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Russian peacekeepers deploy to Nagorno-Karabakh after ceasefire deal

Russian peacekeepers deploy to Nagorno-Karabakh after ceasefire deal

REUTERS 2020-11-11 15:02:38

Russian peacekeeping troops deployed to Nagorno-Karabakh on Tuesday under a deal that halted six weeks of fighting between Azeri and ethnic Armenian forces, locking in place territorial gains by Azerb...

UN peacekeeping chief contracts Covid-19

UN peacekeeping chief contracts Covid-19

-- 2020-11-11 14:21:59

UN Undersecretary-General for Peace Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix has tested positive for coronavirus (Covid-19), Stephane Dujarric, spokesman for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, said on Tuesd...

Global Covid-19 cases top 51 million

Global Covid-19 cases top 51 million

-- 2020-11-11 12:14:22

The number of confirmed Covid-19 cases has exceeded 51 million globally on Wednesday morning, according to the latest tally from Johns Hopkins University. So far, 1,270,171 fatalities have been repor...

Biden says Trump's refusal to accept defeat 'an embarrassment'

Biden says Trump's refusal to accept defeat 'an embarrassment'

BBC 2020-11-11 11:15:44

Joe Biden has said US President Donald Trump's refusal to concede defeat in last week's White House election is "an embarrassment". But the US president-elect - who has been making contac...

‘Covid-19 vaccine will be a game changer for German economy’

‘Covid-19 vaccine will be a game changer for German economy’

-- 2020-11-10 20:05:33

The availability of a vaccine against the coronavirus would be a game changer for Germany’s economy, boosting growth significantly, the head of the Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW) sai...

How Pfizer vaccine could be cold comfort for some Asian nations

How Pfizer vaccine could be cold comfort for some Asian nations

Reuters 2020-11-10 18:39:48

With tropical heat, remote island communities and a dearth of ultra-cold freezers, many Asian countries aren't betting on Pfizer's experimental vaccine solving their COVID-19 crisis any time soon....

Myanmar should amend its citizenship law, UK says

Myanmar should amend its citizenship law, UK says

-- 2020-11-10 18:01:34

The United Kingdom has sought an amendment to Myanmar's citizenship law to allow everyone to fully participate in Myanmar's political process. "It’s now vital to amend the citizenship laws to e...

Ethiopians including soldiers flee escalating conflict to Sudan

Ethiopians including soldiers flee escalating conflict to Sudan

-- 2020-11-10 17:56:07

Several Ethiopians, including army soldiers, fled the escalating conflict in the restive Tigray region to neighbouring Sudan on Monday, Sudanese state media and residents said. The flare-up in the no...

Saeb Erekat, longtime spokesman for the Palestinians, dies at 65

Saeb Erekat, longtime spokesman for the Palestinians, dies at 65

-- 2020-11-10 17:51:14

Saeb Erekat, a veteran peace negotiator and prominent international spokesman for the Palestinians for more than three decades, died on Tuesday, weeks after being infected by the coronavirus. He was 6...

Armenia, Azerbaijan, Russia sign deal to end war

Armenia, Azerbaijan, Russia sign deal to end war

-- 2020-11-10 16:29:42

Armenia, Azerbaijan and Russia have signed a deal to end the military conflict over the Nagorno-Karabakh region after more than a month of bloodshed. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan first ann...

Biden camp mulls legal action as agency delays recognising transition

Biden camp mulls legal action as agency delays recognising transition

REUTERS 2020-11-10 14:25:26

President-elect Joe Biden’s transition team is considering legal action over a federal agency’s delay in recognising the Democrat’s victory over President Donald Trump in last week&r...

Brazil suspends clinical trial of China's Sinovac corona vaccine

Brazil suspends clinical trial of China's Sinovac corona vaccine

REUTERS 2020-11-10 12:07:30

Brazil’s health regulator has suspended a clinical trial of China’s Sinovac coronavirus vaccine citing a severe adverse event, surprising the trial organisers who countered there had been...

Covid-19 hospitalisations hit record high in US

Covid-19 hospitalisations hit record high in US

REUTERS 2020-11-10 11:54:24

There were just over 59,000 Covid-19 patients in hospitals across the United States on Monday (US standard time), the country’s highest number ever of in-patients being treated for the disease,...

China, Russia await official results before commenting on US election

China, Russia await official results before commenting on US election

-- 2020-11-09 21:20:36

China and Russia held off congratulating US President-elect Joe Biden on Monday, with Bejing saying it would follow usual custom in its response and the Kremlin noting incumbent Donald Trump's vow to...

Suu Kyi's party claims victory in Myanmar as its vote tally shows lead

Suu Kyi's party claims victory in Myanmar as its vote tally shows lead

Reuters 2020-11-09 20:04:09

Myanmar's ruling party said on Monday it had won enough seats in parliament to form the next government, after reporting a lead based on its unofficial count of votes from the country’s second g...

Trump's legal woes likely to deepen after leaving office

Trump's legal woes likely to deepen after leaving office

-- 2020-11-09 18:52:00

Since taking office in January 2017, President Donald Trump has been besieged by civil lawsuits and criminal investigations of his inner circle. With Democrat Joe Biden’s victory, Trump's legal...

Pfizer, BioNTech say their COVID-19 vaccine is more than 90pc effective

Pfizer, BioNTech say their COVID-19 vaccine is more than 90pc effective

Reuters 2020-11-09 18:42:20

Pfizer Inc on Monday said its experimental vaccine was more than 90 per cent effective in preventing COVID-19 based on initial data from a large study, a major victory in the fight against a pandemic...

India records 490 Covid deaths, 45,903 new cases in 24 hrs

India records 490 Covid deaths, 45,903 new cases in 24 hrs

-- 2020-11-09 16:50:12

India has registered 45,903 new cases in the past 24 hours on Monday, bringing the total tally to 8,553,657, said the latest data released by the federal health ministry. With 490 deaths since Sunday...

Iran calls on neighbours to cooperate following Trump's defeat

Iran calls on neighbours to cooperate following Trump's defeat

-- 2020-11-09 16:32:19

Iranian foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif called on his country's neighbours to cooperate in achieving common interests, following US President Donald Trump's defeat in the presidential election....

Myanmar awaits election results, Suu Kyi may get new term

Myanmar awaits election results, Suu Kyi may get new term

-- 2020-11-09 16:19:55

Myanmar authorities are due to release early election results on Monday after what appeared to be an enthusiastic turnout despite fears of the novel coronavirus for a vote that is expected to give lea...

Biden campaign urges federal agency to approve official transfer of power

Biden campaign urges federal agency to approve official transfer of power

-- 2020-11-09 13:56:30

President-elect Joe Biden’s campaign on Sunday urged the Trump political appointee who heads the US General Services Administration to approve an official transition of power despite President D...

Biden prepares for White House as Trump plans to protest his election loss

Biden prepares for White House as Trump plans to protest his election loss

REUTERS 2020-11-09 13:25:28

Democrat Joe Biden began preparing on Sunday to deal with the coronavirus and other problems that will confront him as president of a divided America, while President Donald Trump planned campaign-sty...

US becomes first nation to surpass 10m Covid cases

US becomes first nation to surpass 10m Covid cases

REUTERS 2020-11-09 10:53:03

The United States became the first nation worldwide since the pandemic began to surpass 10 million coronavirus infections, according to a Reuters tally on Sunday, as the third wave of the Covid-19 vir...

Trump will lose special Twitter protections in January

Trump will lose special Twitter protections in January

-- 2020-11-08 22:23:23

US President Donald Trump will be subject to the same Twitter Inc rules like any other user when President-elect Joe Biden takes office on January 20, the social media company confirmed this week. Tw...

Palestinian president congratulates Biden, indicates end to boycott of US

Palestinian president congratulates Biden, indicates end to boycott of US

Reuters 2020-11-08 21:57:05

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Sunday congratulated US President-elect Joe Biden in a statement that indicated he will drop his three-year political boycott of the White House. Abbas had ende...

A checklist of priorities for President Biden

A checklist of priorities for President Biden

Badrul Ahsan 2020-11-08 21:07:21

It has been a historic election. It has been a divisive election. Now that it is all behind him, President-elect Joe Biden will have before him the tough task of restoring the magnificence of American...

China to advance construction of rail line in Tibet

China to advance construction of rail line in Tibet

-- 2020-11-08 20:46:45

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Sunday instructed officials to expedite the construction of the new $47.8 billion railway project connecting the country’s southwest Sichuan province to Linzhi in...

Five US states take measures to eradicate racist language, symbols

Five US states take measures to eradicate racist language, symbols

-- 2020-11-08 20:46:03

Alabama voters reversed themselves from a few years ago and removed racist vestiges of segregation from the state constitution that courts long ago ruled unconstitutional. Rhode Island did a similar a...

British PM says EU trade deal is 'there to be done'

British PM says EU trade deal is 'there to be done'

Reuters 2020-11-08 20:37:11

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Sunday a trade deal with the European Union was “there to be done”, suggesting his view that the agreement’s broad outline was already &l...

Five reasons behind Biden’s victory in US election

Five reasons behind Biden’s victory in US election

ANTHONY ZURCHER, BBC 2020-11-08 20:34:44

After nearly 50 years in public office, and a lifetime of presidential ambitions, Joe Biden has captured the White House. It was not the campaign anyone predicted. It took place amidst a once-in-a-ce...