Tens of thousands of people demonstrated in Brazil on Independence Day, brandishing anti-democratic slogans in a show of support for President Jair Bolsonaro. During a speech in the capital Brasilia, Bolsonaro himself threatened the Federal Supreme Court (STF) in a speech to demonstrators who had travelled to the city from all over the country. "Either ...
Russia's Emergencies Minister Yevgeny Zinichev died during a training exercise in the Arctic, the RIA news agency cited the ministry as saying on Wednesday. The 55-year-old official, who ...
A state of panic prevails among Palestinian detainees in all Israeli jails, one day after a prison break in northern Israel, according to a Palestinian official on Tuesday. ...
German regulators have launched an investigation into the country's biggest financial company, Allianz, after the demise of some of its U.S. investment funds last year, people with direct ...
Many Cameroonians have expressed doubts about the existence of the coronavirus. Cameroon did not play South Sudan in an African Basketball Championship game Aug. 25 in Rwanda because ...
The death toll from the bus falling off a cliff in central Peru reached 33, local media reported on Wednesday. According to reports, the bus carrying 63 passengers ...
Staff at Nike's corporate headquarters in Oregon have been given a week off to support their mental health, ahead of the return to the office in September. From ...
A Californian parole board has voted to grant prison release to the murderer of Democratic 1968 presidential candidate Robert F Kennedy (RFK). Sirhan Sirhan served 53 years in ...
Police in the Australian cities of Melbourne and Sydney have clashed with thousands of people protesting against Covid lockdowns. In Melbourne, mounted officers used pepper spray when elements of a 4,000-strong rally broke through police lines. Police arrested 218 people, and at least seven officers were injured. In Sydney, where lockdown measures have been extended ...
New South Wales (NSW) Premier Gladys Berejiklian announced on Friday that the lockdown in the NSW capital of Sydney would be prolonged, with new restrictions introduced after daily ...