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Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, right, and his defence lawyer Eric Nelson, left, attend closing arguments during Chauvin's murder trial on April 19, 2021 [Pool via Reuters]

Jury considers verdict in murder trial of Derek Chauvin

Former police officer is charged with killing George Floyd, a Black man whose death fuelled global protests.

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Cuba's President and newly-elected First Secretary of the Communist Party Miguel Diaz-Canel speaks during the closing session of the 8th Congress of the Communist Party in Havana, Cuba, on April 19, 2021 [Ariel Ley Royero/ACN via Reuters]

Cuba has a new leader and it’s not a Castro

Miguel Díaz-Canel becomes head of Communist Party, and retains title of president.

While a ceasefire halted full-scale warfare in eastern Ukraine in 2015, sporadic clashes never stopped, and efforts to reach a political settlement have stalled [File: Alexander Ermochenko/Reuters]

EU warns ‘spark’ could set of escalation at Ukraine borders

The shadow of NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity is seen during its first flight on the planet in this still image taken from a video [NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/Handout via Reuters]

NASA Ingenuity helicopter makes historic flight on Mars

The EU has imposed sanctions on 10 military figures as well as its two giant conglomerates [File: Myawaddy TV via AFP]

EU sanctions Myanmar generals as UN urges ASEAN action

A perimeter fence is constructed around what is officially known as a vocational skills education centre in Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, China [File: Thomas Peter/Reuters

China’s treatment of Uighurs is ‘crimes against humanity’: Report

Climate activists in New York hold clocks signifying that time is ticking down to take meaningful action to stop climate breakdown [Timothy A. Claury/AFP]

World on the verge of climate crisis ‘abyss’, warns UN

Central American children play in a public park after they were apprehended with their relatives and sent back to Mexico when trying to cross the border into the US, in Reynosa, Mexico on April 7 [Daniel Becerril/Reuters]

Mexico sees massive increase in children near US border: UNICEF

Addis Ababa said it deployed troops to quell the violence in Amhara state [Eduardo Soteras/AFP]

Why is ethnic violence surging in Ethiopia?

Daunte Wright’s death was followed by protests outside the city’s police station, with some demonstrators hurling objects at officers who have responded at times with gas and rubber bullets before clearing the scene with a riot line [Nicholas Pfosi/Reuters]

Police did not get Daunte Wright swift medical care, witness says


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Cuba's President and newly-elected First Secretary of the Communist Party Miguel Diaz-Canel speaks during the closing session of the 8th Congress of the Communist Party in Havana, Cuba, on April 19, 2021 [Ariel Ley Royero/ACN via Reuters]

Cuba has a new leader and it’s not a Castro

While a ceasefire halted full-scale warfare in eastern Ukraine in 2015, sporadic clashes never stopped, and efforts to reach a political settlement have stalled [File: Alexander Ermochenko/Reuters]

EU warns ‘spark’ could set of escalation at Ukraine borders

The shadow of NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity is seen during its first flight on the planet in this still image taken from a video [NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/Handout via Reuters]

NASA Ingenuity helicopter makes historic flight on Mars

The EU has imposed sanctions on 10 military figures as well as its two giant conglomerates [File: Myawaddy TV via AFP]

EU sanctions Myanmar generals as UN urges ASEAN action

A perimeter fence is constructed around what is officially known as a vocational skills education centre in Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, China [File: Thomas Peter/Reuters

China’s treatment of Uighurs is ‘crimes against humanity’: Report

Climate activists in New York hold clocks signifying that time is ticking down to take meaningful action to stop climate breakdown [Timothy A. Claury/AFP]

World on the verge of climate crisis ‘abyss’, warns UN

Central American children play in a public park after they were apprehended with their relatives and sent back to Mexico when trying to cross the border into the US, in Reynosa, Mexico on April 7 [Daniel Becerril/Reuters]

Mexico sees massive increase in children near US border: UNICEF

Addis Ababa said it deployed troops to quell the violence in Amhara state [Eduardo Soteras/AFP]

Why is ethnic violence surging in Ethiopia?

Daunte Wright’s death was followed by protests outside the city’s police station, with some demonstrators hurling objects at officers who have responded at times with gas and rubber bullets before clearing the scene with a riot line [Nicholas Pfosi/Reuters]

Police did not get Daunte Wright swift medical care, witness says

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Members of Australia Task Group attend a training session conducted by coalition forces for Nineveh police forces at Taji military base north of Baghdad, Iraq, on February 13, 2017 [File: Thaier Al-Sudani/ Reuters]

Australia to hold inquiry into military suicides

Drag queens welcome New Zealand travellers at Sydney airport as quarantine-free travel between Australia and New Zealand begins [Mick Tsikas/AAP Image via Reuters]

Hugs, tears as Australia and New Zealand ‘travel bubble’ starts

Activists in Brisbane have been campaigning for the release of men held at Kangaroo Point immigration centre, a makeshift holding centre for refugees and migrants who came from island detention centres for medical attention [Lux Adams/Al Jazeera]

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The vaccination campaigns are speeding up but rising cases have forced new lockdowns and restrictions around the world [Georgi Licovski/EPA]

COVID roundup: India’s record cases, no masks in Israel

Surfers jump off the rocks at Bronte Beach as large waves hit the Sydney coastline Monday, April 12, 2021 [Mark Baker/ AP]

COVID-free Australia ‘in no hurry’ to open its borders

This satellite image released by NASA shows Tropical Cyclone Seroja bearing down on the coast of Western Australia [NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) via AP]

Cyclone Seroja cuts power to thousands in Western Australia

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Latest Bangladesh News

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Dhaka's streets wear a deserted look following a lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus [Mahmud Hossain Opu/AP]

Bangladesh extends coronavirus lockdown for another week

Protesters set a motorcycle on fire during a clash with police as they demonstrated against Modi's visit in Dhaka on March 26, 2021 [File: Munir Uz zaman/AFP]

Bangladesh cracks down on Islamist group after anti-Modi protests

Workers were protesting over unpaid wages, working hours and alleged discrimination [File: Monirul Alam/EPA]

At least 5 shot dead by police at Bangladesh power plant protests

Migrant people and workers leave Dhaka in speedboats before the countrywide lockdown, at Mawa ferry port in Munshiganj [Mohammad Ponir Hossain/Reuters]

Bangladesh COVID shutdown triggers exodus from capital Dhaka

A few vehicles ply on a usually clogged street during a coronavirus lockdown in Dhaka last week [Al-emrun Garjon/AP]

Bangladesh to impose week-long air travel ban after COVID surge

Bangladeshi police make a rickshaw puller wear a mask as they enforce a lockdown in Dhaka [Al-emrun Garjon/AP]

Bangladesh protest over COVID curbs turns violent, three shot

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Canada’s new budget sets aside billions for pandemic support

Amid surging third wave, Trudeau government unveils first budget in two years with focus on COVID-19 recovery measures.

Canada's Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland watches Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as she delivers the budget in the House of Commons in Ottawa [Blair Gable/Reuters]

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Georgia ruling party, opposition sign EU-brokered deal

Deal seeks to end a months-long political crisis that raised concerns Tbilisi is backsliding on democracy.

Georgia has been locked in a political crisis since the Georgian Dream ruling party won a parliamentary election last October in a vote the opposition said was marred by violations [Vano Shlamov/ AFP]

US officer died of natural causes after Capitol riot: Coroner

Officer Brian Sicknick died from strokes caused by a blood clot in artery to his brain, medical examiner’s report finds.

US Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick was memorialised in the rotunda of the US Capitol on February 3 [File: Demetrius Freeman/Pool via Reuters]

US Supreme Court questions permanent residency for some migrants

Some of the justices are sceptical that some migrants who entered the US illegally should be offered legal citizenship.

The US Supreme Court is casting doubt that migrants who entered the US illegally but have been given Temporary Protected Status (TPS) are able to apply for legal citizenship [File: Will Dunham/Reuters]

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