Premier League approves kneeling protests, ‘Black Lives Matter’ on shirts
The Premier League will support players taking a knee before or during matches in protest against racial discrimination, while "Black...
America’s original sin: Floyd death prompts historical soul-searching
Confederate monuments are coming down and statues of Christopher Columbus are being toppled as Americans grapple with the ghosts of...
Seattle mayor tells Trump to ‘go back to your bunker’
Seattle's mayor told Donald Trump to "Go back to your bunker" Thursday, escalating a spat after the president threatened to...
North Korea denounces US two years after Singapore summit
North Korea criticised Donald Trump in a stinging denunciation of the United States on Friday, the second anniversary of a...
New Zealand removes statue of controversial colonist
The New Zealand city of Hamilton on Friday tore down a statue of the colonial military commander after whom it...
Australia won’t be ‘intimidated’ by China economic threats: PM
Australia warned Thursday it would not be intimidated by attempts at economic "coercion" after China threatened to undermine the multi-billion...
‘Stop the pain’, George Floyd’s brother tells US Congress
The brother of George Floyd, whose killing by police sparked worldwide protests against racism, made an emotional plea on Wednesday...
Coronavirus: WHO backtracks on claim that asymptomatic transmission of COVID-19 is ‘very rare’
How much coronavirus transmission comes from people with no symptoms is still a "big unknown", a World Health Organization scientist...
Burundi President Pierre Nkurunziza dies of heart failure
Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza has died of heart failure, the government said Tuesday, after the former rebel chief spent 15...
Canada loosens COVID-19 border restrictions to allow some families to reunite
Canada will begin to allow some family members separated by temporary COVID-19 travel restrictions to cross the border into the...