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Floyd died on Monday in Minnesota after a police officer put his knee on Floyd's neck for more than eight minutes.

International Everest Day was first celebrated in 2008, the year in which Edmund passed away. The decision to mark this day was taken by Nepal. As part of the celebration of this day, a variety of memorial events and processions are organised in Kathmandu...

Among the 156 newly infected people, 12 are women. The newly confirmed Covid-19 patients were aged between 2 and 70, according to the Ministry of Health and Population.

The clear plastic guards may be easier to wear, disinfect and reuse than cloth or surgical face coverings, although they don’t entirely replace the need for masks.

Here are edited extracts from an AFP interview with the 91-year-old leftist intellectual, who has authored more than 100 books and is currently a professor at the University of Arizona.

"I behaved reasonably and legally," Cummings told reporters outside his house after telling them to stay 2 metres apart in accordance with government guidelines.

Khamenei has called repeatedly over the years for an end to the Jewish state, including through a referendum in the region, where Palestinians are in the majority.

Trump in the last several weeks has been very critical of China's inability to control the spread of the novel coronavirus within its territory.

Reinhart, a professor at Harvard University, published a book entitled "This Time is Different: Eight Centuries of Financial Folly," together with economist Kenneth Rogoff of Harvard University in 2009.

China said on Monday it would apply an 80.5% tariff on Australian barley imports for the next five years, a move expected to all but halt a billion-dollar trade.

The first World AIDS Vaccine Day was observed on May 18, 1998. Exactly one year ago, on May 18, 1997, the then United States president Bill Clinton had asserted upon the importance of creating a vaccine for the deadly disease.

The Thailand government allowed malls to reopen after the number of new coronavirus cases dwindled to single digits.

The 17 new cases include 12 asymptomatic patients, taking the number of such infections to 515, the NHC said.

The number of domestic flights has returned to 60 per cent of pre-outbreak levels, exceeding 10,000 per day for the first time since February 1.

Air Canada said on Friday it would cut its workforce by up to 60 per cent as the airline tries to save cash amid the Covid-19 pandemic and adjust to a lower level of traffic.

The woman from Bahrabise Municipality of Sindhupalchowk district who died on Thursday was confirmed as coronavirus positive during PCR test.