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Walmart to Stop Keeping 'Multicutural' Beauty Products in Locked Display Cases
Walmart said the practice was in place in about a dozen of its 4,700 stores in the United States and the cases were in place to deter shoplifters from products such as electronics, automotive, cosmetics and other personal care products.
EU Backs Twitter's Decision to Fact-Check Trump's Tweets
The European Commission's top official on countering disinformation praised Twitter for tagging two claims made by Trump last month about postal ballots in US elections.
Longer Hours of Sunlight Linked to Higher Covid-19 Incidence: Study
The research, published in the journal Geographical Analysis, indicates that sunny days can tempt more people out even if this means a higher risk of infection.
Joe Biden Raises $3.5 Million in Fundraiser With Indian-origin US Senator Kamala Harris
Tuesday's fundraiser is the second-largest single event haul so far for the Biden campaign, which raised $4 million at one event earlier this month.
Eiffel Tower in Paris to Welcome Back Visitors from June 25
The Palace of Versailles reopened on June 6 while the Louvre museum will welcome back visitors from July 6.
China's Companies Emerge as Global Donors in Virus Pandemic
Jack Ma, founder of e-commerce giant Alibaba Group and a member of the ruling Communist Party, helped to pay for 1,000 ventilators delivered to New York in April. Ma's foundation also is giving ventilators, masks and other supplies in Africa, Latin Americ...
20 Detained after George Floyd Protest outside US Embassy in Sri Lanka
The arrested people were the activists of the Frontline Socialist Party. They had gathered around the vicinity of the US embassy here.
Minneapolis City Council Votes to Dismantle Police Dept After George Floyd's Death Sparks Protests
Council Member Alondra Cano tweeted that the decision came through "a veto-proof majority of the MPLS City Council."
Father Beheads 14-yr-old Over Runaway Plan with Boyfriend. Even Then Women in Iran are Better Off
The women’s movement in Iran was dismantled as an organized effort in 2009, criminalized on grounds that it threatened national security.
Migrant Worker Virus Exodus Plunges India's Factories into Crisis
The big cities — once an attractive destination for workers from poor, rural regions — have been hit by reverse migration as millions of labourers flee back to their far-flung home villages, some uncertain if they will ever return.
Pakistan Court Issues Notice to Imran Khan in Shahbaz's Defamation Case
Prime Minister Khan in April 2017 alleged that Shahbaz offered him USD 61 million through a common friend to withdraw the Panama Papers case in the Supreme Court.
Global CO2 Measurement Hits Record High in May Despite Pandemic Induced Lockdown
Carbon dioxide recorded at the Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii reached 417 parts per million (ppm) in May, higher than the record of 414.8 ppm set last year.
Floyd Tested Positive for Covid-19 in April: Medical Examiner's Report Leads to Chaos Amid Protests
The report added that there is no indication that the virus played any role in his death.
George Floyd's Killing Shows 'True Face' of US, Says Iran's Supreme Leader
Protests sparked by Floyd's killing by a white police officer in Minneapolis, Minnesota, have raged across the United States for a week and President Donald Trump has ordered the military to intervene.
New York Governor Says Police Failed to Do Their Job to Prevent Looting during Protests
Andrew Cuomo said Mayor Bill de Blasio has underestimated the scope of the problem.
Austria to 'Neutralise' Adolf Hitler's Birthplace with Redesign, Turn it into Police Station
The yellow corner house in the northern Austrian town of Braunau on the border with Germany, where Hitler was born on April 20 1889, was taken into government control in 2016.