The Democratic-led US House of Representatives took up the issues of police violence and racial injustice in America on Wednesday in the first congressional hearing since the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis sparked protests around the world.

'Stop the pain', says George Floyd's brother in first congressional hearing since his death

The White House on Wednesday defended US President Donald Trump's promotion of an unsubstantiated conspiracy theory about a 75-year-old protestor injured by police in Buffalo, saying it was Trump's "prerogative" to raise questions about the incident.

White House defends Trump's conspiracy theory tweet on Buffalo protestor

A toppled statue of a 17th Century English slave trader will be retrieved from the harbour and exhibited in a museum, Bristol City Council said on Wednesday. Anti-racism protestors pulled down the statue of Edward Colston in Bristol on Sunday and threw it into the harbour, triggering a debate about Britain's imperial past -- while protesting over the weekend against the killing of 46-year-old African-American George Floyd in the US.

Toppled statue of English slave trader to be moved to a museum

Indian and Chinese armies on Wednesday held Major General-level talks with an aim to end the military standoff in Pangong Tso and a number of other areas in eastern Ladakh, people familiar with the development said.

Eastern Ladakh row: India, China hold Major General-level talks

Deforestation of Brazil's Amazon rainforest was worse than previously reported in 2019, revised government data showed on Tuesday, during the first year of President Jair Bolsonaro, who is keen to develop the forest crucial to curbing global warming.

Brazil deforested 10,000 square km of Amazon rainforest in 2019, up 34% on year

Y Combinator CEO Michael Seibel is set to join Reddit's Board of Directors, replacing the company's co-founder Alexis Ohanian. Ohanian, the husband of tennis star Serena Williams, had quit from his seat on the board of the social news company to be given to a black candidate.

Reddit names first black board member after Alexis Ohanian quits

Sri Lanka's twice-postponed parliamentary polls will now be held on August 5 by following the COVID-19 health guidelines, election commission chairman Mahinda Deshapriya announced on Wednesday.

Sri Lanka sets August 5 date for parliamentary polls

Facebook, Google and Twitter should provide monthly reports on their fight against disinformation, two senior EU officials said on Wednesday as they called out Russia and China for their roles in the spread of fake news.

EU asks Facebook, Twitter, Google to report monthly on fake news fight

A Russian factory has recalled a model of ventilator was linked to two fatal hospital fires in May. State healthcare regulator documents on Wednesday corroborated this -- as a tool to carry out further safety tests.

Russian factory recalls ventilator model linked to hospital fires

Saturn's largest moon -- known to Earth by the name of Titan -- is moving away from its planet a hundred times faster than previously established, a new study claims.

Saturn's moon Titan is rapidly moving away from the planet

South Korea has said it would take legal action against two organisations that conduct sending propaganda and contraband into the North. This has come in the aftermath of North Korea suspending communication hotlines with the South over such defectors.

South Korea to take legal action against defectors sending messages to the North

An education minister in Madagascar has been sacked after an alleged plan to order lollipops worth $2 million for school children. Rijasoa Andriamanana, Madagascar’s education minister, had ordered the candies to help mask the bitter aftertaste of a still-untested herbal remedy for coronavirus, according to the BBC.

Madagascar minister sacked over $2M candy plan

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