Julius Malema, leader of South Africa’s opposition party the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), kneels during a protest against the death in Minneapolis police custody of George Floyd and Collins Khoza, who died after a confrontation with South African security forces enforcing the nationwide coronavirus disease (COVID-19) lockdown, outside the U.S embassy in Pretoria, South Africa
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FILE PHOTO: Guatemala’s President Alejandro Giammattei looks on during a news conference, in Guatemala City, Guatemala February 7, 2020. REUTERS/Luis Echeverria GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) – Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei said on Sunday that 18 employees at his office and on his security detail have tested positive for the novel coronavirus, so he will work remotely
ROME/LONDON (Reuters) – Demonstrators in Rome held their fists in the air and chanted “No Justice! No Peace!” on Sunday, while in London people defying official warnings not to gather lay down outside the U.S. Embassy as part of a rolling, global anti-racism movement. Demonstrators hold up signs outside the U.S. Embassy during a Black
FILE PHOTO: El Salvador President Nayib Bukele speaks at a news conference during a nationwide quarantine as El Salvador’s government undertakes steadily stricter measures to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in San Salvador, El Salvador May 26, 2020. REUTERS/Jose Cabezas SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) – Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele has for the second
Demonstrators gather as they hold Lebanese flags during a protest against the government performance and worsening economic conditions, in Beirut, Lebanon June 6, 2020. REUTERS/Aziz Taher BEIRUT (Reuters) – Several hundred Lebanese protestors took to the streets on Saturday, with some throwing stones and demanding the government resign over its handling of a deep economic
BRASILIA (Reuters) – President Jair Bolsonaro threatened on Friday to pull Brazil out of the World Health Organization after the U.N. agency warned governments about the risk of lifting lockdowns before slowing the spread of the novel coronavirus. Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro is seen before the inauguration ceremony of a temporary field hospital, amid the
Muslims attend Friday prayers at al Husseini mosque for the first time after the closure of places of worship in Jordan for more than two months amid concerns over the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in downtown Amman, Jordan June 5, 2020. REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed AMMAN (Reuters) – Mosques in Jordan opened for communal prayers
FILE PHOTO: Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison speaks during a joint press conference held with New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern at Admiralty House in Sydney, Australia, February 28, 2020. REUTERS/Loren Elliott SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australians should not attend planned protests against the death of black American George Floyd in U.S. police custody due to
FILE PHOTO: Tourists take pictures at the Independence Square in Kiev, Ukraine July 31, 2017. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine is considering cancelling its visa requirement for tourists from China, Australia, New Zealand and Arab states in order to attract more visitors once lockdowns ease and bring more money into the economy, Ukrainian president
DAKAR (Reuters) – Protestors in Dakar set tyres on fire and threw stones at security forces on Wednesday night during protests over a nationwide dusk-to-dawn curfew imposed almost three months ago because of the coronavirus pandemic. Women walk past an ambulance that was torched by crowds of youths protesting against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) restrictions,
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s administration said on Wednesday it will bar Chinese passenger carriers from flying to the United States starting on June 16 as it pressures Beijing to allow U.S. air carriers to resume flights. FILE PHOTO: A passenger aircraft of China Eastern Airlines takes off at Paris Charles de Gaulle airport
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong lawmakers are set to resume a debate on Wednesday over a controversial bill that would make disrespecting China’s national anthem a criminal offence, as the city ramps up for fresh protests amid simmering anti-government tensions. FILE PHOTO: Anti-government demonstrators take part in a protest during a lunch time in
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian Railways has halted passenger and cargo rail transport between the northern port of Murmansk and the rest of Russia after the collapse of the only railway bridge linking the two, the national rail company said on Tuesday. The foundations of the bridge across the river Kola were washed away by rapidly
FILE PHOTO: Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro speaks during a news conference at Miraflores Palace in Caracas, Venezuela, March 12, 2020. REUTERS/Manaure Quintero/File Photo CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Monday said he would visit Iran shortly to sign cooperation agreements in energy and other sectors, after Iran sent five fuel tankers to the
A waiter serves meals to customers who practice social distancing on a terrace of a newly reopened restaurant, as Netherlands eases some of the lockdown measures put in place during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Amsterdam, Netherlands June 1, 2020. REUTERS/Eva Plevier AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Terraces throughout the Netherlands filled quickly on Monday as
LONDON (Reuters) – Hundreds of people protested in London and Berlin on Sunday in solidarity with demonstrations in the United States over the death of a black man shown on video gasping for breath as a white policeman knelt on his neck in Minneapolis. The protesters knelt in central London’s Trafalgar Square, chanting “No justice,