Sao Paulo Brazilians outraged by the death of a Black man after being beaten by supermarket security guards have been protesting in major cities across the country, chanting a phrase familiar to Americans: “I can’t breathe.”
Brazil authorizes two Covid-19 vaccines for emergency use
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Sao Paulo, Brazil Amid a devastating resurgence of the coronavirus in parts of Brazil, federal health officials have finally voted to authorize two vaccines for emergency use. Sondag, Brazilian regulatory agency Anvi...
Two-time golf major winner Angel Cabrera arrested in Brazil
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Federal Police in Brazil have arrested golfer Angel Cabrera on an Interpol red notice for alleged crimes committed in Argentina. In a statement by Federal Police in Rio de Janeiro, an unnamed 51-year-old Argentine w...
New York attorney general sues NYPD over ‘brutal’ handling of George Floyd protesters
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New York Attorney General Letitia James is suing the New York City Police Department and its leadership over its "excessive, brutal and unlawful" handling of George Floyd protests, James said in a news release. Jam...
Defiant Trump denounces violence but takes no responsibility for inciting deadly riot
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A defiant President Donald Trump insisted Tuesday his speech inciting the riot at the US Capitol was "totally appropriate" while at the same time calling for "no violence" in his first public remarks to reporters af...
Survivors of school lockdowns say the Capitol trauma mirrors their daily reality
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Washington, DC Aalayah Eastmond was scrolling through Twitter this week when she saw a meme comparing lawmakers on lockdown at the Capitol to students during active-shooter drills in public schools. Eastmond survive...
Biden to take train to Washington for inauguration, moving forward to ‘not be deterred’ by violence or virus
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Joe Biden will begin his new journey as the 46th President of the United States in a familiar way: riding Amtrak from Wilmington to Washington. A day before he is sworn into office, Biden is planning to make his way...
Powerless to change result, Pence braces for Trump’s fury
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Vice President Mike Pence enters the US Capitol on Wednesday for a date with history. He has told President Donald Trump, the boss he's served obsequiously for four years, that he cannot submit to demands he overthr...
In die toesigvideo word gesien hoe die 15-jarige ma in Texas doodslaan, sê die polisie
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'N Vyftienjarige seun word van moord aangekla nadat 'n video waargeneem is hoe hy sy ma in McKinney doodgeslaan het., Texas, het die polisie Sondag in 'n nuusverklaring gesê. Die seun se pa het die polisie na die huis gebel..
Drie Franse polisiebeamptes is doodgeskiet nadat hulle op 'n huishoudelike geweldvoorval gereageer het
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Parys Drie polisiebeamptes is doodgeskiet en 'n vierde is beseer na 'n gesinsgeweldvoorval in sentraal-Frankryk, het plaaslike aanklaers aan CNN-filiaal BFM TV gesê. Die beamptes van die Gendarmerie N ...
Amerika se topgeneraal vergader met Taliban, vra vir 'n vermindering in geweld
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Washington Amerika se voorste militêre offisier, Voorsitter van die gesamentlike stafhoofgenl. Mark Milley, het tydens 'n onaangekondigde reis hierdie week deur die Midde-Ooste met verteenwoordigers van die Taliban in Katar vergader. Mille ...
Brazil announces Covid-19 vaccination rollout plan
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Brazil's Ministry of Health on Wednesday announced its national vaccination rollout plan to counter Covid-19, set to start early next year. During a ceremony at the Planalto Palace in Brasilia, with President Jair...
Bhutan parliament decriminalizes homosexuality, to delight of activists
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Kathmandu, NepalA joint sitting of both houses of Bhutan's parliament approved a bill on Thursday to legalize gay sex, making the tiny Himalayan kingdom the latest Asian nation to take steps towards easing restrictio...