French President Emmanuel Macron has called the beheading of a teacher in a north-western suburb of Paris an “Islamist terrorist attack”. The victim is said to have shown controversial cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad to his pupils. The attacker was shot dead by police. Mr Macron said the as yet unnamed teacher was murdered because […]
The Democratic vice presidential candidate’s communications director and a non-staff flight crew member have tested positive for the coronavirus. By Kevin Robillard Two people who regularly travel with Democratic vice presidential nominee Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) have tested positive for COVID-19, the campaign announced Thursday morning. The campaign has canceled all of Harris’ planned travel […]
Clinical trials have shown the drug cuts the duration of symptoms, but there’s previously been no data on survival. By Graeme Demianyk Antiviral drug remdesivir has “little or no effect” on a hospitalised Covid-19 patients’ chances of survival, a World Health Organisation (WHO) clinical trial has suggested. The potential coronavirus treatment option is one of […]
By Patpicha Tanakasempipat, Panarat Thepgumpanat BANGKOK (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of Thai protesters cheered and chanted into the night in central Bangkok on Thursday in a show of mass defiance to a ban on demonstrations designed to end more than three months of anti-government action. As they dispersed at 10 p.m. (1500 GMT), protesters pledged […]
By The Visual and Data Journalism Team BBC News Coronavirus pandemic Tough restrictions are “absolutely necessary” to save lives, the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned as Europe battles a second Covid-19 wave. It comes as millions of people in European capitals and other cities have been told they must live under strict new measures. […]
By Chris Fox Technology reporterI The way Twitter communicated its handling of a controversial article about US presidential hopeful Joe Biden was “unacceptable”, its chief has said. On Wednesday, Twitter prevented people from posting links to a New York Post story, warning those trying to click it that the link was “potentially unsafe”. It only […]
The Washington Post said it “marked the latest example of the bitter religious divide sweeping India under the hard-line Hindu nationalist government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.” By Akshita Jain Tanishq withdrew its ad on interfaith love after it created a furore, but the company continues to face backlash. A Tanishq showroom in Gandhidham […]
A “Photoshop Battle” erupted over a picture of the US president tossing masks at supporters. By Lee Moran A “Photoshop Battle” has broken out on Reddit over a picture of President Donald Trump throwing face masks at supporters attending this week’s campaign rally in Sanford, Florida. The image taken by Associated Press photographer Evan Vucci shows Trump tossing masks […]
Former chief minister of Indian-administered Kashmir, Mehbooba Mufti, has been freed by Indian authorities, more than a year after her detention. She was detained on 5 August last year, when the Indian government stripped the region of its partial autonomy. She was put under house arrest under a controversial law that allows detention without charge […]
Statues torn down. Schools rechristened. A state flag axed. New data shows that 2020’s anti-racist protests are accelerating America’s de-Confederation. By Christopher Mathias, HuffPost US More than 100 symbols of the Confederacy across the United States have been removed, relocated or renamed since police killed George Floyd in May, new data shows, providing further proof of […]
