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In a statement, Michelle Bachelet expressed alarm over how censorship had been tightened in several countries, along with arbitrary arrests and detention of people who criticise their government's response, or even who simply share information or views on...

There were several sizable demonstrations in Los Angeles and Mayor Eric Garcetti took a knee at one while in a crowd outside police headquarters.

The PIA flight PK-8303 from Lahore crashed in Karachi on May 22 with 99 people on board. Ninety-seven passengers and crew of the aircraft were killed when the plane crashed into houses in Model Colony's Jinnah Garden area. Two persons on board survived mi...

Trump said he would postpone a G7 summit he had hoped to host next month until September or later and expand the list of invitees to include Australia, Russia, South Korea and India.

Ardern said prosecutions were an operational matter for police, pointing out that the force generally tried to educate virus rule-breakers rather than immediately pressing charges.

Biden visited an area in Wilmington where demonstrators vented outrage at the death of a black man shown on video gasping for breath as a white policeman knelt on his neck.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the blast. However, Somalia's extremist group al-Shabab, which is allied to al-Qaida, has carried out a series of bomb attacks in the area in recent months.

Hammered by the health crisis, China's economy shrank 6.8% in the first quarter from a year earlier, the first contraction since quarterly records began.

In the run-up to Britain returning Hong Kong to China in 1997, a "one country, two systems" deal was forged to allow the city to maintain certain freedoms and autonomy for 50 years.

For an investigation of police accused of using excessive force published this month, Reuters reviewed hundreds of civil rights lawsuits against police.

Cummings, who faced calls from within the Conservative Party to resign for driving 402 km during the coronavirus lockdown, could be out in 6 months, the newspaper reported.

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said the two nations should manage their differences adding that a decoupling of their economies is not good for the world.

As many as 39 MPs from within British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's own Conservative Party demanded the removal of Dominic Cummings after he took a 400-km drive at the height of the Covid-19 lockdown.

According to the researchers, as many as 40,000 droplets carrying the virus can be generated by sneezing, coughing, and even normal talking.

As a result of coronavirus pandemic, air traffic inside the US has come to a near halt. Air traffic is said to be down to about 90 per cent.

Planned celebrations did not take place because of the coronavirus pandemic, but a special program about LGBT rights was broadcast on TV and online as the first weddings were held.