afternoon. Muggy ag...

Woman Gets Dictionary to Redefine Racism

Mitchum, who recently graduated with a degree in law, politics and society, said that definition was too simple. Kennedy Mitchum, who lives in the St. In a st...

Prosecutor Hopes to ID Killer of Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme

Another later painful reminder of Sweden's lost innocence came in 2003, when Foreign Minister Anna Lindh was stabbed to death in a Stockholm department store,...

A year on, Hong Kong protesters torn between hope and fear

On the other hand, she expressed her Government's total cooperation with the decision to approve a law to reinforce national security in Hong Kong, and called...

Officer charged in Floyd death has 1st court appearance

However, Derek Chauvin , the man who was seen pushing his knee on Floyd's neck in the viral video, has been charged for three separate charges . One of th...

Police in Nova Scotia shoot pit bull after person killed in attack

Investigators have determined the woman had been walking her dog when it attacked her. "We cannot provide any further information on the woman at this time be...

German Police Reportedly Pursue Connection Between Madeleine McCann Case and Another

Madeleine, then 3 years old, disappeared from an apartment in Praia da Luz, Portugal, while on vacation with her family in 2007. Brueckner is also suspected o...

Coronavirus: Zoos and safari parks set to reopen from 15 June

Zoos will be told that they can open outdoor areas - because the risk of spreading the disease is lower outside. Speaking of the adoption, Richard Walker, Man...

Boris Johnson urges peaceful struggle against racism — George Floyd

Writing for The Voice newspaper, Mr Johnson said: "The death of George Floyd took place thousands of miles away - in another country, under another jurisdic...

Five U.S. states hold primary elections on June 9

Long queues are said to have formed in some areas, with CNN adding that some voters had to stand in the sun for up to four hours as they waited to cast their vo...

Belgium: King Leopold II statue removed in Antwerp after anti-racism protests

Despite his cruelty, Leopold is one of the most highly praised Belgian monarchs, known as the builder king who contributed to the prosperity and development of ...

Three quarters of British universities fall in world rankings

However, not all New Zealand universities dropped in the rankings. But the good news is, IISc has been ranked second in the world on citation per faculty parame...

Death of man who led area deputies on chase raises questions

She also said that she is troubled that the show Live PD , which seemed to have filmed the incident, has not handed over the footage. Floyd's death in police...

Calls for further removals of memorials to historical figures in Britain

London Mayor Sadiq Khan commented on the statue's removal, writing that while "it's a sad truth that much of our city and nation's wealth was derived fro...

Donald Trump Jr.’s hunting trip cost more than $75,000

An official working for Trump Jr. told CNN that the trip to Mongolia, with the exception of the Secret Service, was personally paid for by Trump Jr. While in ...

Watch again: World Health Organization tells George Floyd protesters to wear face masks

Director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said some 136,000 cases had been reported in the previous 24 hours, "the most in a single day so far", with the ...

Human remains found during investigation at Daybell home

According to divorce documents filed by her late husband before his death, Mrs Daybell believes she is "a god assigned to carry out the work of the 144,000 at...

Brazil resumes publishing coronavirus toll, criticises WHO, Americas News & Top Stories

The government complied with the decision on Tuesday afternoon (local time). On Tuesday evening, the latest daily numbers showed 32,091 new infections of coro...

Prosecutor says man who drove through Virginia protesters is a KKK leader

Taylor said her office is looking into whether hate crime charges "are appropriate" for the case. Police say a man from Hanover County has been arrested aft...

Husband Of Arizona Karen Slapped For Being Racist Apologizes

Video first appeared Saturday under the name of a Facebook user Greg Conn . He added that the confrontation took place after the white woman had come into th...