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Madagascar anti-lockdown protests flare after alleged police violence
Scuffles broke out between Madagascar police and protesters on Wednesday as citizens took to the streets in the eastern town of Toamasina ...Outpouring of rage over George Floyd killing tests limits of U.S. police tactics
Responses by law enforcement authorities in the U.S. capital and in Flint, Michigan, to protests over the police killing of George Floyd ...Vienna State Opera reopens with just 100 guests per show
The renowned Vienna State Opera will reopen its doors from Monday — with 100 guests per show in line with anti-coronavirus government ...Spain extends its state of emergency until June 21
The Spanish government on Wednesday secured parliament’s backing for a final extension to the state of emergency imposed to tackle the coronavirus ...Italy reopens to tourists from Europe
Italy reopened to travellers from Europe on Wednesday, three months after the country went into coronavirus lockdown, with all hopes pinned on ...Mumbai streets deserted as India’s biggest city braces for cyclone
Bracing for the first ever cyclone to hit Mumbai in living memory, people in India’s most populous metropolis stayed off the streets ...George Floyd protests recall earlier tensions, promises of economic change
In November 2015, the shooting death of Jamar Clark by Minneapolis police touched off a debate on race and economic inequality that ...Spain ‘in a very good place’ with no Covid-19 deaths reported in 24 hours
Spain has reported no deaths in a 24-hour period from Covid-19 for the first time since March. Emergency health response chief Fernando ...Schools reopen as Singapore eases lockdown restrictions
With temperatures checked, masks fitted, and hand sanitizers at the ready, many Singapore children returned to school on Tuesday after a novel ...Minneapolis: Independent autopsy finds George Floyd died by asphyxiation, homicide
Two doctors who carried out an independent autopsy of George Floyd, the black man whose death in Minneapolis police custody last week ...














