1 hour agoUK study finds minorities at higher risk of COVID-19 deathA British study says people from ethnic minorities have died in larger relative numbers with COVID-19 than their white compatriots.
1 hour agoRestaurant owner, ex-college athlete among victims of unrestAmid protests seeking justice for a black man killed after a white police officer pressed his knee into his neck, several people have lost their lives.
2 hours agoUN appeal for urgent Yemen aid falls $1B short amid virusThe United Nations has called on countries to raise at least $2.4 billion for Yemen.
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3 hours agoKenyans protest as police accused of killing homeless manResidents of a slum in Kenya’s capital have protested the death of a homeless man who they say was killed by police for violating a dusk-to-dawn curfew for the coronaviru...
3 hours agoFrench virus tracing app goes live amid debate over privacyFrance is rolling out an official coronavirus contact-tracing app aimed at containing fresh outbreaks as lockdown restrictions gradually ease.
4 hours agoPutin signs Russia's nuclear deterrent policyPresident Vladimir Putin has endorsed Russia’s nuclear deterrent policy which allows him to use atomic weapons in response to a conventional strike targeting the nation’s...
5 hours agoEU, UK leaders to meet this month as post-Brexit talks stallThe European Union’s top executive and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will meet this month for talks that could give new momentum to the stalled post-Brexit negotia...
1 day agoUK eases lockdown restrictions but many flout guidelinesBritain has moved to further ease lockdown restrictions despite warnings from some health officials that the risk of spreading COVID-19 was still too great.
1 day agoLocked out: UK records sunniest month on record in May The U.K.’s meteorological service has confirmed what most people cooped up at home during the coronavirus lockdown may have guessed — May was the sunniest month on record...
1 day agoSouth Africa eases; liquor is sold, school openings delayedMany South Africans spent their Monday morning lining up outside liquor stores, as alcohol sales were allowed again after a two-month ban because of the coronavirus outbr...
1 day agoTurkey eases lockdown as restaurants reopen, flights resumeTurkish Airlines has resumed limited domestic flights, restaurants have welcomed sit-in customers and beaches and museums reopened as Turkey’s broadest easing of coronavi...
1 day agoRussian general chafes at "provocative" NATO drillsThe Russian military has accused the U.S. and its NATO allies of conducting provocative military drills near the nation’s borders, a statement that reflected simmering Ru...
1 day agoHong Kong blocks Tiananmen vigil; rush on for UK passportsHong Kong police rejected an application for an annual candlelight vigil marking the anniversary this week of the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown, as residents rushed to ...
1 day agoVatican centralizes contracting to cut waste, corruptionThe Vatican is centralizing its contracting and procurement procedures in a bid to cut waste, root out corruption and bring the Holy See’s finances into the 21st century.
1 day agoIndia cautiously opens up even as coronavirus cases riseMore states opened up and crowds of commuters trickled onto the roads in many of India’s cities on Monday as a three-phase plan to lift the nationwide coronavirus lockdow...
