Venezuelans awoke to new gasoline prices on Monday — and the realisation that for the first time in decades they will have to pay close to market rates to fill up their tanks frequently when they were used to receiving it for virtually free.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has vowed to do more to end anti-black racism in Canada after days of massive street protests in US and Canadian cities against police brutality.
Rich, adventurous people may soon be able to travel into space – and possibly visit the Moon and Mars - thanks to the wizardry of serial entrepreneur Elon Musk. The Crew Dragon is the first capsule made by a private company to be launched into space, created by Tesla chief Musk’s company, SpaceX.
Every time a black man is murdered in the United States by white cops there’s a cartoon that’s circulated on social media. It depicts a white officer sitting on a stool bending over to ask a little black boy what he wants to do when he grows up. The plaintive response is: “Stay alive.”
The Philippines Trade Department wants lawmakers to pass a 1.3-trillion-peso ($26 billion) stimulus package that will aid the recovery of industries and their displaced workers.
A group of inmates at a women's prison in Honduras used a fire to distract prison officials and murdered six other prisoners.
Cuba’s National Institute of Haematology and Immunology announced it has started a clinical trial to use stem cells in people convalescing from Covid-19.
Venezuelan authorities celebrated on Monday as the first of five Iranian tankers loaded with gasoline docked there, delivering badly needed fuel to the crisis-stricken nation that sits atop the world’s largest oil reserves.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said his government intends to give all workers a minimum of 10 days paid sick leave per year as Canada starts to prepare for a second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic.
All non-essential retailers will be able to reopen in England from 15 June, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced, as part of plans to further ease the lockdown.