London, June 9 (RHC)-- Ryanair will not cancel British flights despite the beginning of what the boss of Europe's biggest budget airline called a "rubbish" 14-day quarantine for international arrivals.... More
Washington, June 9 (RHC)-- The United States has activated a set of sanctions it imposed on Iran’s shipping network six months ago, in a move expected to further hamper imports of food and medical supplies into Iran at a time when the country is fighting to contain a deadly coronavirus outbreak.... More
Caracas, June 9 (RHC)-- Venezuela has announced that a flight carrying humanitarian aid for the epidemic had arrived from Iran, amid the brutal sanctions imposed on the country by the U.S. aimed at forcing President Nicolas Maduro from power.... More
Moscow, June 9 (RHC)-- Moscow’s Mayor Sergei Sobyanin announced the lifting of the city’s months-long coronavirus lockdown on Monday, saying that the pandemic was under control, making it possible to resume normal life during the course of June.... More
London, June 9 (RHC)-- The United Kingdom’s death toll from confirmed infections climbed by only 55 on Monday to 40,597, marking the lowest rise of fatalities since a lockdown was imposed by Prime Minister Boris Johnson back in March, according to official government figures released on Monday.... More
Minneapolis, June 9 (RHC)-- Face masks that were being sold on Amazon of George Floyd’s murder has since been taken down. The masks depicted former Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin kneeling on Floyd’s neck.... More
Brasilia, June 9 (RHC)-- Brazil's Supreme Court has ruled that President Jair Bolsonaro's Health Ministry must revert to releasing the full set of data on coronavirus death infection rates it had previously made available.... More
Minneapolis, June 9 (RHC)-- As historic protests continue to sweep the country two weeks after the police murder of George Floyd, the Minneapolis City Council has announced it would move to disband the city’s police department. ... More
Washington, June 9 (RHC)-- In Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser had the words “Black Lives Matter” painted on a section of 16th Street that leads to the White House. The words — in giant, yellow capital letters — span more than a block and are visible in satellite photos from space. ... More
London, June 9 (RHC)-- Protests intensified around the world, as crowds poured into the streets in Britain, Germany, France, Spain, Denmark, Canada, Japan, South Korea, Tunisia, among many other places. Protesters gathered in front of U.S. embassies in some capitals, as they demanded an end to police brutality and racism in both the U.S. and their own countries. ... More
New York, June 9 (RHC)-- In media news, The New York Times editorial page editor James Bennet has resigned following outcry from staff and readers over the publication of an op-ed by Republican Senator Tom Cotton about the protests called “Send in the Troops.” ... More
Ottawa, June 9 (RHC)-- In Canada, Indigenous leaders are demanding an investigation into the fatal police shooting of an Indigenous woman during a wellness check. Twenty-six-year-old Chantel Moore was killed Thursday in Edmundston, New Brunswick, by an officer who had responded to a call from one of Moore’s loved ones. ... More
Minneapolis, June 9 (RHC)-- George Floyd's family has appealed to the United Nations to intervene in his case and to send recommendations for systemic police reform in the United States, CNN reported.... More
Stockholm, June 9 (RHC)-- "The world is full of idiots," said ABBA's Bjorn Ulvaeus, as he condemned critics of the Black Lives Matter movement and voiced his support of the worldwide protests against racism and police brutality.... More
London, June 9 (RHC)-- The toppling by anti-racism protesters of a statue of a slave trader Edward Colston in the English port city of Bristol has given new urgency to a debate about how Britain should confront some of the darkest chapters of its history.... More
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