Family Of Black Man Shot By Colorado Police Files Lawsuit
The family of a 19-year-old African-American man who was fatally shot in the back by Colorado Springs police last year...
Month: June 2020
Children Speak Up At Memorial For George Floyd
At a New York City memorial for George Floyd on Thursday, Corte Ellis held a sign he had made using...
Hong Kong’s Free Media Fears Being Silenced By China
When a team of producers at Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK) heard on May 19 that the publicly funded broadcaster...
Centre Spells Out Rules For Re-opening Offices
Any employee residing in a COVID-19 containment zone should be allowed to work from home and not attend office till...
Urban COVID-19 Outbreak Is Morphing Into A Rural Health Crisis
Rural parts of India have begun to see a surge in novel coronavirus infections, as millions of migrant workers returning...
Covid-19 Sours Saudi Women’s Bid For Financial Independence
Abeer al-Howayan despaired of ever working after spending eight years trying to find a job that would put her chemistry...
“Address ‘Appalling Impact’ Of COVID-19 On Minorities”
The coronavirus disease is exposing alarming inequalities in some countries: disparities similar to those fuelling current protests for greater racial...
New Charges Against Minneapolis Policemen As Protests Go On
Prosecutors on Wednesday leveled new criminal charges against four Minneapolis policemen implicated in the death of a black man pinned...
‘I Want Justice’: Mother Of Floyd’s Daughter
The grieving mother of George Floyd’s daughter on Tuesday demanded justice for him, saying he was a good father who...
George Floyd Death: Protests Expose Raw Race Relations Worldwide
Images of a white police officer kneeling on the neck of African-American George Floyd, who then died, have sparked protests...
Punjab’s Dalit Women Break Shackles, Seek Share In Reserved Land
Having stayed behind the veil for many years, Dalit women in Punjab's Sangrur have finally begun to stand up for...
Mumbai Streets Deserted As It Braces For Cyclone Nisarga
The streets of Mumbai emptied on Wednesday as a rare cyclone headed for India’s most populous metropolis and thousands of...
Covid-19: Cases Cross 200,000, Peak Still Weeks Away
India’s coronavirus infections crossed 200,000, the Health Ministry said on Wednesday, and a peak could still be weeks away in...
Cyclone Nisarga: Parts Of West Coast Evacuated
India began evacuating people from low-lying areas in and around Mumbai ahead of a cyclone that is expected to hit...
COVID-19: India Approves Emergency Use Of Remdesivir
The government said on Tuesday it has approved Gilead Sciences Inc’s antiviral drug remdesivir for emergency use in treating COVID-19...
Relatives Queue To Cremate Covid-19 Dead In Delhi
A queue of ambulances formed outside the main crematorium in India’s capital New Delhi on Monday, as the number of...
Moody’s Cuts India’s Rating To Lowest Investment Grade
Moody’s Investors Service downgraded India’s credit rating to a notch above junk on Monday, citing a prolonged period of slow...
Violence At L.A., N.Y. Protests After Trump Vows To Bring In Military
President Donald Trump on Monday vowed to use the U.S. military to halt protests over the death of a black...
Fires Burn Near White House In Violent U.S. Protests
Fires burned near the White House, stores were looted in New York City and southern California, and a tanker truck...
Amid Lockdown Criticism, India’s Covid-19 Infections Overtake France
India’s cases of coronavirus crossed 190,000, the Health Ministry said on Monday, overtaking France to become the seventh highest in...
Journalists Targeted In Attacks As U.S. Protests Rage
On Friday evening, viewers watched as CNN correspondent Omar Jimenez and his crew were arrested on live television while covering...
George Floyd Death: National Guard Deployed in 15 U.S. States
Looting broke out on Sunday in southern California, a tanker truck drove into marchers in Minneapolis and demonstrators clashed with...
States Rush To Identify High-Risk Zones To Remain In Lockdown
States on Sunday began identifying high-risk zones where coronavirus lockdown should continue while the rest of the country gears up...
