A lawyer for George Floyd has told a memorial service that a “pandemic of racism” led to his death. Those gathered at Thursday’s tribute stood in silence for eight minutes,... Read more
US President Donald Trump has denied reports he was rushed to the White House bunker on Friday night during anti-racism protests. Mr Trump told Fox News radio he went down during the day for... Read more
Controversial US Congressman Steve King, who has been criticised for a string of remarks on race and immigration, lost his bid to secure a 10th term in office on Tuesday. The Republican has... Read more
A South African court has found some coronavirus lockdown regulations imposed by the government “unconstitutional and invalid”. The judge picked out rules around funerals, inform... Read more
Donors have pledged $1.35bn (£1.1bn) in humanitarian aid for Yemen – $1bn short of what the UN said was required to stop programmes being reduced or shut. Emergency Relief Co-ordinator... Read more
Sweden’s controversial decision not to impose a strict lockdown in response to the Covid-19 pandemic led to too many deaths, the man behind the policy, Anders Tegnell, has acknowledged... Read more
With social distancing rules in place and strip clubs and brothels closed, sex workers around the world have seen their incomes disappear almost overnight as a result of the coronavirus pand... Read more
Boris Johnson’s “mismanagement” of the easing of virus restrictions risks a second wave of infections, Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has warned. In a Guardian interview,... Read more
Tens of thousands of people have demonstrated, mainly peacefully, across the United States for an eighth night following the death of African-American George Floyd in police custody. One of... Read more
A cyclone racing in from the Arabian Sea has struck India’s west coast after intensifying on its approach to the densely populated city of Mumbai. Cyclone Nisarga began making landfall... Read more
Last night he held a Bible in front of St John’s Episcopal Church, just across the road from the White House. Today, he’ll visit the Shrine to St John Paul II, also in Washington... Read more
President Donald Trump has threatened to send in the military to quell growing civil unrest in the US over the death of a black man in police custody. He said if cities and states failed to... Read more
An Ethiopian soldier shot a man dead in front of several people after his phone rang during a public meeting, Amnesty International says. It is one of several incidents the rights watchdog r... Read more
A police station in Minneapolis has been set alight during a third night of protests over the death of an unarmed black man in custody on Monday. A police officer was filmed kneeling on the... Read more
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