Crowds of shoppers head to Brazil malls reopening in big cities at heart of pandemic
Brazilian shoppers lined up for hours and crowded into malls as they reopened on Thursday in the country’s two largest cities, epicenter of a still surging coronavirus epidemic in the South American nation.
UK courts preparing fast-track prosecutions for Black Lives Matter protests: The Times
British courts are preparing to fast-track prosecutions for the latest Black Lives Matter protests, as Justice Secretary Robert Buckland has told magistrates to model the fast tracking along the lines of the response to the 2011 London riots, The Times…
Mexico’s human rights commission calls for investigation into police custody death
Mexico’s National Human Rights Commission (CNDH) on Thursday called for an investigation into the death of a man who they said died in police custody in the southeastern state of Veracruz last month.
Brazil passes 800,000 COVID-19 cases, reports more than 40,000 deaths
Brazil reported a cumulative total of 802,828 confirmed cases of coronavirus on Thursday, with 30,412 new infections in the last 24 hours in the world’s second worst outbreak after the United States.
U.S. is ‘trouble maker’ in China-Canada relationship, Chinese envoy to Canada says
The United States is using the case of a senior Chinese telecoms executive who was arrested in Vancouver on a U.S. warrant 18 months ago to create friction between China and Canada, China’s envoy to Canada said on Thursday.
Lebanese protesters shut down roadways with fires as currency collapses
Lebanese cut roadways with burning tyres and rubbish bins across Beirut and other cities on Thursday in renewed protests sparked by a rapid fall in the pound currency and mounting economic hardship.
No means to say goodbye: Bolivian brigades gather corpses of poor COVID victims
Most weekdays since the coronavirus broke out in Bolivia, Harvard-educated Luis Fernando Ortiz leaves his job managing the country’s biggest freight forwarding agent and dons a hazmat suit to go in search of a body.
North Korea suggests U.N. chief pretending to act like a drunk
North Korea suggested on Thursday that United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres might be pretending to act like a drunk as the country slammed comments by his spokesman on Pyongyang’s decision to sever hotlines with South Korea.
UK abandons plan to introduce full border checks with EU on January 1: FT
The United Kingdom will not introduce full border checks with the European Union on Jan. 1 after British ministers faced pressure from businesses not to compound the crisis sparked by the coronavirus outbreak, the Financial Times newspaper said.
U.N. decries reported mass graves found in Libya town after LNA retreat
The United Nations mission in Libya said on Thursday it was horrified by the reported discovery of mass graves in the town of Tarhouna after the internationally recognised government recaptured it from eastern-based forces.
