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Wang Xining, the Chinese Embassy in Australias deputy head of mission, speaks at the National Press Club about Australias call for an independent inquiry into the origins of and international responses to the pandemic in Canberra. (AP)World
China feels betrayed by Australia's push for coronavirus origin...

The envoy quoted the play Julius Caesar in which the dictator realizes that his friend Brutus is among those who are...

26 Aug 2020 2:48 PM IST

Australian Brenton Harrison Tarrant, 29, sits in the dock at the Christchurch High Court for day two of sentencing after pleading guilty to 51 counts of murder, 40 counts of attempted murder and one count of terrorism in Christchurch. (AP)World
Christchurch shooter has nothing to say at court sentencing

Tarrant watched the speakers, occasionally giving a small nod or covering his mouth as he laughs at jokes, often made at...

26 Aug 2020 2:25 PM IST

Vorayuth \Boss\ Yoovidhya, whose grandfather co-founded energy drink company Red Bull, walks to get in a car as he leaves a house in London. (AP File)World
Thai court issues new arrest warrant for notorious Red Bull scion

Earlier this year prosecutors had decided to drop charges against him, which caused widespread anger in the country

26 Aug 2020 2:01 PM IST

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny. (AFP File)World
Kremlin dismisses Navalny poison claims as calls mount for probe

Russia has not opened investigation into the poisoning yet and Peskov said there was 'no pretext' for this until the...

26 Aug 2020 1:48 PM IST

Sudha Sundari Narayanan (third from left), a software developer from India, was among those sworn in as American citizens. (via Twitter handle @welprich)World
Indian software developer Sudha Narayanan becomes US citizen in rare...

Trump hosted a naturalisation ceremony at the White House as part of the Republican National Convention

26 Aug 2020 12:39 PM IST

President Donald Trump leaves with first lady Melania Trump after her speech to the 2020 Republican National Convention from the Rose Garden of the White House. (AP)World
Republican campaign hopes to show Trump as human to win back lost...

The attempt to humanize Trump is calculated to win back senior and suburban voters who have abandoned him due to his...

26 Aug 2020 12:01 PM IST

Carole King waves to the crowd as she takes the stage at the 2019 Global Citizen Festival in New York.(AP File)World
Biden campaign flooding the zone' with celebrity backers

The campaign often pairs celebrities with lesser-known officials from all levels of government to make personalized...

26 Aug 2020 11:32 AM IST

Jair Bolsonaro (L) and his son Flavio Bolsonaro (R). (AFP)World
Bolsonaro's son Flavio tests positive for virus in Brazil

The senator's office said he is taking Hydroxychloroquine, which his father has aggressively pushed as a treatment for...

26 Aug 2020 11:11 AM IST

Men wearing protective masks walk on a plastic pier at Katara beach in the Qatari capital Doha. (AFP)World
Record infections, few deaths: how Qatar has tackled COVID-19

More than one in five residents have now been tested, and at the height of the pandemic, more than one in four of those...

26 Aug 2020 10:50 AM IST

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo deliver a pre-recorded speech from the rooftop of King David hotel in Jerusalem on the second day of the GOP convention. (AFP)World
Pompeo supports Trump's re-election bid, breaks longstanding precedent

The decision to speak at the convention breaks with the longstanding precedent of sitting secretaries of state avoiding...

26 Aug 2020 10:24 AM IST

First lady Melania Trump arrives to speak on the second night of the Republican National Convention from the Rose Garden of the White House. (AP)World
Republicans tout Trump's leadership on economy despite coronavirus...

In an appeal to Black voters, Trump in a video also issued a pardon to Jon Ponder, a Black man who has become an...

26 Aug 2020 9:35 AM IST

People hold signs as they march outside the County Courthouse during demonstrations against the shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin. (AFP)World
Black man shot by police in Wisconsin paralyzed, 'fighting for his...

Jacob Blake was shot from behind at point-blank range in a hail of bullets fired by police as he walked away from...

26 Aug 2020 9:02 AM IST

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