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Debris piles burn as the LNU Lightning Complex fire burns through the area on August 19, 2020 in Fairfield, California. The LNU Lightning Complex fire is spread over four counties and has burned over 45,000 acres.(AFP)World
Lightning-sparked fires in California force thousands out of home

Nearly 11,000 lightning strikes in 3 days have led the country's firefighters trying to fight off 23 major fires or...

20 Aug 2020 9:15 AM IST

Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden is seen in a video feed from Delaware with his wife Jill Biden, and his grandchildren at his side, after winning the votes to become the Democratic Partys 2020 nominee for President, during the second night of the virtual 2020 Democratic National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisc. AP photoWorld
Democrats nominate Biden for epic challenge to oust Trump

Biden celebrated his new status as the Democratic nominee alongside his wife and grandchildren in a Delaware school...

19 Aug 2020 4:30 PM IST

Belarusian opposition supporters rally in the center of Minsk, Belarus. European Union leaders are putting on a show of support for people protesting in Belarus. AP photoWorld
EU leaders to build pressure on Belarus president

The EU believes that the results of the Aug. 9 polls, which handed President Lukashenko his sixth term was falsified

19 Aug 2020 3:52 PM IST

Malian troops and citizens gather outside the private residence of Malis President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita in Bamako, Mali. AP photoWorld
Mali president resigns after armed mutiny

The news of President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita's departure was met with jubilation by anti-government demonstrators

19 Aug 2020 3:27 PM IST

Sunil Kumar Nandeshwar, captain of the MV Wakashio, a bulk carrier ship that recently ran aground off the southeast coast of Mauritius, is seen outside the courthouse in Port Louis Tuesday Aug. 18, 2020. Nandeshwar who is from India, was charged with \endangering safe navigation\ and is in custody pending a bail hearing next week. (AP Photo)World
Indian captain of Japanese ship arrested over Mauritius oil spill

Sunil Kumar Nandeshwar, captain of MV Wakashio, charged with endangering safe navigation and is in custody pending a...

19 Aug 2020 11:07 AM IST

Smoke rises from a rocket attack during Independence Day celebrations at the Defense Ministry in Kabul, Afghanistan. AP photoWorld
Mortar shells strike Kabul as Afghans mark Independence Day

No militant group claimed responsibility for the attack and there were no immediate reports of injuries or damage

18 Aug 2020 1:23 PM IST

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, second right, argues with a worker of the Minsk Wheel Tractor Plant in Minsk, Belarus. AP photoWorld
Belarus crisis: I'm not a saint, says Lukashenko

He made the offer, which he insisted would not be delivered on while he was under pressure from protesters

18 Aug 2020 1:11 PM IST

US First lady Michelle Obama (Photo: AP)World
Michelle Obama to Americans: Vote like our lives depend on it

She offered a sharp rebuke of the Trump presidency, telling viewers that he has had more than enough time to prove that...

18 Aug 2020 12:39 PM IST

Canadas finance minister Bill Morneau announced his resignation Monday. (AFP Photo)World
Canada finance minister Bill Morneau resigns amid charity scandal

Morneau said he would now run for the job of secretary general of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and...

18 Aug 2020 11:11 AM IST

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP)World
Pelosi to call House back into session to vote on USPS bill

'In a time of a pandemic, the Postal Service is Election Central,' Pelosi wrote in a letter to colleagues

17 Aug 2020 12:49 PM IST

People wearing face masks to protect against the coronavirus walk past a propaganda banner reading \Actively participate in volunteer service\ in Beijing. (AP)World
Taiwan to step up efforts to prevent Chinese spies settling

Taiwan has offered to welcome Hongkongers who wish to settle there after China's imposition of the controversial...

17 Aug 2020 12:22 PM IST

US Senator Kamala Harris with her mother, Shyamala. (AP)World
I stand before you as first candidate for US vice-president of South...

Harris took a trip down the memory lane, mentioning her 'long walks' in Madras with her grandfather

17 Aug 2020 11:34 AM IST

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