Indian officials are investigating nine hospitals in the southern city of Bangalore, amid allegations that a man died after being refused treatment at all of them, writes BBC Hindi’s Imran Qureshi. Bhawarlal Sujani, 52, breathed his last at the doorstep of one of the many hospitals that had refused to admit him. His brother, Dinesh […]
Three US police officers in Colorado have been sacked after they shared photos re-enacting a chokehold used on a black man who later died. Elijah McClain, 23, died in August last year after being stopped by police. Another officer resigned over the matter. A local police chief called the images “beyond comprehension”. Mr McClain’s case […]
The Indian state of Nagaland has banned the import, trading and sale of dog meat, in a move celebrated by animal rights activists. The north-east state’s government announced the ban following a sustained campaign by animal welfare groups. They hailed the decision as a “major turning point” in ending cruelty to dogs in India. But […]
Authorities in the Australian city of Melbourne have confined people living in nine housing estate tower blocks because of an outbreak of coronavirus. The 3,000 or so residents of the blocks are being told not to leave their homes for any reason for at least five days. At least 23 cases of infection were found […]
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Trump attacks ‘left-wing cultural revolution’ in Mount Rushmore address
Jeff Mason MOUNT RUSHMORE NATIONAL MEMORIAL, S.D. (Reuters) – President Donald Trump on Friday accused “angry mobs” of trying to erase history with efforts to remove or rethink monuments to U.S. historical figures and used a speech at Mount Rushmore to paint himself as a bulwark against left-wing extremism. On a day when seven U.S. […]
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Brazil surpasses 1.5 million coronavirus cases, with over 63,000 deaths
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Brazil registered 42,223 additional coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, the Health Ministry said on Friday, bringing the total tally to 1,539,081, the second-worst outbreak in the world behind the United States. The number of coronavirus deaths rose by 1,290 to 63,174, according to the ministry. Reporting by Pedro […]
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Global coronavirus cases rise to more than 11 million
Alistair Bell WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Global coronavirus cases exceeded 11 million on Friday, according to a Reuters tally, marking another milestone in the spread of the disease that has killed more than half a million people in seven months. The number of cases is more than double the figure for severe influenza illnesses recorded annually, […]
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China-India border: Why tensions are rising between the neighbours
By Anbarasan Ethirajan and Vikas PandeyBBC News The armies of the world’s two most populous nations are locked in a tense face-off high in the Himalayas, which has the potential to escalate as they seek to further their strategic goals. Officials quoted by the Indian media say thousands of Chinese troops have forced their way […]
Image copyrightGETTY IMAGES Rupert Murdoch’s newspaper business in Australia has said more than 100 of its newspapers will become digital-only or disappear entirely. From next month it will make 76 regional and local papers online-only and close another 36 altogether. News Corp Australia said the move will mean job losses but did not say […]
Widower Pleads With Twitter To Delete Trump’s Conspiratorial Tweets About Late Wife Timothy Klausutis slammed Trump’s baseless conspiracy theory about MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough killing his intern in a powerful letter to Twitter. By Lee Moran, HuffPost US Timothy Klausutis, the widowed husband of the woman who Donald Trump has baselessly suggested was killed by MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough, has written […]