Anger over the death of George Floyd has spread to Australia, with Black Lives Matter protests being held across the country. But Australian demonstrators are not just expressing solidarity. Many are using the moment to vent fury about indigenous deaths in custody in Australia. So what is the situation? How […]
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MINNEAPOLIS: Hundreds of mourners joined an emotional memorial service in Minneapolis on Thursday (Jun 4) for George Floyd, the black man killed by police last week, as civil rights leader Al Sharpton vowed mass protests will continue until “we change the whole system of justice” in the United States. Demonstrations, […]
WASHINGTON: The White House said on Thursday (Jun 4) that China’s “slaughter” of protesters in Tiananmen Square in 1989 has not been forgotten, urging Beijing to give its first accurate accounting of the bloodshed. “The Chinese Communist Party’s slaughter of unarmed Chinese civilians was a tragedy that will not be […]
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has declared a state of emergency after 20,000 tonnes of oil leaked into a river within the Arctic Circle. The spill happened when a fuel tank at a power plant near the Siberian city of Norilsk collapsed last Friday. President Putin expressed anger after discovering officials […]
New charges have been announced against all of the sacked police officers present at the death of African American George Floyd in Minneapolis. The charge against Derek Chauvin has been elevated to second-degree murder, court documents show. The other three officers, previously uncharged, face counts of aiding and abetting murder. […]
The Gambia has demanded a “credible” investigation after the son of a diplomat was shot dead by US police. Thirty-nine-year-old Momodou Lamin Sisay was shot after a car chase in Georgia on Friday morning, according to the preliminary investigation by Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI). He was pronounced dead on […]
Puffins breeding off the Northumberland coast may expand their usual nesting grounds as tourists stay away because of coronavirus, experts have predicted. The National Trust said the birds had once again returned to the Farne Islands, which have been closed to the public during the outbreak. Last year more than […]
The government is looking at ways to relax the 14-day quarantine rule for people entering the UK over the coming months, BBC Newsnight has learnt. From Monday, most people arriving by plane, ferry or train – including UK nationals – must self-isolate. But some MPs and businesses have expressed concern […]
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia and Singapore said on Sunday (May 31) they have reached an agreement to defer the Kuala Lumpur-Singapore High-Speed Rail (HSR) project again until the end of the year. The construction of the 350km-long HSR project has been suspended since September 2018 and was due to resume at […]
Shandong is reportedly conducting testing and training missions in the Yellow Sea as China’s Maritime Safety Administration on Friday prohibited the entry of the warship into a vast area till June 2, state-run Global Times reported. China’s first domestically-built aircraft carrier ‘Shandong’ has started conducting sea trials and training to […]