The president said he plans to invite Russia, Australia, South Korea and India to an upcoming meeting of the Group of 7 nations, which he’s postponed to the fall. ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (AP) — President Donald Trump said Saturday that he will postpone until the fall a meeting of Group of 7 nations he […]
By Mohit Rao, for CNN Over 10 agonizing days, this migrant worker walked and hitchhiked 1,250 miles home. India’s lockdown left him no choice (CNN)Rajesh Chouhan had covered 620 miles (1,000 kilometers) in five days. His legs were swollen and his blisters had burst. A piece of Styrofoam trash he’d found on the roadside was […]
RIYADH (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia’s mosques opened their doors to worshippers on Sunday for the first time in more than two months as the kingdom, the birthplace of Islam, eased restrictions imposed to combat the coronavirus. “It is great to feel the mercy of God and once again call people for prayers at mosques instead […]
Graham Keeley BARCELONA (Reuters) – Spain’s prime minister said on Sunday he will ask parliament to agree to a last two-week extension of the state of emergency lockdown until 21st June, after which the government will no longer restrict citizens’ movements, newspaper El Pais reported. Pedro Sanchez told regional government leaders during a video-conference meeting […]
MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) – Two members of a Reuters TV crew were hit by rubber bullets and injured in Minneapolis on Saturday night when police moved into an area occupied by about 500 protesters in the southwest of the city shortly after the 8 p.m. curfew. Police aim at a Reuters TV cameraman during nationwide unrest […]
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Prime Minister Narendra Modi warned the country on Sunday to remain vigilant against the spread of coronavirus as the country prepares a phased re-opening of activities even as daily cases rise to record highs. People wearing protective face masks exercise inside a park after few restrictions were lifted, during an extended […]
Aditya Kalra NEW DELHI (Reuters) – At least two people working at India’s foreign affairs ministry have tested positive for COVID-19, and the government has asked several officials to self quarantine as a precaution, according to a source and internal e-mails seen by Reuters. One person who tested positive worked as a consultant in the […]
Joey Roulette CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) – SpaceX, the private rocket company of billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk, launched two Americans into orbit from Florida on Saturday in a landmark mission marking the first spaceflight of NASA astronauts from U.S. soil in nine years. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center […]
After days of unrest, the white officer who knelt on the Black man’s neck was charged with third-degree murder. Floyd’s family wants the other officers arrested, too. By Lydia O’Connor Lee Moran Sarah Ruiz-Grossman, HuffPost US Nationwide protests over the killing of George Floyd — the Black man who died Monday after a white Minneapolis police […]
Neha Arora NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India extended its coronavirus lockdown until June 30 in high-risk zones but permitted restaurants, malls and religious buildings to reopen elsewhere from June 8 despite a record high number of cases detected nationwide on Saturday. The home ministry ordered state governments and local authorities to identify “containment zones”, or […]
