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Presidents and ministers from seven Amazon countries met in Colombia on Friday to agree on measures to protect the worlds biggest rainforest, under threat from wildfires and rampant deforestation. (Photo: AFP)

Amazon nations meet in indigenous hut at Colombia over forest...

The summit took place in wake of an international outcry over raging fires that have devastated swaths of Amazon in...

7 Sept 2019 12:02 PM IST

German Chancellor Angela Merkel (Photo: AP)

HK's rights should be protected, says German Chancellor Merkel

Merkel met with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang after arriving in Beijing on Saturday morning.

7 Sept 2019 12:00 PM IST

European Union and United Kingdom flags fly above the EU Commission offices in London. (Photo: AP)

Blow for Johnson as UK upper house clears law to block no-deal Brexit

Johnson received a boost when the High Court in London rejected a legal challenge against his decision to suspend...

7 Sept 2019 11:02 AM IST

There are now more than 450 possible cases of pulmonary illness associated with vaping. (AFP)

At least five dead in US from vaping-related lung disease

Vitamin E acetate is a commonly available nutritional supplement taken orally or applied to the skin, but is harmful...

7 Sept 2019 10:45 AM IST

Kudlow discounted the notion that next years election increases the urgency for President Donald Trump to conclude the trade war. (Photo: AP)

White House adviser compares China trade talks to Cold War

US and Chinese officials have agreed to hold their next round of talks in Washington next month.

7 Sept 2019 10:33 AM IST

Britains Prime Minister Boris Johnson (Photo: AFP)

Boris Johnson described former PM Cameron as 'girly swot' in memo:...

A leaked copy of the note revealed the redacted words were 'a girly swot Cameron', said Sky News which published it.

7 Sept 2019 10:12 AM IST

Fedor -- short for Final Experimental Demonstration Object Research -- was Russias first humanoid robot to be sent into space, though similar technology has been sent by Japan and NASA. (Photo: AFP)

Russian robot 'Fedor' leaves international space station

A live translation from Russian space agency Roscosmos showed a Soyuz MS-14 spacecraft leaving the ISS.

7 Sept 2019 10:06 AM IST

Howard Schultz became Starbucks executive chairman in 2017, handing the chief executive job to Kevin Johnson at a time when growth in Starbucks dominant US market was showing signs of cooling. (Photo: AFP)

'Broken system': Ex-Starbucks CEO pulls out of 2020 US elections

Schultz said it was tougher than expected to grab moderate voters' attention and he did not want to risk competing with...

7 Sept 2019 10:00 AM IST

Hurricane Dorians toll to soar as teams search for bodies

Hurricane Dorian's toll to soar as teams search for bodies

Some locals called the government's initial official death toll a tragic underestimate.

7 Sept 2019 9:52 AM IST

A five-judge Supreme Court Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice JS Khehar will on Tuesday pronounce a verdict on pleas challenging the validity of triple talaq (divorce) in the Muslim community. (Photo: PTI/Representational)

Make triple talaq a punishable crime in Pakistan: Islamic advisory...

It comes weeks after India made the practice of instant divorce among Muslims a punishable offence.

6 Sept 2019 5:42 PM IST

Pakista PM Imran Khan (Photo; AFP)

Kashmir Pak's 'jugular vein', India's decision challenges our...

President Alvi said Pakistan will continue to support the people of Kashmir and will raise the issue at all levels and...

6 Sept 2019 3:10 PM IST

Residents of a village in Bali got a shock when they spotted a two-headed snake in their midst -- a rare find in the wild. (Photo: YouTube/ video screengrab)

Rare of its kind, two-headed snake spotted in Indonesia

The reptile was seen slithering in the central part of the Indonesian holiday island last week.

6 Sept 2019 2:53 PM IST