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Mill Creek Hotshots set a backfire to protect homes during the Bobcat Fire on September 13, 2020 in Arcadia, California. California wildfires that have already incinerated a record 2.3 million acres this year and are expected to continue till December. The Bobcat Fire, burning in the San Gabriel Mountains, has grown to about 32,000 acres and is only 6% contained. (AFP)World
Trump and Harris head for California as US wildfires ignite political...

The history-making blazes have now burned through nearly five million acres (two million hectares) across the US West

14 Sept 2020 1:41 PM IST

Japans Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga reacts after being elected as new head of Japans ruling Liberal Democratic Party at the partys leadership election in Tokyo on September 14, 2020. - Japans ruling party on September 14 elected chief cabinet secretary Yoshihide Suga as its new leader, making him all but certain to replace Shinzo Abe as the countrys next prime minister. (AFP)World
Japan ruling party elects Yoshihide Suga as PM successor

Given the LDP's legislative majority, Suga is expected to handily win a parliamentary vote Wednesday and become Japan's...

14 Sept 2020 12:37 PM IST

People enjoying the autumn sunshine on Primrose Hill, London, Sunday, Sept. 13, 2020. From Monday, social gatherings of more than six people will be banned in England both indoors and outdoors and Boris Johnson hinted that such restrictions will potentially remain in place until or through Christmas. (AP)World
COVID infections in Europe to spike in Oct, Nov: WHO

The number of cases in Europe has risen sharply in recent weeks, especially in Spain and France

14 Sept 2020 12:14 PM IST

Oregon firefighters put out embers in Mill City, Oregon, on September 10, 2020, as they battle the Santiam Fire. - California firefighters battled the states largest ever inferno on September 10, as tens of thousands of people fled blazes up and down the US West Coast and officials warned the death toll could shoot up in coming days. At least eight people have been confirmed dead in the past 24 hours across California, Oregon and Washington, but officials say some areas are still impossible to reach, meaning the number is likely to rise. (AFP)World
Winds a worry as death toll reaches 35 from US' West Coast fires

Warnings of low moisture and strong winds that could fan the flames added urgency to the battle

14 Sept 2020 11:39 AM IST

New Zealands Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern carries her lunch during an event in Welcome Bay near Tauranga, New Zealand. (AP)World
New Zealand to lift virus curbs in most of country on September 21

New Zealand on Monday reported one new case of coronavirus in the community, taking the total number of cases to 1,447...

14 Sept 2020 11:00 AM IST

Relatives of 12 Hong Kong activists detained at sea by Chinese authorities attend a press conference in Hong Kong, Saturday, Sept. 12, 2020. They called for their family members to be returned to the territory, saying their legal rights were being violated. (AP)World
China calls Hong Kong people arrested at sea 'separatists'

The Shenzhen city police said the 12 Hongkongers were under criminal detention on suspicion of illegally crossing the...

14 Sept 2020 9:51 AM IST

Israeli protesters hold a poster of their prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu gagged by a surgical protection mask during an anti-government demonstration in front of Netanyahus residence in Jerusalem on September 12, 2020, demanding his resignation over several corruption indictments and his handling of the coronavirus crisis. (AFP)World
Israel to set new nationwide lockdown as virus cases surge

Lockdown is credited with having brought down what were much lower infection numbers, but it wreaked havoc on Israel's...

14 Sept 2020 8:43 AM IST

People wearing face masks cross a road in Seoul on September 11, 2020. (AFP)World
South Korea eases virus curbs in Seoul region

Chuseok is one of the South Korea's biggest holidays with millions travelling to visit family in nation's largest annual...

13 Sept 2020 4:34 PM IST

Travel restrictions have eviscerated the tourism-reliant economy, while Thais have founded themselves stuck due to quarantine requirements in other countries (Twitter\\@LemanDLR)World
With travel limited, plane cafes take off in Thailand

Hungry diners appear even to have missed plane food as they gobble up spaghetti carbonara and beef served on plastic...

13 Sept 2020 3:52 PM IST

Image provided by NOAA shows the formation of Tropical Storm Sally. Tropical Storm Sally has formed off south Florida, becoming the earliest 18th-named tropical storm on record in a busy Atlantic hurricane season. (NOAA via AP)World
Hurricane Paulette rolls toward Bermuda; Sally threatens Gulf Coast

Paulette is the strongest in terms of winds of six disturbances the center was tracking in the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf...

13 Sept 2020 3:20 PM IST

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Joseph Scott Pemberton, left, poses as he is turned over to the Bureau of Immigration at the Joint US Military Assistance Group detention facility in Camp Aguinaldo in Quezon city, Philippines on Friday, Sept. 11, 2020. The Philippine president recently pardoned Pemberton in a surprise move that will free him from imprisonment in the 2014 killing of a transgender Filipino woman that sparked anger in the former American colony. (AP)World
Philippines deports US Marine who killed transgender woman

Presidential spokesman Roque said the pardon may have stemmed from the desire to get access to COVID vaccines being...

13 Sept 2020 1:38 PM IST

Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa (left) and Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa. (AFP)World
Sri Lanka's proposed replacement of 19th Amendment faces resistance...

PM Rajapaksa will be the hardest-hit by the amendment, while his brother Gotabaya Rajapaksa will gain full legal...

13 Sept 2020 1:08 PM IST

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