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Global death toll from COVID-19 passes 400,000

11:10 pm June 7, 2020

London: The worldwide death toll from COVID-19 has surpassed 400,000, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University that health experts say is still an undercount because many who died were not tested for the virus. The milestone was reached Sunday, a day after the Brazilian government stopped publishing a running total of coronavirus deaths […]

The U.S. reckoning on race, seen through other nations' eyes

Black Lives Matter solidarity protests in UK over George Floyd killing in US

11:35 pm June 3, 2020

London: Hundreds of protesters gathered at London’s Hyde Park on Wednesday as part of a series of Black Lives Matter protests planned in solidarity with demonstrators in the US over the killing of African-American George Floyd in police custody. Organisers asked people to stretch out their arms in order to try and maintain the two-metre […]

India to join UK-led virtual Global Vaccine Summit

11:28 pm June 3, 2020

London: India is among over 50 countries and organisations confirmed to participate in the UK-led virtual Global Vaccine Summit to be hosted by British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Thursday. Organisers of the summit said Prime Minister Narendra Modi or a high-level Indian representative is expected to participate live or with a pre-recorded message along […]

British PM forced to defend India travel ban timing over Delta variant in Parliament

British PM’s aide refuses to quit; cities “exceptional circumstances” for 400-km drive during lockdown

11:48 pm May 25, 2020

London: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s embattled top aide on Monday refused to quit and defended his actions of driving over 400 kilometres to his parents’ home at the height of the coronavirus stay-at-home lockdown, seen as a breach of rules. Dominic Cummings, who as Johnson’s Chief Strategy Adviser is mostly a behind the scenes […]

Arrests at anti-lockdown demonstrations in Warsaw, London

12:35 am May 17, 2020

Frankfurt: Demonstrations took place Saturday in several European cities against restrictions aimed at controlling the spread of the coronavirus, with tear gas used on protesters in Poland and arrests made at a gathering in London’s Hyde Park. Police in several German cities enforced distancing rules as thousands of people gathered to express a mix of […]