As clashes left more than a dozen people dead, hundreds injured and businesses and infrastructure damaged,&nbsp;Chilean President Sebasti&aacute;n Pi&ntilde;era has been forced to cancel two major international summits. There were violent faceoffs between the riot police and demonstrators in Santiago on Wednesday with shops vandalised and buildings set on fire. Demonstrators, who have been protesting for nearly two weeks now, have been demanding&nbsp;economic equality and better public services.
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As clashes left more than a dozen people dead, hundreds injured and businesses and infrastructure damaged, Chilean President Sebastián Piñera has been forced to cancel two major international summits. There were violent faceoffs between the riot police and demonstrators in Santiago on Wednesday with shops vandalised and buildings set on fire. Demonstrators, who have been protesting for nearly two weeks now, have been demanding economic equality and better public services.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has lifted the country&rsquo;s nationwide state of emergency, ending restrictions in the remaining areas where the order was still in effect. Abe said the country had managed to control the spread of Covid-19 since issuing the order in some areas on 7th April, then later extending it nationwide.&nbsp;Japan has been easing restrictions since mid-May, but kept several areas, including Tokyo under strict surveillance. Japan has recorded a relatively low number of cases and deaths in comparison to other major economies. As of Monday, Japan had recorded 820 coronavirus-related deaths and 16,550 infections.

China has decided to evacuate its citizens, including students, tourists and businessmen, from India who are facing&nbsp;&lsquo;difficulties&rsquo;&nbsp;in the country and want to return home in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.&nbsp;The Chinese embassy put out a notice on its website on Monday, asking those wanting to return home to book tickets in special flights.&nbsp;The notice by the Chinese embassy said the people opting to return home will have to accept all quarantine and epidemic prevention arrangements during the flight as well as after entering China.&nbsp;The move to evacuate its citizens comes in the wake of India emerging as the 10th worst-hit country by the deadly virus, which has infected nearly 1.40 lakh people in India.&nbsp;

Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says his government will compile a fresh stimulus package worth about $930 billion to provide financial support for companies hit by the coronavirus pandemic. The package would bring the amount of spending to more than $1.9 trillion as the government had earlier compiled a 117 trillion yen stimulus package. The world's third-largest economy has fallen into a recession.

Germany's economy has been pushed into a recession in the first quarter, the govt confirmed on Monday. The 2.2% contraction is the steepest since the financial crisis of 2008 and the second-steepest since the country's reunification in 1990.&nbsp;The official statistics released on Monday confirm preliminary data from earlier this month and show a slump in exports, private consumption, and capital investments.&nbsp;Experts expect a much bigger drop in the second quarter, April to June, as most of the lockdown measures were only introduced in mid-March.

China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Sunday said the country is "open" to international research on the origin of the new coronavirus with the World Health Organization taking the lead, but will not accept any lawsuit demanding the country pays compensation to the victims. He said the trace of virus origin must be based on science and not politics. Talking about the possible lawsuit Yi said those who would bring such litigation against China would be "daydreaming and bring disgrace to themselves"

A few demonstrators gathered near the exit of the Trump National Club in Sterling, Virginia, on Sunday as President Donald Trump departed the venue after spending most of the day on the links playing golf. The protesters waved signs criticising the US administration's handling of the coronavirus pandemic and as the presidential motorcade passed them, they could be heard chanting "Stop killing us!". The US leads the world with more than 1.6 million confirmed coronavirus cases, and a death toll that is expected to surpass 100,000 later this week, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University.

Several were injured after a shooting erupted at a Florida beachside road, where more than 200 people gathered and were seen partying and dancing despite pandemic restrictions on Saturday night. Local authorities&nbsp;released helicopter images showing the large Memorial Day weekend crowds surrounding a car outside a beachfront mall as men stood on the sunroof and out the windows throwing money around and blocking traffic. The Daytona Beach Police and the sheriff's office said on Twitter that a shooting that ensued near the beach on Saturday night&nbsp;sent several people to the hospital with wounds. Law enforcement agencies say no arrests have been made.
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US President Donald Trump says he's doing fine after taking a two-week course of anti-malaria drug for Covid-19. Trump said that he was taking hydroxychloroquine and a zinc supplement, adding that the regimen was meant to help prevent infection after two White House staffers tested positive for the coronavirus. The Trump administration has pushed the drug as potential prophylaxis for Covid-19 going against warnings of many top medical professionals.

An earthquake of magnitude 5.8 struck near New Zealand&rsquo;s capital on Monday morning, shaking many residents including Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern who calmly continued with a live TV interview at the parliament building. Although no damages were reported, the quake lasted for more than 30 seconds, causing panic in areas of Wellington.
&ldquo;Quite a decent shake here ... if you see things moving behind me. The beehive moves a little more than most. I&rsquo;m not under any hanging lights and I look like I am in a structurally strong place,&rdquo; she assured.
New Zealand lies on the seismically active 'Ring of Fire', a 40,000-km arc of volcanoes and ocean trenches girdling much of the Pacific Ocean.

British PM Boris Johnson's aide Dominic Cummings is facing a police probe under UK's health laws for allegedly breaking self-isolation and lockdown rules twice by travelling 30 miles to the holiday spot of Barnard Castle with his family, at a time when non-essential travel was barred. Cummings had been self-isolating after developing Covid-19 symptoms, which he admitted. Amid growing pressure from Conservative MPs to sack him, Prime Minister Boris Johnson, at a Downing Street press conference defended Cummings, saying that he acted 'responsibly, legally and with integrity'. Johnson said Cummings followed the instincts of a father and there was nothing wrong with it.

The United States has imposed travel restrictions on foreign nationals who have been to Brazil in the last 14 days. Brazil has recorded more than 360,000 Covid-19 cases, with over 22,000 deaths due to the virus. Non-Americans who have been in Brazil in the two weeks will be denied entry. The restriction will not affect trade between the two countries. The travel ban will not apply to US citizens, or to the spouse, parent, legal guardian, or child of a US citizen or lawful permanent resident, and most siblings under the age of 21.

China on Sunday said that the&nbsp;United States is pushing relations with Beijing to &lsquo;the brink of a new Cold War&rsquo;.&nbsp;Chinese foreign minister&nbsp;Wang Yi said the United States had been infected by a&nbsp;&lsquo;political virus&rsquo;&nbsp;compelling figures there to continually attack China.&nbsp;Longstanding friction between the two powers over trade, human rights and a range of other issues have been pushed to new heights since the virus outbreak.&nbsp;Washington&rsquo;s criticism has been widely seen in the United States as an attempt by Trump to divert attention from the White House&rsquo;s own Covid-19 failures. Wang said his country was open to an independent probe to identify&nbsp;the source of the virus.&nbsp;

While speculation is on regarding the resumption of international travel in the country, the govt has issued guidelines for such arrivals. All passengers arriving in India by air or land or water will have to give an undertaking at the time of boarding that will be undergo 14 days of quarantine - 7 days paid institutional quarantine followed by 7 days of home isolation. Passengers maybe allowed to isolate themselves at home for all 14 days in case of exceptional reasons like pregnancy, death in the family, passengers with children below 10 years, depending on the receiving state. All passengers need to have the Aarogya&nbsp;Setu&nbsp;app. All&nbsp;passengers will also have fill a self-declaration form in flight, ship or bus and hand over a copy of the same to officials at the destination airport, seaport or landport.&nbsp;

Hundreds of protesters took to the streets of Hong Kong on Sunday in a bid to oppose China's decision to impose a controversial&nbsp;national security law, which, as per the critics, threatens the city's autonomy and civil liberties.&nbsp;Hong Kong police fired tear gas on crowds of protesters&nbsp;gathered in Causeway Bay, a popular shopping district, in an attempt to disperse the demonstrators.

Kim Jong Un chaired a meeting of the Workers' Party Central Military Commission to discuss bolstering North Korea's nuclear arsenal and putting strategic armed forces on a high alert.&nbsp;Taken at the meeting were crucial measures for considerably increasing the firepower strike ability of the artillery pieces of the Korean People's Army, North Korean news agency&nbsp;KCNA&nbsp;said.&nbsp;It was the supreme leader's first known public appearance in about three weeks. In early May, Kim quelled rumours about his health by attending a ceremony of a fertiliser factory in his first public activities in 20 days.
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The Chinese virology institute in Wuhan where Covid-19 first emerged had three live strains of the bat coronavirus on-site, but none match the new contagion wreaking chaos across the world. Scientists think Covid-19, which has killed some 3 lakh people worldwide -- originated in bats and could have been transmitted to people via another mammal. Director of the Wuhan lab told Chinese state media that claims made by US President Donald Trump and others, that the virus could have leaked from the facility were 'pure fabrication'.

The New York Times has devoted Sunday&rsquo;s entire front page to a long list of names of people who have died in the coronavirus pandemic.&nbsp;The names and brief descriptions culled from obituaries from around the country fill six columns under the headline &ldquo;US Deaths Near 100,000, an Incalculable Loss,&rdquo; with a subheadline reading: &ldquo;They Were Not Simply Names on a List. They Were Us.&rdquo; According to data from Johns Hopkins University,&nbsp;more than 96,000 people have died of Covid-19 in the United States.

The Taliban have announced a ceasefire with the Afghan government that will start from Sunday as Eid begins. The move was welcomed by President Ashraf Ghani after a rise in attacks by the hardline Islamist group in recent weeks. This is the third time that the Taliban have declared a temporary truce since the conflict began. A similar ceasefire was announced for Eid in 2018 but was not extended.

Demonstrators rallied in California on Saturday to protest against stay-at-home orders even as restrictions eased across much of the state. An airplane flew above the protest venue slamming Governor Gavin Newsom and the words "End his tyranny!" Many protesters were seen with flags and signs supporting Donald Trump. Very few people wore masks and there was little room for social distancing.

China is preparing to set up national security agencies in Hong Kong to deal with pro-democracy agitators. This a day after Beijing introduced a controversial national security law to firm up control over the former British colony. Currently, a Chinese Military garrison comprising over 10,000 troops -- mainly a symbolic presence for external defence -- is stationed in Hong Kong. The public order is maintained by the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government.&nbsp;The bill is a political bombshell for the former British colony as China has decided to bypass the local legislative council.

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