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Police take the turn to rally in France, but against banning chokehold

Police take the turn to rally in France, but against banning chokehold

Police opine that new restrictions have gone too far, and have also taken issue with any implication of systemic racism...

12 Jun 2020 4:16 PM IST

A damaged Christopher Columbus statue stands in a waterfront park near the citys traditionally Italian North End neighborhood, in Boston, USA. (AP)

Not set in stone: Statues fall as Europe reexamines its past

Memorials erected in honour of historical figures have become a focus of protests around the world

12 Jun 2020 11:55 AM IST

A contract worker from the food, catering and events industry in France, left out of Covid-19 budget measures, put her sign in a coffin during a flash mob on Place de La Concorde in Paris Wednesday June 10, 2020, to call attention to the impact the sanitary crisis is having on their lives. (AP)

Contract workers stage flash-mob protest in Paris over job loss

France spent billions on temporary unemployment benefits but contract workers in the food and special events industry...

10 Jun 2020 8:10 PM IST

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 12:37 PM IST

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

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

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

9 Jun 2020 1:21 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 1:08 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...

8 Jun 2020 12:01 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 traderâ€™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 9:34 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 USâ€™s Black Lives Matter movement

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

7 Jun 2020 3:49 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-' : Germanys says 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 12:29 PM IST

French gendarme cross Champs Elysees avenue in Paris, France. (AP)

Paris police ban Floyd protest over virus fear

The police decree notes that social distancing regulations ban gatherings of more than 10 people

6 Jun 2020 5:39 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 3:34 PM IST