Vigil banned, Hong Kong set to commemorate Tiananmen with ‘candles everywhere’
People in Hong Kong are set to commemorate the bloody 1989 crackdown by Chinese troops in and around Tiananmen Square by lighting candles across the city on Thursday, after police banned an annual vigil, citing the coronavirus.
Timeline: From reform hopes to brutal crackdown – China’s Tiananmen protests
Thursday marks 31 years since China bloodily suppressed pro-democracy demonstrations in and around central Beijing’s Tiananmen Square, when Chinese troops opened fire on their own people.
Timeline: China’s post-Tiananmen re-emergence onto the world
Thursday marks the anniversary of when China bloodily suppressed pro-democracy demonstrations in and around central Beijing’s Tiananmen Square, when Chinese troops opened fire on their own people.
Brazil court to hear cases seeking to invalidate election on Tuesday
The head of Brazil’s top electoral court will hear arguments on Tuesday related to two cases seeking to nullify the 2018 presidential election which was won by current President Jair Bolsonaro, the court said in a statement on Wednesday.
African, Caribbean migrants continue trek towards U.S. border
Migrants from Africa and the Caribbean, stranded in Honduras after Central American countries closed their borders to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus, on Wednesday kept marching north in an attempt to reach the United States.
German coalition parties agree €130 billion stimulus package
Chancellor Angela Merkel’s ruling coalition on Wednesday agreed a bumper stimulus package to speed up Germany’s recovery from the coronavirus pandemic, overcoming differences on incentives to buy new cars and relief for highly indebted municipalities.
Car drives onto sidewalk cafe in southern Netherlands, injuring six
A car drove into an outdoor cafe in the southern Netherlands on Wednesday night, injuring six people, one of them seriously, police said.
British PM Johnson hosts global vaccine summit, calls for funding
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will host a global vaccine summit on Thursday, urging nations to pledge funding for vaccinations against infectious diseases to help the poorest countries tackle the coronavirus crisis.
Two more people infected with Ebola in new Congo outbreak, WHO says
The Ebola virus has infected two more people in Equateur province in western Democratic Republic of Congo and spread to a new area 150 km (93 miles) away from the original six cases, the World Heath Organization said on Wednesday.
Russian city of St. Petersburg reports spike in deaths in May amid COVID-19 outbreak
Russia’s second biggest city of St. Petersburg recorded a death rate last month 32% higher than last year, official data showed on Wednesday, suggesting that there may be more people dying of COVID-19 than are being reported.
