Month: May 2020

Brasilia: Brazil registered a record 33,274 new cases of the novel coronavirus on Saturday, its health…

Backlash against Trump exiting WHO as virus grips Latin America

Washington: US President Donald Trump faced a broad backlash on Saturday over severing ties with the…

SpaceX’s astronaut-riding Dragon arrives at space station

Florida: SpaceX delivered two astronauts to the International Space Station for NASA on Sunday, following up…

George Floyd: Curfews defied as demonstrations escalate across US

New York: Demonstrations against racism and police brutality have spread to even more cities across the…

Twitter flags Trump tweet on Minneapolis protests for glorifying violence

San Francisco: For the second time, Twitter flagged a message from President Trump with a warning,…

Afghanistan’s Abdullah says ready for Taliban talks ‘at any time’

Kabul: A top Afghan official appointed to lead Kabul’s delegation in the much-awaited peace talks with…

Protest over George Floyd’s death spread across USA

Atlanta: Demonstrators marched, stopped traffic and in some cases lashed out violently at police as protests…

Trump is winning the political spin game

Washington: Donald Trump has somehow survived an overwhelming flood of political scandals, legal battles, accusations, the…

All-out combat feared as India, China engage in border standoff

New Delhi: On May 5, a scuffle broke out between Indian and Chinese troops at the…

Trump signs executive order targeting social media giants after Twitter fact-checking row

Washington: President Donald Trump said he would introduce legislation that might scrap or weaken a law…

Chaos reigns as Delhi-Gurugram border is sealed

Gurugram: There was chaos on the Delhi-Gurugram border on Friday after the border was sealed, leading…

Active Hizb militant of Shopian owned the explosives-laden car: Police

Srinagar: Security forces have made a major breakthrough as they have identified the alleged owner of…

Former Chhattisgarh CM Ajit Jogi dies at 74; three-day mourning in state

Raipur: Ajit Jogi, an IAS officer-turned- politician who went on to become the first chief minister…

Kerala bid adieus to Veteran Socialist, Eminent Writer and Leading Journalist MP Veeerendrakumar with full state honours

Kozhikode: Mathrubhumi Managing Director M. P. Veerendra Kumar MP passed away on Thursday night at a…

EU proposes 750 billion-Euro recovery fund

Brussels: The EU’s executive is proposing a 750 billion-euro ($825 billion) recovery fund to help the…

Protests over death of George Floyd continue to roil Minneapolis, and beyond

Minneapolis: Thousands of people poured into the streets of Minneapolis for a second night of protests…

Iran outraged by ‘honour killing’ of 14-year-old girl Romina Ashrafi

Tehran: The killing of an Iranian teen by her father after she eloped with an older…

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket launch is scrubbed due to weather

Florida: The beginning of NASA’s next chapter of space exploration will have to wait until the…

Coronavirus pandemic may push 86 million more children into household poverty by 2020-end: Report