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Italy makes masks mandatory outdoors as coronavirus rebounds

Italy makes masks mandatory outdoors as coronavirus rebounds

-- 2020-10-08 13:09:01

Italy on Wednesday made it mandatory to wear face masks outdoors nationwide in an effort to curb the spread of the coronavirus, as new infections jumped to the highest daily tally since April. The de...

Global Covid-19 cases surpass 36 million

Global Covid-19 cases surpass 36 million

-- 2020-10-08 12:38:17

Global coronavirus (Covid-19) cases have exceeded 36 million on Thursday, according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University (JHU). The global case count r...

India declines to test Russia's Sputnik-V Covid-19 vaccine in large study

India declines to test Russia's Sputnik-V Covid-19 vaccine in large study

REUTERS 2020-10-08 12:21:54

India's drug regulator has knocked back a proposal from Dr Reddy's Laboratories Ltd REDY.NS to conduct a large study in the country to evaluate Russia's Sputnik-V Covid-19 vaccine and has asked it to...

Australia immigration law to require ‘English test’ for partner visas

Australia immigration law to require ‘English test’ for partner visas

-- 2020-10-08 11:28:52

Australia will require partners of existing residents to pass an English language test before gaining a permanent visa, its government says.   The controversial immigration requirement, if appr...

Trump's virus response dominates US VP debate between Harris and Pence

Trump's virus response dominates US VP debate between Harris and Pence

REUTERS 2020-10-08 11:07:04

Vice President Mike Pence and Democratic challenger Kamala Harris clashed early and often over the Trump administration’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic during their debate on Wednesday, a...

HRW urges Myanmar to end ‘arbitrary detention’ of Rohingya in Rakhine State

HRW urges Myanmar to end ‘arbitrary detention’ of Rohingya in Rakhine State

FE ONLINE REPORT 2020-10-08 11:02:53

Human Rights Watch (HRW) has urged Myanmar to urgently end the arbitrary and indefinite detention of approximately 130,000 Rohingya Muslims in squalid and abusive camps in Rakhine State. Recent measu...

Trump says catching coronavirus was 'blessing from God'

Trump says catching coronavirus was 'blessing from God'

Reuters 2020-10-08 10:01:19

US President Donald Trump declared that catching the coronavirus was a “blessing from God” that exposed him to experimental treatments he vowed would become free for all Americans, in a vi...

Cellphones in hand, 'Army for Trump' readies poll watching operation

Cellphones in hand, 'Army for Trump' readies poll watching operation

Reuters 2020-10-07 21:01:57

Republicans are mobilising thousands of volunteers to watch early voting sites and ballot drop boxes leading up to November’s election, part of an effort to find evidence to back up President Do...

Kuwait's emir names Sheikh Meshal as crown prince

Kuwait's emir names Sheikh Meshal as crown prince

-- 2020-10-07 17:21:41

Kuwait’s new ruler on Wednesday named veteran security chief Sheikh Meshal al-Ahmad as crown prince, retaining power firmly within the ruling family’s oldest ranks and signalling the OPEC...

Two scientists win Nobel chemistry prize for gene editing tool

Two scientists win Nobel chemistry prize for gene editing tool

-- 2020-10-07 16:47:10

Scientists Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna won the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the development of a method for genome editing, the award-giving body said on Wednesday. “Emmanue...

India's daily Covid-19 infections slow down after scaling highs

India's daily Covid-19 infections slow down after scaling highs

-- 2020-10-07 16:31:09

India reported 72,049 new cases of coronavirus on Wednesday, dropping from the daily highs of last month in a sign infections were peaking for now, officials and experts said, reports Reuters. India...

China says US should drop ‘Cold War’ mentality

China says US should drop ‘Cold War’ mentality

-- 2020-10-07 11:48:16

China said on Wednesday that the United States should stop its unprovoked attacks and accusations against China, accusing US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo of maliciously creating political confrontat...

India’s Covid cases soar to 6.76 million

India’s Covid cases soar to 6.76 million

-- 2020-10-07 11:30:41

India’s tally of coronavirus infections stood at 6.76 million on Wednesday, rising by 72,049 cases in the last 24 hours, health ministry data showed, while the death toll was up 986 at 104,555....

Kyrgyzstan PM quits after post-election protests

Kyrgyzstan PM quits after post-election protests

-- 2020-10-07 10:44:41

Kyrgyzstan's prime minister has resigned after widespread post-election protests which plunged the country into political chaos. Kubatbek Boronov has now been replaced by Sadyr Japarov, who protester...

Biden campaign takes extra measures to keep him safe from Covid-19

Biden campaign takes extra measures to keep him safe from Covid-19

Reuters 2020-10-07 10:19:51

When Jill Biden noticed her husband standing too close to journalists for her comfort while taking questions on Monday, she walked up and pulled the 77-year-old US presidential candidate back. People...

Receiving utmost care, Trump says Americans are learning to live with coronavirus

Receiving utmost care, Trump says Americans are learning to live with coronavirus

-- 2020-10-06 21:45:21

US President Donald Trump on Tuesday said Americans were learning to live with COVID-19, a day after returning from hospital to the White House where he will receive intensive treatment for coronaviru...

US election 2020 may see record turnout as over 4.0m Americans have voted already

US election 2020 may see record turnout as over 4.0m Americans have voted already

Reuters 2020-10-06 20:09:07

Americans are rushing to cast ballots ahead of the November 3 election at an unprecedented pace, early voting numbers show, indicating a possible record turnout for the showdown between President Dona...

Kuwait's cabinet hands in resignation, emir asks PM to prepare for election

Kuwait's cabinet hands in resignation, emir asks PM to prepare for election

-- 2020-10-06 19:33:32

Kuwait's new emir has asked the Gulf state's cabinet to carry on its duties and prepare for parliamentary elections due this year after the prime minister handed in his government's resignation, repor...

Britain rations remdesivir as COVID-19 hospitalisations rise

Britain rations remdesivir as COVID-19 hospitalisations rise

-- 2020-10-06 17:38:30

Britain has rationed its supplies of the antiviral drug remdesivir and is prioritising COVID-19 patients who need it most in the face of rising demand, Britain’s health ministry said on Tuesday,...

Black hole discoveries win 2020 Nobel Prize for Physics

Black hole discoveries win 2020 Nobel Prize for Physics

-- 2020-10-06 16:46:28

Britain’s Roger Penrose, Reinhard Genzel of Germany and US scientist Andrea Ghez won the 2020 Nobel Prize for Physics for their discoveries about one of the most exotic phenomena in the universe...

Singapore PM testified in court in defamation case against blogger

Singapore PM testified in court in defamation case against blogger

-- 2020-10-06 16:35:30

Singapore’s prime minister testified in court on Tuesday in his defamation case against a blogger who shared an online article linking him to Malaysia’s 1MBD money-laundering scandal. As...

China in talks with WHO over assessing its COVID-19 vaccines for global use

China in talks with WHO over assessing its COVID-19 vaccines for global use

-- 2020-10-06 16:18:28

China is in talks to have its locally-produced COVID-19 vaccines assessed by the World Health Organization, as a step toward making them available for international use, a WHO official said on Tuesday...

Singapore offering ‘baby bonus’ to boost births in pandemic

Singapore offering ‘baby bonus’ to boost births in pandemic

-- 2020-10-06 12:43:57

Singapore is offering a one-off payment to encourage people to have babies during the coronavirus pandemic. The worry is that citizens are putting off parenthood as they struggle with financial stres...

Azeris, Armenians blame each other for firing at civilian areas

Azeris, Armenians blame each other for firing at civilian areas

REUTERS 2020-10-06 10:38:49

Azerbaijan and Armenia accused each other on Monday of attacking civilian areas and said the death toll was rising from the deadliest fighting in the South Caucasus region for more than 25 years. NAT...

Trump says not to be afraid of Covid-19 as he returns to White House

Trump says not to be afraid of Covid-19 as he returns to White House

Reuters 2020-10-06 10:07:19

US President Donald Trump told Americans “to get out there” and not fear Covid-19 as he returned to the White House on Monday (local time) after a three-night hospital stay to be treated f...

Saudi business leader calls for boycott of Turkish products

Saudi business leader calls for boycott of Turkish products

-- 2020-10-05 21:17:21

The head of Saudi Arabia’s Chambers of Commerce has called for a boycott of Turkish products amid merchants’ reports that animosity between Ankara and Riyadh is hindering the flow of goods...

Trump's medical status not clear, doctors say he could be discharged on Monday

Trump's medical status not clear, doctors say he could be discharged on Monday

-- 2020-10-05 17:24:53

President Donald Trump could be discharged from the hospital where he is being treated for COVID-19 as soon as Monday, according to his doctors, although his condition remains unclear and outside expe...

Armenia, Azerbaijan accuse each other of striking civilian areas

Armenia, Azerbaijan accuse each other of striking civilian areas

-- 2020-10-05 16:42:30

Armenia and Azerbaijan accused each other on Monday of attacking civilian areas on a ninth day of fighting, the deadliest in the South Caucasus region for more than 25 years. Hundreds of people were...

Three scientists get Nobel Prize in  Medicine for discovery of Hepatitis C virus

Three scientists get Nobel Prize in Medicine for discovery of Hepatitis C virus

Reuters 2020-10-05 16:34:28

Two American and one British-born scientist won the 2020 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for work in identifying the Hepatitis C virus, which causes cirrhosis and liver cancer, the award-giving...

US states see record increases in Covid-19 cases as cold weather approaches

US states see record increases in Covid-19 cases as cold weather approaches

Reuters 2020-10-05 13:14:29

Nine US states have reported record increases in Covid-19 cases over the last seven days, mostly in the upper Midwest and West where chilly weather is forcing more activities indoors. On Saturday alo...