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US President Trump, wife Melania test positive for Covid-19

US President Trump, wife Melania test positive for Covid-19

REUTERS 2020-10-02 11:30:53

US President Donald Trump said on Friday that he and first lady Melania Trump had tested positive for Covid-19 and would immediately quarantine and begin the “recovery process.” “We...

Former Belgium king's daughter wins legal battle to become princess

Former Belgium king's daughter wins legal battle to become princess

Reuters 2020-10-02 10:26:44

A Belgian artist who has fought a seven-year legal battle to prove that Belgium’s former King Albert II is her father secured a literally crowning success in court on Thursday when she officiall...

Trump to quarantine after close aide tests Covid-positive

Trump to quarantine after close aide tests Covid-positive

REUTERS 2020-10-02 10:21:56

US President Donald Trump said on Thursday he was beginning a quarantine process after Hope Hicks, a top adviser and trusted aide, tested positive for the coronavirus. Hicks travels regularly with th...

Trump administration sued over 'unconstitutional' ICC sanctions

Trump administration sued over 'unconstitutional' ICC sanctions

Reuters 2020-10-01 23:43:56

Human rights lawyers launched a legal challenge on Thursday to US President Donald Trump’s executive order imposing economic sanctions on employees of the world’s permanent war crimes trib...

US big tech cozy up to Biden camp with cash, connections

US big tech cozy up to Biden camp with cash, connections

Reuters 2020-10-01 23:37:31

With a framed Joe Biden poster in the background, Amazon.com Inc’s Jay Carney made no secret of his long history with the presidential candidate while speaking at a virtual policy roundtable dur...

Russian operation masqueraded as right-wing news site to target US voters

Russian operation masqueraded as right-wing news site to target US voters

-- 2020-10-01 21:06:16

The Russian group accused of meddling in the 2016 US election has posed as an independent news outlet to target right-wing social media users ahead of this year’s vote, two people familiar with...

The faces of India's coronavirus pandemic as deaths hit 100,000

The faces of India's coronavirus pandemic as deaths hit 100,000

Reuters 2020-10-01 18:19:29

Eight months after the novel coronavirus arrived in India, the number of deaths from the disease is due to cross 100,000 imminently. Nearly 6.5 million people have been infected in total, second only...

EU takes action over UK's blow to Brexit bill

EU takes action over UK's blow to Brexit bill

-- 2020-10-01 17:24:15

The European Union launched a legal case against the United Kingdom on Thursday for undercutting their earlier divorce deal and a senior UK minister said differences remained in talks on a post-Brexit...

COVID-19 controls turn Asia into global surveillance hotspot, analysts say

COVID-19 controls turn Asia into global surveillance hotspot, analysts say

-- 2020-10-01 17:09:20

Asia has become the world’s surveillance hotspot and is at risk of serious privacy breaches as measures rolled out to contain the spread of COVID-19 become permanent in many countries, researche...

Emergency law in Indian village as gang-rape victim dies

Emergency law in Indian village as gang-rape victim dies

Reuters 2020-10-01 15:39:40

Indian police on Thursday imposed emergency laws in a village where a woman from the lowest rung of the country’s caste system was allegedly raped and killed, barring gatherings of more tha...

India’s Covid cases soar to 6.31 million

India’s Covid cases soar to 6.31 million

-- 2020-10-01 12:03:56

India’s coronavirus case tally increased by 86,821 in the last 24 hours to 6.31 million by Thursday morning, data from the health ministry showed, as the country eased more restrictions to comba...

Japan eases entry restrictions for all countries, but not tourists

Japan eases entry restrictions for all countries, but not tourists

-- 2020-10-01 11:52:58

Japan eased entry restrictions into the country on Thursday for foreigners around the world put in place to combat the spread of coronavirus (Covid-190, although entry is still being refused for touri...

India allows reopening schools in phases, even as coronavirus cases rise

India allows reopening schools in phases, even as coronavirus cases rise

REUTERS 2020-10-01 11:41:16

India's federal government on Wednesday allowed states to reopen schools and other educational institutions in a phased manner, as well as movie theatres, even as the coronavirus cases continue to ris...

Trump-Biden face off: Debate organisers vow to make next one less chaotic

Trump-Biden face off: Debate organisers vow to make next one less chaotic

REUTERS 2020-10-01 11:10:46

US presidential debate organisers vowed on Wednesday to change the rules to rein in unruly behavior after President Donald Trump repeatedly interrupted rival Joe Biden and the moderator in the candida...

6.7-magnitude quake hits Tonga

6.7-magnitude quake hits Tonga

Reuters 2020-10-01 10:17:27

A magnitude 6.7 quake struck off Tonga in the Pacific Ocean on Thursday, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said. The quake, 40 miles (64.57 km) southeast of Neiafu, Tonga, was very shallow - only 6.2 m...

Migrants hoping to reach EU sheltering in Bosnian forests

Migrants hoping to reach EU sheltering in Bosnian forests

-- 2020-09-30 23:14:25

Hundreds of migrants hoping to reach the European Union are sheltering in forests and ruined former factory buildings near Bosnia’s border with Croatia, with the cold setting in and conditions b...

Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf new Kuwait emir

Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf new Kuwait emir

Reuters 2020-09-30 17:08:27

Kuwait's Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf al-Ahmad al-Sabah was named emir by the country's cabinet to succeed his brother Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah who died on Tuesday. The cabinet announcement was re...

More than 60m Indians may have caught Covid-19: study

More than 60m Indians may have caught Covid-19: study

-- 2020-09-30 14:07:04

More than 63 million people in India may have contracted coronavirus (Covid-19), health authorities said on Tuesday -- about 10 times higher than the official reported figures. According to a survey...

Indian court acquits all in Babri mosque demolition case

Indian court acquits all in Babri mosque demolition case

FE Online Report 2020-09-30 13:35:48

Nearly thirty years after the Babri Masjid was razed by a mob in Uttar Pradesh, a special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court in Lucknow on Wednesday acquitted all 32 accused, including BJP le...

60pc watchers say Biden wins first presidential debate, CNN poll shows

60pc watchers say Biden wins first presidential debate, CNN poll shows

CNN 2020-09-30 12:18:18

About 60 per cent or six in 10 US presidential debate watchers said former Vice President Joe Biden did the best job in Tuesday's debate, and just 28 per cent say President Donald Tru...

Biden responds to Trump with post-debate digital onslaught

Biden responds to Trump with post-debate digital onslaught

-- 2020-09-30 11:05:28

A day after Donald Trump’s campaign flexed its digital muscle with a seven-figure ad-buy, Joe Biden’s campaign was responding in kind with a post-debate digital advertising onslaught begin...

Trump, Biden lock horns in chaotic first presidential debate

Trump, Biden lock horns in chaotic first presidential debate

-- 2020-09-30 09:57:31

Republican President Donald Trump and Democratic rival Joe Biden battled fiercely over Trump’s leadership on the coronavirus pandemic, the economy and the integrity of November’s election...

Kuwait's Emir Sheikh Sabah dies

Kuwait's Emir Sheikh Sabah dies

-- 2020-09-29 20:52:50

Kuwait’s ruling Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah died at a hospital in the United States on Tuesday. “With great sadness and sorrow, we mourn … the death of Sheikh Sabah al-Ahma...

Five things to watch as Trump, Biden debate

Five things to watch as Trump, Biden debate

-- 2020-09-29 15:35:10

President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden square off on Tuesday in their first presidential debate. With five weeks to go until the Nov 3 general election, the stakes are high. Here...

Armenian and Azeri forces deploy artillery in preparation for clashes over Nagorno-Karabakh

Armenian and Azeri forces deploy artillery in preparation for clashes over Nagorno-Karabakh

REUTERS 2020-09-29 15:03:02

Armenian and Azeri forces deployed heavy artillery on Tuesday in the latest fighting over the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh, they both said. The Azeri defence ministry said the opposing forces...

Thailand set to restart tourism with flight from China

Thailand set to restart tourism with flight from China

Reuters 2020-09-29 14:19:45

Thailand will receive its first foreign vacationers when a flight from China arrives next week, marking the gradual restart of a vital tourism sector battered by coronavirus travel curbs, a senior off...

On eve of first debate, Biden campaign puts Trump tax issue on front burner

On eve of first debate, Biden campaign puts Trump tax issue on front burner

REUTERS 2020-09-29 14:15:44

Joe Biden’s campaign seized on a fresh line of attack on the eve of the Democratic presidential nominee’s first debate with President Donald Trump, accusing the Republican incumbent of gam...

Amnesty halts its work in India due to reprisal from Indian government

Amnesty halts its work in India due to reprisal from Indian government

-- 2020-09-29 12:57:05

Amnesty International has halted its operations in India and said it had to let go of its staff after its accounts were frozen earlier this month as part of what it called a "witch-hunt" by the govern...

Six decades of US presidential debates: From Kennedy-Nixon to Trump-Biden

Six decades of US presidential debates: From Kennedy-Nixon to Trump-Biden

REUTERS 2020-09-29 11:53:53

Republican President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden face off on Tuesday in a televised presidential debate, part of a 60-year-old tradition marked by some of the most memorable moments of modern...

Covid-19 pandemic hitting women hard: UN survey

Covid-19 pandemic hitting women hard: UN survey

-- 2020-09-29 11:33:51

Most nations are failing to provide enough social and economic protection for women since the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic, two UN agencies said on Monday. Tracking of government policies around t...