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Donald Trump's younger brother dies at 71

Donald Trump's younger brother dies at 71

-- 2020-08-16 10:19:05

US President Donald Trump's younger brother, Robert Trump, died on Saturday night at the age of 71, according to the White House. "It is with heavy heart I share that my wonderful brother, Robert, pe...

US seizes four Iranian fuel shipments headed to Venezuela

US seizes four Iranian fuel shipments headed to Venezuela

-- 2020-08-15 21:46:07

The United States said on Friday it had confiscated four Iranian fuel shipments that were bound for Venezuela, disrupting a key supply line for both Tehran and Caracas as they defied US sanctions. US...

India legend MS Dhoni retires at 39

India legend MS Dhoni retires at 39

-- 2020-08-15 21:18:48

India great and World Cup-winning captain MS Dhoni has retired, reports BBC. Dhoni, 39, led India to the World Twenty20 title in 2007 and World Cup glory in 2011. "Thanks a lot for your love and sup...

Pressure grows in France to tighten mask rules

Pressure grows in France to tighten mask rules

AP 2020-08-15 19:39:31

Pressure is growing on the French government to require masks in all workplaces and everywhere in public as coronavirus infections resurge. Paris police stepped up mask patrols Saturday as the French...

Maldives receives $197m in aid to fight COVID-19

Maldives receives $197m in aid to fight COVID-19

Xinhua 2020-08-15 19:02:22

The Maldives has received foreign aid amounting to 197 million US dollars amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, local media citing the President's Office reported here Saturday. Policy Secretary of the Presi...

WW2 anniversary: Japan pledges never to repeat tragedy of war

WW2 anniversary: Japan pledges never to repeat tragedy of war

-- 2020-08-15 18:06:42

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, speaking on the 75th anniversary of Japan’s World War Two surrender, pledged never to repeat the tragedy of war and Emperor Naruhito expressed “deep rem...

Indian and Nepali PMs speak for first time since land dispute

Indian and Nepali PMs speak for first time since land dispute

-- 2020-08-15 17:55:21

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Nepali counterpart KP Sharma Oli spoke on Saturday for the first time since a diplomatic spat over a map and a disputed area of territory erupted earlier th...

Coronavirus cases in India exceed 2.5 million

Coronavirus cases in India exceed 2.5 million

-- 2020-08-15 16:50:54

India’s confirmed coronavirus cases have crossed 2.5 million with another biggest single-day spike of 65,002 in the past 24 hours, reports AP, UNB. India is behind the United States and Brazil...

Demonstrators protest against Moon as Seoul scrambles to curb Covid-19 resurgence

Demonstrators protest against Moon as Seoul scrambles to curb Covid-19 resurgence

-- 2020-08-15 16:03:41

A spike in new coronavirus cases in South Korea has prompted authorities to reimpose tighter social distancing curbs in Seoul, but that didn’t stop thousands of demonstrators from protesting aga...

Russia's coronavirus vaccine goes into production

Russia's coronavirus vaccine goes into production

Reuters 2020-08-15 15:19:19

Russia has started manufacturing its new vaccine for Covid-19, the Interfax news agency reported on Saturday, citing the health ministry. Russia has said the vaccine, developed by Moscow’s Gama...

Afghan women’s rights advocate, negotiator injured in attack

Afghan women’s rights advocate, negotiator injured in attack

-- 2020-08-15 15:07:20

A prominent women’s rights advocate and member of the Afghan team tasked with negotiating with the Taliban sustained minor injuries in an attack in Kabul by unknown gunmen, officials said on Sat...

South Africa crime rate plummets during coronavirus lockdown

South Africa crime rate plummets during coronavirus lockdown

-- 2020-08-15 12:48:31

Crime in South Africa dropped by up to 40 per cent during the first three months of its lockdown, official figures show. The police minister said most types of crimes went down between April and June...

India set to mass produce Covid-19 vaccine

India set to mass produce Covid-19 vaccine

Reuters 2020-08-15 12:40:34

India is ready to mass produce Covid-19 vaccines when scientists give the go-ahead, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in his Independence Day speech on Saturday, also launching a national project to r...

Latin America’s coronavirus cases exceed 6 million

Latin America’s coronavirus cases exceed 6 million

-- 2020-08-15 11:04:40

Coronavirus cases in Latin America, the region of the world worst-affected by the pandemic, exceeded 6 million on Friday and continued to accelerate, according to a Reuters tally, as most of its natio...

US loses Iran arms embargo bid as Putin pushes summit to avoid nuclear deal showdown

US loses Iran arms embargo bid as Putin pushes summit to avoid nuclear deal showdown

REUTERS 2020-08-15 09:33:04

The United States lost a bid on Friday to extend a UN arms embargo on Iran as Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed a summit of world leaders to avoid “confrontation” over a US threat...

Pranab Mukherjee in coma, vital parameters stable

Pranab Mukherjee in coma, vital parameters stable

-- 2020-08-14 18:20:08

Former Indian President Pranab Mukherjee is in a comatose state, but his vital parameters are stable, the Research and Referral (R&R) Hospital in India said on Thursday morning. Mukherjee’s...

Militants kill two police in Kashmir

Militants kill two police in Kashmir

-- 2020-08-14 17:53:10

Militants attacked a police team in Kashmir on Friday, killing two officers and wounding one despite tight security in the disputed Muslim-majority region ahead of India's Independence Day. A group o...

Vietnam to buy Russian COVID-19 vaccine

Vietnam to buy Russian COVID-19 vaccine

-- 2020-08-14 16:28:58

Vietnam has registered to buy a Russian COVID-19 vaccine, state television reported on Friday, as it fights a new outbreak after going several months with no local cases. Russia said on Wednesday tha...

Covid-19: India now 4th worst-hit country

Covid-19: India now 4th worst-hit country

-- 2020-08-14 14:45:48

India’s coronavirus death toll rose to 48,040 on Friday, currently the fourth-highest in the world. The country has overtaken the UK whose death tally stands at 46,791, according to the data by...

Afghan govt releases 80 Taliban prisoners

Afghan govt releases 80 Taliban prisoners

Reuters 2020-08-14 12:36:26

The Afghan government has begun releasing the last Taliban prisoners from a final batch of 400 who the militants want freed before they agree to start peace negotiations, a security agency spokesman s...

Israel hails UAE deal but Palestinians dismayed

Israel hails UAE deal but Palestinians dismayed

REUTERS 2020-08-14 12:05:16

Israel talked of “history” and Palestinians of “betrayal” after Thursday’s surprise announcement of a deal to normalise relations between the Jewish state and the United...

Malaysia to lift limit on hiring of foreign workers

Malaysia to lift limit on hiring of foreign workers

Reuters 2020-08-14 10:42:47

Malaysia has decided to lift an earlier limit on the hiring of foreign workers meant to protect jobs for locals in most sectors, the Human Resources Ministry said late on Thursday. Last month, the mi...

Israel, UAE to establish normal ties in deal brokered by Trump

Israel, UAE to establish normal ties in deal brokered by Trump

REUTERS 2020-08-14 10:24:49

Israel and the United Arab Emirates announced on Thursday that they will normalise diplomatic ties and forge a broad new relationship, a move that reshapes the order of Middle East politics from the P...

S’pore launches digital plan for training, adult edu industry

S’pore launches digital plan for training, adult edu industry

-- 2020-08-14 10:10:44

The SkillsFuture Singapore (SSG) and the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA), with support from the Institute for Adult Learning (IAL), jointly launched the Training and Adult Education (TAE)...

Brazil's Bolsonaro calls surging Amazon fires a 'lie'

Brazil's Bolsonaro calls surging Amazon fires a 'lie'

Reuters 2020-08-13 11:45:26

Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro has angrily denied the existence of fires in the Amazon rainforest, calling it a “lie,” despite data produced by his own government showing that tho...

Released tycoon Lai says Hong Kong needs patient, not radical, democracy campaign

Released tycoon Lai says Hong Kong needs patient, not radical, democracy campaign

-- 2020-08-13 11:43:37

Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai said on Thursday he was overwhelmed by the support he got after becoming the most high-profile person to be arrested under a new national security law and urged patien...

India’s coronavirus cases jump by 67,000, setting daily record

India’s coronavirus cases jump by 67,000, setting daily record

-- 2020-08-13 10:47:39

India reported another record daily rise in novel coronavirus infections on Thursday, while the death toll from Covid-19 surpassed 47,000. Infections grew by 66,999 on Thursday from a day earlier to...

Why Kamala Harris may prove a target for Trump

Why Kamala Harris may prove a target for Trump

-- 2020-08-12 22:49:56

Joe Biden’s selection of Senator Kamala Harris as his running mate provides a brand-new target for President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign that has struggled to find an effective lin...

Coronavirus found on Ecuador shrimps in China

Coronavirus found on Ecuador shrimps in China

-- 2020-08-12 20:08:10

A city in China's eastern Anhui province found the novel coronavirus on the packaging of shrimps from Ecuador in the latest instance of the virus being detected on imported products. The coronavirus...

Three killed during India violence over Facebook post

Three killed during India violence over Facebook post

-- 2020-08-12 18:21:24

Three people were killed in the southern Indian city of Bengaluru in India after violence erupted between police and protesters over a reported derogatory Facebook post about the Prophet Mohammad (SM)...