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Young US poll workers brace for Election Day as virus panic keep elders home

-- 2020-10-18 17:20:49

After scrambling to replace an aging force of poll workers most at risk from the coronavirus, US election officials face the challenge of running the November 03 voting with untested volunteers tasked...

Saudi Arabia allows citizens to perform prayers in Al-Haram Mosque for first time in seven months

-- 2020-10-18 15:16:42

Saudi Arabia allowed its citizens and residents inside the kingdom to perform prayers in one of the most holy religious sites in Islam, Al-Haram mosque in Mecca, for the first time in seven months, st...

Armenia, Azerbaijan accuse each other of violating fresh ceasefire

Reuters 2020-10-18 13:35:17

Armenia and Azerbaijan accused each other on Sunday of violating a new humanitarian ceasefire in fighting over the mountain enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh, hours after it was agreed. The truce agreed on...

Record daily rise in global Covid cases

Reuters 2020-10-18 12:46:49

Global coronavirus cases rose by more than 0.4 million (400,000) for the first time late on Friday, a record one-day increase as much of Europe enacts new restrictions to curb the outbreak. Europe, w...

22 Vietnamese soldiers go missing as landslide hits army barracks

-- 2020-10-18 12:08:34

A landslide early on Sunday left at least 22 soldiers missing in Vietnam’s central province of Quang Tri, the government said, as the Southeast Asian country battles the worst flooding in years....

India begins selecting people for priority Covid-19 vaccines

-- 2020-10-17 20:15:57

India’s coronavirus infections rose by another 62,212 cases over the previous day and a local media report said on Saturday that the government had begun identifying about 300 million people who...

Ardern wins re-election in New Zealand vote

-- 2020-10-17 18:14:34

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern's centre-left Labour Party won a landslide victory in New Zealand's general election on Saturday as voters rewarded her for a decisive response to COVID-19, reports Reute...

US businesswoman 'admits affair' with British PM

-- 2020-10-17 17:41:32

A US tech entrepreneur at the centre of allegations of misconduct involving British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has told a newspaper they did have an affair when he was mayor of London. The Daily Ma...

Austrian foreign minister tests positive for COVID-19 after EU meeting

-- 2020-10-17 17:22:51

Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg has tested positive for the coronavirus and might have caught it at a meeting with his European Union counterparts on Monday, a spokeswoman for his min...

Suspension of drone exports is against alliance spirit, Erdogan tells Trudeau

-- 2020-10-17 17:19:20

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan told Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau that Canada’s suspension of the export of some drone technology was not in line with the spirit of alliance, Erdogan&...

Hundreds of Thai protesters defy cautions in Bangkok

-- 2020-10-17 16:57:42

Hundreds of Thais chanted at protests that popped up across Bangkok on Saturday in defiance of a crackdown on three months of demonstrations aimed at the government and the powerful monarchy, reports...

French police arrest nine after teacher beheaded in Paris suburb

-- 2020-10-17 16:47:39

French police were questioning nine people in custody on Saturday after a suspected Islamist sympathiser beheaded a school teacher in broad daylight on the street in a Paris suburb, police sources sai...

Nawaz Sharif accuses Pakistan's army chief of toppling his government

-- 2020-10-17 16:42:16

Former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Saturday accused the country’s army chief Gen. Qamar Javed Bajwa of toppling his government, pressuring the judiciary, and installing the current...

Ardern’s party holds big lead in New Zealand election initial returns

-- 2020-10-17 13:13:58

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s Labour Party held a big early lead in New Zealand’s general election on Saturday, initial tallies showed after a campaign dominated by her handling of Covid...

Trump raises $248m in September, well short of Biden's $383m

AP 2020-10-17 12:23:08

US President Donald Trump was outraised by Democrat Joe Biden in September and is being outgunned financially by his rival with just weeks to go until Election Day. Trump’s campaign, along with...

Global Covid cases surge past 39 million

-- 2020-10-17 10:26:59

The confirmed global coronavirus cases surpassed 39 million as of Saturday, according to the latest tally of Johns Hopkins University (JHU). The total caseload reached 39,247,785 while the fatalities...

Row breaks out over WHO trial casting doubt on remdesivir as COVID-19 drug

Reuters 2020-10-16 21:46:25

A row broke out on Friday over a World Health Organization (WHO) clinical trial which concluded that the anti-viral drug remdesivir has little or no impact on a patient's chances of surviving COVID-19...

Trump, Biden squabble over virus response

Reuters 2020-10-16 15:18:28

US Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden on Thursday criticised what he called President Donald Trump’s “panicked” response to the coronavirus pandemic, while Trump defended hi...

Global virtual aid conference for Rohingya on Oct22

-- 2020-10-15 22:26:04

A global virtual international donor conference to raise urgently needed humanitarian aid for Rohingya refugees will be held on Oct 22, co-hosted by the United States, the European Union, the United K...

'Things will get worse': London goes into stricter lockdown

Reuters 2020-10-15 21:51:58

London, the world's international financial capital, will enter a tighter COVID-19 lockdown from midnight on Friday as Prime Minister Boris Johnson seeks to tackle a swiftly accelerating second corona...

'Time is running out,' EU cautions, urging measures to avoid new lockdowns

-- 2020-10-15 18:25:56

The European Commission urged member nations on Thursday to step up preparations against the new surge of coronavirus infections and recommended common measures to roll out vaccines should they become...

Tougher Covid-19 restrictions on London from Saturday

BBC 2020-10-15 17:17:22

Millions of Londoners will face tougher Tier 2 Covid measures from Saturday, with a ban on households mixing indoors, the health secretary has said. Essex and other areas will also move to high-alert...

Covid-19 cases set to surge in India during holiday season

-- 2020-10-15 17:15:56

Already on track to overtake the United States with the world’s most novel coronavirus infections, India is bracing for a surge of cases in coming weeks as it heads into its main holiday season...

Kyrgyzstan president Jeenbekov resigns following unrest

-- 2020-10-15 17:10:31

President Sooronbai Jeenbekov resigned on Thursday after days of unrest following a disputed election, saying he wanted to prevent clashes between security forces and protesters who have demanded his...

Thai government bans protests

-- 2020-10-15 12:09:30

Thailand’s government banned protests and police arrested at least three protest leaders on Thursday in the face of escalating demonstrations targeting King Maha Vajiralongkorn as well as Prime...

France orders curfew in nine cities to fight second wave of Covid-19

-- 2020-10-15 11:43:13

French President Emmanuel Macron has announced a night-time curfew in Paris and eight other cities to try to curb the rapid spread of coronavirus. The measure - from 21:00 to 06:00 - will come into e...

Melania Trump reveals son Barron also had Covid-19

Reuters 2020-10-15 10:57:43

US President Donald Trump’s 14-year-old son, Barron, tested positive for Covid-19 but exhibited no symptoms after both of his parents contracted the virus, first lady Melania Trump said on Wedne...

Russia appeals to Armenia and Azerbaijan to "fully meet commitments" under ceasefire deal

REUTERS 2020-10-14 15:44:37

Russia made a new appeal to Armenia and Azerbaijan to stop fighting in and around the mountain enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh after the warring sides accused each other of fresh ceasefire violations on W...

Europe tightens measures amid surge in Covid cases

-- 2020-10-14 13:16:48

The Czech Republic is imposing a three-week partial lockdown shutting schools, bars and clubs, as Europe struggles to contain a sharp rise in Covid-19 cases. The country has the region's highest new...

As virus surges in Malaysia, anti-Rohingya sentiment sweeps Facebook

REUTERS 2020-10-14 12:47:38

As coronavirus infections surged in Malaysia this year, a wave of hate speech and misinformation aimed at Rohingya Muslim refugees from Myanmar began appearing on Facebook. Alarmed rights groups repo...