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A health worker checks the temperature of people to protect against the coronavirus in Pyongyang, North Korea. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)

North Korea issues shoot-to-kill orders to prevent virus: US

The impoverished country has not confirmed even a single case of coronavirus till now since it first emerged in China,...

11 Sept 2020 12:04 PM IST

Japanese MV Wakashio, a bulk carrier ship that recently ran aground off the southeast coast of Mauritius, can be seen from the coast of Mauritius. The oil spill disaster turned deadly this week when a tugboat leaving the shipwreck collided with a barge and sank, killing at least three sailors, police said Tuesday Sept. 1, 2020. (AP)

Mauritius oil spill ship operator to pay $9.4 million

More than 1,000 tonnes of oil is believed to have leaked from the ship, with the rest siphoned out before it spilled

11 Sept 2020 11:36 AM IST

Flames lick above vehicles on Highway 162 as the Bear Fire burns in Oroville, Calif., on Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020. The blaze, part of the lightning-sparked North Complex, expanded at a critical rate of spread as winds buffeted the region. (AP)

10 now dead in massive Northern California wildfire

The weeks-old fire was about 50% contained when winds thrashed it into explosive growth on Tuesday

11 Sept 2020 11:01 AM IST

An activist from the Extinction Rebellion climate change group shows a message written on her hand as she is taken away in a police van after being arrested for locking herself to railings outside UKs parliament in central London on September 10, 2020 on the final day of their new series of mass rebellions. - Climate change protesters have put on 10 days of demonstrations, held across the country by activist group Extinction Rebellion. (AFP)

Bare-chested women lock themselves to UK parliament in climate protest

On Saturday, protesters blockaded distribution of two newspapers they accuses of failing to accurately report on climate...

11 Sept 2020 10:19 AM IST

As state counsellor, Suu Kyi does not oversee the military, but she has repeatedly denied accusations that the army committed genocide against the Rohingya.(AFP)

EU Parliament suspends Suu Kyi from Sakharov Prize community over...

A long-time political prisoner before coming to power, Suu Kyi was once admired for her non-violent struggle against...

11 Sept 2020 9:18 AM IST

The vaccine is a collaborative mission between Hong Kong and the Chinese mainland that involves researchers from the University of Hong Kong, Xiamen University, and Beijing Wantai Biological Pharmacy. (AFP)

China approves first nasal spray COVID-19 vaccine for trials

The nasal spray vaccination could generate double protection for vaccine recipients - influenza and the novel...

11 Sept 2020 8:48 AM IST

Fire burns in the port in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, Sept. 10. 2020. A huge fire broke out Thursday at the Port of Beirut, triggering panic among residents traumatized by last months massive explosion that killed and injured thousands of people. (AP)

Large fire erupts in Beirut port area, a month after massive blast

The fire erupted in the duty free zone of the port, sending a huge column of smoke above the city

10 Sept 2020 5:00 PM IST

Democratic presidential nominee and former Vice President Joe Biden delivers remarks in the parking lot outside the United Auto Workers Region 1 offices on September 09, 2020 in Warren, Michigan.(AFP)

Russian hackers suspected in targeting Biden campaign firm

US intelligence agencies have raised alarms about possible efforts by foreign governments to interfere in the November...

10 Sept 2020 4:50 PM IST

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny. (AFP)

Navalny's condition improving, police guard stepped up

The Kremlin critic is being treated in Berlin's Charite hospital after falling ill on a Russian domestic flight last...

10 Sept 2020 3:15 PM IST

President Donald Trump arrives to speak at a campaign rally at Smith Reynolds Airport, in Winston-Salem. (AP)

Here's what Bob Woodward's book 'Rage' says about Donald Trump

Woodward is reported to have done 18 interviews with Trump for the book, due to be published September 15

10 Sept 2020 2:42 PM IST

A man looks at his phone as he sits in front of a mural of a koala in Melbourne on September 10, 2020. - A dispute over protection measures for Australias endangered koalas threatened September 10 to topple the government of the countrys biggest state. (AFP)

Koala row threatens leader of Australia's biggest state

The uniquely Australian political stoush comes months after unprecedented bushfires destroyed vast swathes of koala...

10 Sept 2020 12:24 PM IST

$\I still like playing it down, because I dont want to create a panic,\ Trump said in the conversation with Woodward, which was recorded. (AP)$ World

Latest Woodward book says Trump downplayed COVID seriousness

'I wanted to always play it down,' Trump said in an interview with Woodward, according to a CNN preview of the book...

10 Sept 2020 12:04 PM IST