Politics

Wednesday, June 3rd 2020 - 08:36 UTC
New York upmarket retailers' shops in central Manhattan raided by looters

New York was under a curfew that would last until early Tuesday morning, officials said, after looters raided stores in central Manhattan, targeting some of the city's top retailers.
Wednesday, June 3rd 2020 - 08:30 UTC
Austria is turning Hitler's house into a police station, hoping to neutralize neo Nazi attraction

Austria presented an architectural plan on Tuesday to turn the house where Adolf Hitler was born into a police station in the hope of “neutralizing” the space and ensuring it does not attract neo-Nazis.
Wednesday, June 3rd 2020 - 08:05 UTC
WHO's Americas branch PAHO calls on US to keep countries in the region combat the pandemic

The World Health Organization's (WHO's) regional director for the Americas urged the United States on Tuesday to keep helping countries in the region to fight the novel coronavirus even as the Trump administration leaves the UN agency.
Tuesday, June 2nd 2020 - 09:02 UTC
“I can't breathe” chant favela residents in Rio protesting crimes committed by police against black people

Hundreds of demonstrators converged on the square in front of the Rio de Janeiro state government palace Sunday, protesting crimes committed by the police against black people in the Brazilian city’s poor neighborhoods, known as favelas.
Tuesday, June 2nd 2020 - 09:00 UTC
Brazilian economy forecasted to contract 6,25% and rebound 3,5% in 2021

Brazil's financial analysts downgraded their economic growth forecast for 2020 from -5.89% to -6.25%, marking the 16th downward adjustment in a row, the Central Bank of Brazil said on Monday.
Tuesday, June 2nd 2020 - 08:50 UTC
Argentina extends debt negotiations deadline to 12 June: “adjustment margin remains thin”

Argentina extended the deadline to negotiate with its creditors to June 12 and may sweeten its most recent restructuring offer, the country said on Monday, after a previous proposal was deemed insufficient by some investors.
Tuesday, June 2nd 2020 - 08:40 UTC
Trump threatens to deploy thousands of “heavily armed” soldiers

US President Donald Trump on Monday said he was deploying thousands of “heavily armed” soldiers and police to prevent further protests in Washington, where buildings and monuments have been vandalized near the White House.
Tuesday, June 2nd 2020 - 08:30 UTC
WHO experts deny Covid-19 was losing potency, as asserted by Italian epidemiologist

Two World Health Organization experts and a range of other scientists said on Monday there was no evidence to support an assertion by a high profile Italian doctor that the coronavirus causing the COVID-19 pandemic has been losing potency.
Tuesday, June 2nd 2020 - 08:22 UTC
IATA announces new health recommendations for air travel

Mask wearing, temperature controls, disinfection of aircraft - the International Civil Aviation Organization on Monday published a series of health recommendations for a pandemic-hit airline industry as it re-launches air travel.
Tuesday, June 2nd 2020 - 08:08 UTC
Facebook staff criticize Zuckerberg for leaving Trump’s most inflammatory verbiage unchallenged

Facebook employees walked away from their work-from-home desks on Monday and took to Twitter to accuse Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg of inadequately policing U.S. President Donald Trump’s posts as strictly as the rival platform has done.