Brazil has become the second country, after the US, to register more than 50,000 deaths from COVID-19. It comes amid growing political tension and just days after the country confirmed more than one million Coronavirus infections Graphs of Brazil’s deaths … Continue reading →

Amid protests against racial mistreatment and injustice across the United States, the family of a 24-year-old black man found hanging from a tree in Palmdale, California have called for answers over his death. On Saturday, hundreds of people marched in … Continue reading →

Mexico has reported 1,092 novel Coronavirus deaths for the past day. It is the country’s highest daily toll so far, taking the total fatalities to 11,729. Daily infections are also at an all-time high of 3,912. The overall number of … Continue reading →

Brazil has removed months of data on COVID-19 from a government website amid criticism of President Jair Bolsonaro’s handling of the outbreak. The Health Ministry says it would only be reporting cases and deaths in the past 24 hours, no … Continue reading →

A man in Egypt, who allegedly had Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) carried out on his 3 daughters after tricking them, has been charged along with the doctor who performed the procedure. Egypt’s Prosecutor-General said the doctor went to the girls’ … Continue reading →

Several videos of police brutality have emerged during protests over the death of African American George Floyd. In Buffalo, New York State, two officers were suspended after they were seen shoving an elderly white man to the ground. And in … Continue reading →

At least 1 person dies after cyclone Nisarga struck India’s west coast near the densely populated city of Mumbai. The eye of the storm narrowly missed the city; while nearby coastal areas to the south bore the brunt.  The extent … Continue reading →

Pope Francis has issued a call for racism not to be ignored. Referring to the unrest in the US following the death of George Floyd in the US Pope Francis said the world cannot tolerate or turn a blind eye … Continue reading →

The United States has passed 100,000 Coronavirus deaths in less than 4 months. It has seen more fatalities than any other country, while its 1.69 million confirmed infections account for about 30% of the worldwide total. The first US infection … Continue reading →

The United States has imposed travel restrictions on foreign nationals who have been to Brazil in the last 14 days. Brazil recently became the world’s second major hotspot for the Coronavirus cases. The country has recorded more than 360,000 cases, … Continue reading →