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Fireboats battling to extinguish a fire on the Panamanian-registered crude oil tanker New Diamond, some 60 km off Sri Lankas eastern coast where a fire was reported inside the engine room. - India on September 8 sent fresh supplies of firefighting chemicals to help battle a new blaze on a stricken tanker loaded with a massive cargo of crude oil off Sri Lankas eastern coast. (AFP)

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Kilometre-long oil slick left by burning oil tanker off Sri Lanka

Firefighters are battling a new blaze that broke out two days after an earlier fire was extinguished, the navy said

9 Sept 2020 10:21 AM IST

US Presidential Adviser Jared Kushner (C-L) and US National Security Adviser Robert OBrien (C-R) disembark from the the El Als airliner, which is carrying a US-Israeli delegation to the UAE following a normalisation accord, upon landing on the tarmac on August 31, 2020, in the first-ever commercial flight from Israel to the UAE at the Abu Dhabi airport. - A US-Israeli delegation including White House advisor Jared Kushner took off on a historic first direct commercial flight from Tel Aviv to Abu Dhabi to mark the normalisation of ties between the Jewish state and the UAE. (AFP)

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Trump to host Israel-UAE deal-signing ceremony on September 15

The White House hope is that more such deals between Israel and the Gulf states will emerge, prompting the Palestinians...

9 Sept 2020 9:47 AM IST

$Police gather evidence near to forensics tents and evidence markers inside a cordon on Irving Street, following a major stabbing incident in the centre of Birmingham, central England, on September 6, 2020. - British police declared a \major incident\ early on September 6 after multiple people were stabbed in the centre of Englands second city Birmingham. Violence broke out at about 12:30 am (2330 GMT Saturday) in and around the Arcadian Centre, a popular venue filled with restaurants, nightclubs and bars. (AFP)$ World

UK police to charge man with murder over stabbings in Birmingham

The stabbings happened in four locations over a two-hour period in the early hours of Sunday morning in the central city...

9 Sept 2020 9:23 AM IST

Holds during clinical trials are not uncommon, but this is thought to be the first time it has happened for a COVID-19 vaccine trial. (Representational Image: AP)

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AstraZeneca pauses COVID-19 vaccine trial after unexplained illness

AstraZeneca is one of nine companies currently in late-stage Phase 3 trials for their COVID-19 vaccine candidates

9 Sept 2020 8:51 AM IST

Premalal Jayasekera taking oath as lawmaker.

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Sri Lankan politician, sentenced to death, takes oath as lawmaker

Sri Lanka People's Party (SLPP) lawmaker Premalal Jayasekera was convicted in a murder case on July 31

8 Sept 2020 5:17 PM IST

$China on Tuesday said its troops were forced to take \countermeasures\ after Indian soldiers crossed their tense Himalayan border and opened fire. (AFP Photo)$ World

China says Indian troops crossed border, opened fire

Beijing's defence ministry accused India of "severe military provocation" after soldiers crossed LAC in the western...

8 Sept 2020 10:43 AM IST

A visitor wearing a face mask looks at a model of a coronavirus and boxes for COVID-19 vaccines at a display by Chinese pharmaceutical firm Sinopharm at the China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS) in Beijing, Saturday, Sept. 5, 2020. With the COVID-19 pandemic largely under control, Chinas capital on Saturday kicked off one of the first large-scale public events since the start of the coronavirus outbreak, as tens of thousands of attendees were expected to visit displays from nearly 2,000 Chinese and foreign companies showcasing their products and services. (AP)

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China shows off homegrown COVID-19 vaccines for first time

The potential vaccines on display are among nearly 10 worldwide to enter phase 3 trials, the last step ahead of...

7 Sept 2020 4:06 PM IST

Nasal swab sample is collected from Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam, right, at a testing site in Hong Kong Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2020. Hong Kong began a voluntary mass-testing program for coronavirus Tuesday as part of a strategy to break the chain of transmission in the citys third outbreak of the disease. (HKGIS via AP)

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Wary Hong Kongers shun China-backed mass virus testing

Both Beijing and city leader Carrie Lam have accused those opposed to the testing as being politically motivated and...

7 Sept 2020 3:28 PM IST

$In a phone call to Trump on Sunday, King Salman affirmed the \kingdoms keenness to reach a lasting and fair solution to the Palestinian cause to bring peace\, the official Saudi Press Agency reported. (AFP)$ World