George Floyd death: Donald Trump calls protestors ‘thugs’, demonstrations continue in Minneapolis

The president also said that he will send the National Guard troops and ‘get the job done right’ if Mayor Jacob Frey failed to bring the city under control.

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· 2 hours ago

Donald Trump signs order to strip social media giants of legal protection for policing content

This came just days after Twitter labelled one of his tweets as misleading.

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· 5 hours ago

‘Spoke to PM Modi, he is not in good mood,’ says Donald Trump about India-China tensions

The United States president had on Wednesday offered to mediate between the two countries amid escalating border tensions.

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· 7 hours ago

First, Brexit. Now, coronavirus: Why Britons are actively avoiding the news

Majority of respondents said the news had a negative impact on their mood.

Antonis Kalogeropoulos, The Conversation

· Yesterday · 11:30 pm

World leaders are using war imagery to describe Covid-19. In Germany, it’s a different story

Given its history, German leaders are are sticking to words like ‘historical task’, ‘serious times’ and ‘real test’.

Dagmar Paulus, The Conversation

· Yesterday · 09:30 pm

India-China dispute: Avoid actions that will escalate tensions along border, UN tells both countries

The global agency added that it was for the two nations to decide who should mediate between them, a day after Donald Trump’s offer.

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· Yesterday · 06:28 pm

China’s Parliament approves controversial security law for Hong Kong

The law is aimed at curbing protests that rocked Hong Kong last year, prohibiting subversion, separatism, ‘acts of foreign interference’ and terrorism.

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· Yesterday · 02:47 pm

Historic SpaceX-Nasa launch postponed due to bad weather, next attempt on May 30

The mission would have been the first crewed spaceflight to take off from US in nearly a decade.

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· Yesterday · 09:57 am

Watch: Harry Potter-themed face mask shows the ‘Marauder's Map’ when you breathe through it

The magical Marauder’s Map in JK Rowling’s Harry Potter series revealed itself to a select few.

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· Yesterday · 09:28 am

Watch: Spanish politician was joined by an uninvited guest – an ostrich – during a live interview

Miguel Angel Revilla was addressing a press conference at the reopening of a zoo in North Spain when the incident happened, reports said.

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· Yesterday · 08:29 am

Watch: Pakistan villager urges India to return his pigeon which is suspected to be a spy

India had captured a pigeon that flew into Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir from Pakistan earlier this week.

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· Yesterday · 08:29 am

Coronavirus: Amit Shah seeks CMs’ views on extension of lockdown; Maharashtra tally nears 60,000

India’s total count of cases rose to 1,58,333 and the toll increased to 4,531.

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· Yesterday · 08:09 am