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Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam listens to reporters questions during a press conference in Hong Kong, Tuesday, June 30, 2020. Hong Kong media are reporting that China has approved a contentious law that would allow authorities to crack down on subversive and secessionist activity in Hong Kong, sparking fears that it would be used to curb opposition voices in the semi-autonomous territory. (AP Photo)

Hong Kong slams US decision to end extradition treaty

US had formally notified withdrawal from bilateral deals with HK, covering surrender of fugitives, transfer of prisoners...

20 Aug 2020 4:54 PM IST

Former US President Barack Obama speaking from Philadelphia during an online broadcast of the Democratic National Convention, being held virtually amid the novel coronavirus pandemic. (AP)

Obama, in scathing Trump rebuke, warns democracy on the line

Trump, who appeared to be watching in real time, responded to Obama's speech with all-caps tweets

20 Aug 2020 4:15 PM IST

Once officers came in, they put him on a bed and forcefully restricted his movements, with one officer sitting on him for a long time. Another officer made an apparent Nazi salute during the incident. (Representational Image: AFP)

Outrage in Belgium as video reveals police violence on custodial death...

The issue, which happened in 2018, has gained extra prominence after the death of George Floyd in US' Minneapolis

20 Aug 2020 3:58 PM IST

Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg attended the Friday For Future rally in Berlin, Germany. (Photo: AP)

Germany's Merkel hosts Greta Thunberg for talks on climate crisis

The meeting comes exactly two years after Thunberg started to strike outside Swedish parliament to call attention to...

20 Aug 2020 3:14 PM IST

Democratic vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris speaks on the third night of the Democratic National Convention from the Chase Center August 19, 2020 in Wilmington, Delaware.(AFP)

Kamala Harris remembers her 'chithis' in VP acceptance speech

Harris opened her speech by remembering her mother, lamenting the fact that she could not be there to see her daughter's...

20 Aug 2020 2:41 PM IST

Senator from California and Democratic vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris speaks during the third day of the Democratic National Convention, being held virtually amid the novel coronavirus pandemic, at the Chase Center in Wilmington, Delaware. (AFP)

Indian-Americans could play key role in November election, says Kamala...

Harris was nominated as the first-ever American of Indian and African descent to be picked by a major party for the top...

20 Aug 2020 2:12 PM IST

A man wears a face mask as he passes by graffiti reading No vaccine, No tracking, No COVID. (AP)

Coronavirus vaccine should be mandatory in Australia: PM

Anticipating a backlash from vocal anti-vaccine activists, Morrison said the stakes were too high to allow the disease...

20 Aug 2020 1:22 PM IST

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny. (AP File Image)

Russian opposition figure Navalny in coma after poisoning

Navalny's Foundation for Fighting Corruption has been exposing graft among government officials, including some at the...

20 Aug 2020 12:42 PM IST

Conspiracy theorist QAnon demonstrators protest during a rally to re-open California and against Stay-At-Home directives. (AFP)

Trump praises QAnon conspiracists, appreciates support

Facebook announced just hours before Trump's statements that it was banning some QAnon Facebook groups and accounts

20 Aug 2020 11:30 AM IST

Colonel-Major Ismael Wague, center, spokesman for the soldiers identifying themselves as the National Committee for the Salvation of the People, holds a press conference at Camp Soudiata in Kati, Mali. (AP)

Mali protest leader steps back as coup leaders promise election

President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita had resigned and dissolved parliament on Tuesday after the mutineers detained him at...

20 Aug 2020 10:22 AM IST

Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden and his running mate Senaor Kamala Harris. (AP)

US convention season set to begin with (virtual) spotlight on Biden

Apart from the pandemic, another event that threatens to steal the show is a last-minute Trump campaign tour

20 Aug 2020 9:52 AM IST

Democratic vice presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., speaks during the third day of the Democratic National Convention, Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2020, at the Chase Center in Wilmington. (AP)

Kamala Harris makes history in accepting Democratic VP nomination

Harris evoked the lessons of her late mother, Shyamala Gopalan, in her highly anticipated address capping the 3rd night...

20 Aug 2020 9:45 AM IST