Rome: Prosecutors from northern Italy will question Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte on Friday after relatives of COVID-19 victims demanded an inquiry into alleged government negligence into the crisis. The prosecutors …
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Washington: US President Donald Trump entrenched himself in his fierce defense of the police and challenged the Democratic leaders of Washington state by threatening to intervene if they do not …
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Kathmandu : The Nepal government has decided to relax the ongoing COVID-19 lockdown in a phase-wise manner, allowing most of the economic activities to operate by following certain health protocol …
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Oslo: A Norwegian court on Thursday sentenced a gunman to 21 years in prison for killing his teenage step-sister and opening fire at a mosque last August. Philip Manshaus, 22, …
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San Francisco: In a perhaps first such case, Facebook bought a tool from a third-party cybersecurity firm in a bid to hack one of its own users so that the …
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Islamabad: Shehbaz Sharif, President of the opposition Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, a party spokesperson confirmed on Thursday. Sharif, 69, a cancer survivor, was …
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Melbourne: A protester, who attended a Black Lives Matter march in Melbourne, was among the eight new COVID-19 cases confirmed in Australia’s Victoria state on Thursday. Around 10,000 people attended …
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Hong Kong; The Hong Kong police on Wednesday arrested 53 people for participating in unlawful assemblies in Central area of the city. As the night fell on Tuesday, a large group …
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Houston: The funeral for African American George Floyd, whose death in police custody caused global outrage, heard impassioned pleas for racial justice. Speakers in the church in Houston, Texas, lined up …
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United Nations: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned that the number of people who are acutely food or nutrition insecure will rapidly expand. “There is more than enough food in the …
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