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Police ordered to stop using tear gas at protests in Seattle

Police in Seattle have been ordered to stop using tear gas, pepper spray and stun grenades to break up protests. The court ruling was seen...

Grenfell bereaved ‘frustrated’ at cladding issue three years on

A bereaved relative has said it is “frustrating” that unsafe cladding is still an issue, three years after the Grenfell Tower fire. Karim Mussilhy, whose...

Australian prime minister apologises for ‘no slavery’ claim

Australia’s prime minister has apologised to critics who accused him of denying the country’s history of slavery, as a state government announced it will...

Beijing records first local Covid-19 transmission in weeks

China has reported the first local coronavirus transmission in Beijing in weeks as the country’s capital gradually reopens due to a sharp decline in...

Hong Kong protest marks anniversary of violent police clash

Thousands of people across Hong Kong have sung protest songs and marched to mark the one-year anniversary of a clash with police outside the...

Lebanese government meets after night of protests

Lebanon’s prime minister Hassan Diab has held an emergency Cabinet meeting after a night of protests that saw demonstrators shut down roads across the...

Columbus statue taken down in New Jersey

A US city has taken down a statue of Christopher Columbus as part of a movement which has seen monuments around the world to...

New Zealand city removes statue of British naval officer John Hamilton

The New Zealand city of Hamilton has removed a bronze statue of the British naval officer for whom it is named after a request...

WHO warns of ‘accelerating’ Covid-19 pandemic in Africa

The coronavirus pandemic in Africa is “accelerating”, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned. While it took 98 days for the continent to reach 100,000...

Resurgence of virus threatens South Korea’s success story

A resurgence of infections in the Seoul region, where half of South Korea’s 51 million people live, is threatening the country’s success story in...

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