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At least six children killed in attack on Cameroonian school

At least six children killed in attack on Cameroonian school

-- 2020-10-24 21:49:06

Gunmen killed at least six children and badly wounded about eight others when they stormed a school in Cameroon's Anglophone South West Region on Saturday and opened fire indiscriminately, officials a...

Azerbaijan, Armenia forces engage in new clashes after Washington talks

Azerbaijan, Armenia forces engage in new clashes after Washington talks

-- 2020-10-24 19:19:35

New clashes broke out between Azerbaijan and ethnic Armenian forces over Nagorno-Karabakh a day after talks in Washington to try to end the deadliest fighting in the mountain enclave in more than a qu...

Malaysian PM wants state of emergency, suspension of parliament

Malaysian PM wants state of emergency, suspension of parliament

-- 2020-10-24 19:07:28

Malaysia's Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin has asked King Al-Sultan Abdullah to declare a state of emergency and to suspend the parliament, a move that opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim denounced as an...

Europe becomes second region to cross 250,000 deaths

Europe becomes second region to cross 250,000 deaths

-- 2020-10-24 17:50:05

Europe became the second region after Latin America to surpass 250,000 deaths on Saturday, according to a Reuters tally, with record numbers of daily COVID-19 infections reported in the past two weeks...

Global Covid-19 cases exceed 42 million

Global Covid-19 cases exceed 42 million

-- 2020-10-24 14:49:46

The worldwide confirmed cases of coronavirus (Covid-19) have surpassed 42 million on Saturday, according to data by Johns Hopkins University (JHU). Till now, 42,203,732 people have been tested positi...

Asia becomes second region to exceed 10m Covid cases

Asia becomes second region to exceed 10m Covid cases

Reuters 2020-10-24 14:12:27

Asia surpassed 10 million infections of the new coronavirus on Saturday, the second-heaviest regional toll in the world, according to a Reuters tally, as cases continue to mount in India despite a slo...

Sudan agrees to normalise relations with Israel, Trump announces

Sudan agrees to normalise relations with Israel, Trump announces

-- 2020-10-24 13:50:20

Sudan is to normalise relations with Israel - the latest in a series of Arab League countries to do so. At the same time, US President Donald Trump has removed Sudan from the US list of state sponsor...

Joe Biden pledges free Covid-19 vaccines for all if elected

Joe Biden pledges free Covid-19 vaccines for all if elected

-- 2020-10-24 12:05:22

US Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden has said that if elected, he will make coronavirus (Covid-19) vaccines free for all Americans. "Once we have a safe and effective vaccine, it has to be fr...

UN celebrates 75th anniversary today

UN celebrates 75th anniversary today

FE Online Desk 2020-10-24 11:10:36

Today (Saturday), October 24, marks the 75th anniversary of the first meeting of the United Nations (UN). The day is known as United Nations Day. The global accord which greeted the UN’s format...

Why the Pennsylvania vote count might throw US into political crisis

Why the Pennsylvania vote count might throw US into political crisis

Reuters 2020-10-23 22:56:54

Here in the birthplace of American democracy, election officials are scrambling to prepare for a presidential vote they fear could plunge the nation into a historic political crisis. Philadelphia&rsq...

US records second-highest single-day rise in COVID-19 infections since pandemic began

US records second-highest single-day rise in COVID-19 infections since pandemic began

Reuters 2020-10-23 20:52:56

The number of new COVID-19 cases reported in the United States on Thursday was the second highest on record, coming in just short of a midsummer peak as the spread of the novel coronavirus accelerates...

Coronavirus spreading more quickly than in spring: Expert

Coronavirus spreading more quickly than in spring: Expert

-- 2020-10-23 19:49:31

The coronavirus virus is spreading more quickly than during its initial outbreak in the spring, French government scientific advisor Arnaud Fontanet said on Friday, in one of the starkest warnings yet...

France extends curfew as COVID second wave surges in Europe

France extends curfew as COVID second wave surges in Europe

Reuters   2020-10-23 18:33:06

France extended curfews to around two thirds of its population on Thursday and Belgium's foreign minister was taken into intensive care with COVID-19, as the second wave of the pandemic surged across...

Fastest food: The Thai street cooks who get to protests first

Fastest food: The Thai street cooks who get to protests first

Reuters 2020-10-23 17:27:45

Thai street food sellers have earned the nickname "CIA" for the intelligence that helps them reach protests not only before police, but before many protesters too. Selling everything from fishballs a...

Russian hackers attack US state, aviation networks

Russian hackers attack US state, aviation networks

-- 2020-10-23 17:07:09

Hackers allegedly sponsored by Russia have been trying to break into US state and local government computer networks and in two instances were successful, US government agencies said on Thursday in th...

Turning point in Thailand: Queen's brush with protest

Turning point in Thailand: Queen's brush with protest

Reuters 2020-10-23 16:58:40

A defining moment in Thailand's growing protest movement started with the unannounced arrival of a champagne-coloured Rolls Royce stretch limousine on a Bangkok street. When Queen Suthida's motorcade...

Libya sides reach ceasefire deal: UN

Libya sides reach ceasefire deal: UN

REUTERS 2020-10-23 15:54:07

Libya’s warring sides signed an agreement for “a permanent ceasefire in all areas of Libya”, the United Nations Libya mission said in a Facebook post on Friday, showing live video of...

On war anniversary, Xi says China's interests won't be undermined

On war anniversary, Xi says China's interests won't be undermined

REUTERS 2020-10-23 14:16:34

Seventy years after Chinese troops entered the Korean War to fight against US troops, President Xi Jinping said on Friday that China will never allow its sovereignty, security and development interest...

Europe daily virus cases double in 10 days

Europe daily virus cases double in 10 days

Reuters 2020-10-23 11:52:26

Europe’s reported coronavirus cases more than doubled in 10 days, crossing 200,000 daily infections for the first time on Thursday, according to a Reuters tally, with many Southern European coun...

Trump, Biden clash hard over pandemic in final debate

Trump, Biden clash hard over pandemic in final debate

REUTERS 2020-10-23 10:34:04

US President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden offered sharply contrasting views on the still-raging coronavirus pandemic at Thursday’s final presidential debate, seeking to persu...

Germany issues travel warnings as COVID-19 surges in Europe

Germany issues travel warnings as COVID-19 surges in Europe

Reuters 2020-10-22 22:00:02

Germany warned on Thursday against travel to neighbouring countries, Belgium's foreign minister went into intensive care and Spain said COVID-19 was "out of control" in many areas, as governments acro...

India allows entry of foreign visitors after eight months

India allows entry of foreign visitors after eight months

-- 2020-10-22 21:26:52

India on Thursday allowed the entry of international visitors by relaxing the visa restrictions, imposed in March due to the Covid-19 pandemic, for all foreigners except tourists. In a statement, the...

Spain first European nation to top 1.0m COVID-19 cases

Spain first European nation to top 1.0m COVID-19 cases

-- 2020-10-22 19:30:47

Spain became the first Western European country to exceed 1 million COVID-19 infections on Wednesday, doubling its tally in just six weeks despite a series of increasingly stringent measures to contro...

Doctors in Delhi see jump in breathing issues amid COVID-19, pollution

Doctors in Delhi see jump in breathing issues amid COVID-19, pollution

-- 2020-10-22 19:07:53

Top doctors in New Delhi are reporting a jump in respiratory problems among its residents, coinciding with the onset of peak pollution season in India’s capital and raising concerns about compli...

EU awards human rights prize to Belarus opposition

EU awards human rights prize to Belarus opposition

AP 2020-10-22 18:43:50

The European Union on Thursday awarded its top human rights prize to the Belarus opposition movement and its leader, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, for their challenge to President Alexander Lukashenko's l...

India may join US satellite deal to counter China

India may join US satellite deal to counter China

Reuters 2020-10-22 16:20:20

India is closing in on an agreement with the United States that will give it access to satellite data for better accuracy of missiles and drones, government and industry officials said, as it tries to...

Will the honeymoon period for Saudi Arabia-US ties end with Biden win?

Will the honeymoon period for Saudi Arabia-US ties end with Biden win?

REUTERS 2020-10-22 16:03:29

Saudi Arabia’s crown prince enjoyed a near free pass under his personal relationship with US President Donald Trump, but the kingdom’s brazen young leader will have to tread more carefully...

Global Covid-19 cases surpass 41 million

Global Covid-19 cases surpass 41 million

-- 2020-10-22 13:58:07

More than 41 million people have been infected with coronavirus (Covid-19) globally on Thursday, according to the data from Johns Hopkins University (JHU).  The total number of infections aroun...

Thailand backtracks on protest ban

Thailand backtracks on protest ban

-- 2020-10-22 12:19:16

Thailand on Thursday rolled back an emergency decree aimed at ending months of protests against the government and monarchy that had only inflamed anger and brought tens of thousands of people onto Ba...

Australia allows international students to return

Australia allows international students to return

-- 2020-10-22 12:10:15

The Australian government has approved a plan for international students to return to South Australia (SA). Under the plan, which was proposed by Adelaide University, the University of South Australi...