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Bolivian worker union marches against election delay as tensions mount

LA PAZ (Reuters) – A major Bolivian union led a protest march in the highland city of El Alto on Tuesday, opposing a delay to the country’s presidential election as tensions mount over the vote that will decide the country’s political future. Thousands of people joined the march organized by the powerful Bolivian Workers’ Center […]

Pints poured, unkempt hairdos cut, as England eases lockdown

Rush to pubs sparks worries of over-indulgence on what media dubbed a ‘Super Saturday’ of restrictions being eased. People relished their first pub drinks in more than three months, went to restaurants, and finally got haircuts on Saturday as England took its biggest steps yet towards resumption of normal life after the coronavirus lockdown. Some […]

Heavy rains flood Japan, over a dozen presumed dead

Some 14 people feared dead at flooded nursing home, says local governor as country faces record rain and mudslides. Fourteen people are feared dead after a nursing home was flooded in western Japan as record heavy rains hit the region, a local governor said. The victims were found “in cardio-respiratory arrest” at the facility for […]

How Muslims are celebrating Eid al-Adha amid coronavirus

About 1.8 billion Muslims celebrate Eid amid a pandemic that has so far infected more than 16 million people. Muslims worldwide will celebrate Eid al-Adha, also known as the Festival of Sacrifice, amid a coronavirus pandemic that has so far infected more than 16 million people worldwide. Like the Islamic holiday Eid al-Fitr in May […]

Man says he was bitten by bus passenger after asking him to wear mask

A disabled man claims he was bitten by an angry bus passenger in Belgium after asking him to properly wear his mask, reports said. Robert Murphy, who lives in Merksem in Antwerp, said he was chomped on twice on the chest by the 38-year-old man who boarded the bus with his partner, LADbible reported, citing […]

US coronavirus: Trump pushes anti-malaria drug, Fauci checks him

US President Donald Trump and Dr Anthony Fauci are at odds over the use of hydroxychloroquine as a COVID-19 treatment. A week after appearing to project a more serious tone about the coronavirus, President Donald Trump is back to pushing unproven claims that an anti-malaria drug is an effective treatment and challenging the credibility of […]

Austin police union head blames deadly shooting on Black Lives Matter protester

The head of the Austin, Texas, police union blamed a Black Lives Matter protester for the confrontation in which the man was shot dead, saying the demonstrator was “looking for a confrontation and found it.” Kenneth Casaday, the president of the Austin Police Association, tweeted about the Saturday night incident during which Garrett Foster was […]

Fauci responds to Trump tweet: ‘I have not been misleading the American public’

Dr. Anthony Fauci on Tuesday pushed back at President Trump for suggesting that he had misled Americans in his role as the nation’s top infectious diseases expert and member of the White House coronavirus pandemic task force. Asked on ABC’s “Good Morning America” about the president’s retweeting a post claiming Fauci has “misled the American […]