Australian authorities are taking legal action to try to stop a Black Lives Matter protest scheduled to take place in Sydney on Saturday, citing the risk of an outbreak of COVID-19 given the large numbers expected to attend.
The American Civil Liberties Union sued the Trump administration Thursday, alleging officials violated the civil rights of protesters who were forcefully removed from a park near the White House.
Lisa Holton and her two young sons were passing through Yukon when they got an unwelcome reception from some people In Whitehorse.
Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, has shared her sadness about racial divisions in the United States, telling students at her former high school that she felt moved to speak out because the life of George Floyd mattered.
The U.S. government is working with drug makers to maximize availability of influenza vaccines, worried that a substantial flu season on top of another wave of the novel coronavirus could swamp the health care system this fall, a top U.S. health official said on Thursday.
Three white men who were charged with murder months after the fatal shooting of a black man in rural Georgia had a court hearing on Thursday by video link from jail following a week of angry protests in the U.S. over law enforcement biases against victims of colour.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has declared a state of emergency in a region of Siberia after an estimated 18,000 tonnes of diesel fuel spilled from a power plant storage facility and fouled waterways.
Madeleine McCann, the British girl who disappeared in Portugal in 2007 at age three, is dead, Germany's prosecutor said on Thursday after identifying an imprisoned German child abuser as a murder suspect.
Demonstrations in cities across the U.S. to condemn racism and police abuses remained large but turned notably more subdued on the eve of a Thursday memorial service for George Floyd, which kicks off a series of events to mourn the man whose death empowered a national movement.
The United Nations and the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement are urging governments and others to unite in developing a "people's vaccine" to protect everyone against the novel coronavirus. Read on for a look at what's happening around the world Thursday, as the global case number tops 6.5 million.
Drew Brees was sharply criticized by fellow high-profile athletes, including some of his own teammates, on Wednesday after the Saints quarterback reiterated his opposition to kneeling during the U.S. national anthem.
Chinese regulators said Thursday more foreign airlines will be allowed to fly to China as anti-coronavirus controls ease but it was unclear whether the change will defuse a fresh conflict with the Trump administration over air travel.
