News Archives for World - 2021-05-25

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World Published 25 May, 2021 11:00am

Australia to close Kabul embassy over security fears

SYDNEY: Australia on Tuesday abruptly announced it will shutter its embassy in Afghanistan this week, expressing...

World Published 25 May, 2021 10:56am

Biden hosts George Floyd family on anniversary of shocking murder

WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden marks the anniversary Tuesday of the police murder of George Floyd by hosting the...

World Published 25 May, 2021 10:48am

Mexican parents clean reopening schools where thieves took even toilet doors

Wiping away dust from bookshelves and mopping grimy floors, teachers and parents across Mexico are sprucing up...

World Published 25 May, 2021 10:43am

India posts lowest rise in daily COVID-19 cases since April 14

India on Tuesday posted 196,427 new coronavirus cases over the last 24 hours, its lowest daily rise in infections...

World Updated 25 May, 2021 10:42am

Blinken begins Middle East mission to bolster Gaza ceasefire

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken began a Middle East visit in Israel on Tuesday, hoping to bolster its...

World Published 25 May, 2021 05:47am

Belarus faces sanctions backlash over jetliner ‘state piracy’

Western powers prepared to pile sanctions on Belarus and cut off its aviation links on Monday, furious after it scrambled a warplane to intercept a Ryanair aircraft and arrest a dissident journalist, an act one leader denounced as ‘state piracy’.

World Published 25 May, 2021 05:45am

George Floyd’s family marches to mark first anniversary of his death

Relatives of George Floyd, the African-American whose death triggered protests against racism and police brutality across the United States and around the world, gathered on Sunday in a rally to mark the first anniversary of his death.

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