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Prime Minister Sanna Marin (L) let 16-year-old Aava Murto take her place for a day. (Image: Twitter/@FinGovernment)

Girls Takeover: Finland PM hands her post to teenager for one day

Although Finland scores highly in gender equality comparisons, women are still heavily under-represented in technology...

8 Oct 2020 10:13 AM IST

President Donald Trump removes his mask as he stands on the Blue Room Balcony upon returning to the White House in Washington, after leaving Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, in Bethesda, Md. Trump announced he tested positive for COVID-19 on Oct. 2. (AP)

Getting coronavirus a blessing in disguise: Trump

The US President on Wednesday told the countrymen that he will get them same medicine that cured him for free

8 Oct 2020 9:24 AM IST

US Democratic vice presidential nominee and Senator from California, Kamala Harris gestures as she speaks during the vice presidential debate in Kingsbury Hall at the University of Utah on October 7, 2020, in Salt Lake City, Utah. (AFP)

Kamala Harris describes Trump administration's handling of as...

President Trump, who tested positive for COVID-19, is facing criticism over his handling of the health crisis and...

8 Oct 2020 9:01 AM IST

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (L) offering his condolences on October 7, 2020 in Kuwait to the Gulf emirates Crown Prince, Sheikh Mishaal al-Ahmad al-Jabaer al-Sabah, following the death of the emir of Kuwait last week. (AFP)

Kuwait's emir names security czar Sheikh Meshal as crown prince

The new emir, Sheikh Nawaf al-Ahmad al-Sabah, assumed power following the death of his brother Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad...

7 Oct 2020 5:47 PM IST

Sri Lankan health officials take swab samples from employees of the Colombo municipal council to test for COVID-19 in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2020. Authorities in Sri Lanka on Wednesday widened a curfew and warned of legal action against those evading treatment for COVID-19 after reporting an escalating cluster centered around a garment factory in the capitals suburbs. (AP)

Sri Lanka widens curfew, bans gatherings as virus surges

The Indian Ocean island nation had just reported its first community infection in two months on Sunday

7 Oct 2020 2:54 PM IST

Boats sit closer to the shore after they were secured by fishermen preparing for the arrival of Hurricane Delta in Puerto Juarez, Cancun, Mexico, Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2020. Hurricane Delta rapidly intensified into a potentially catastrophic Category 4 hurricane Tuesday on a course to hammer southeastern Mexico and then continue on to the U.S. Gulf coast this week. (AP)

Category 3 Hurricane Delta roars toward Mexico's Cancun

Thousands of Quintana Roo residents and tourists waited for the storm hunkered down in dozens of government shelters

7 Oct 2020 2:06 PM IST

US President Donald Trump takes off his facemask as he arrives at the White House upon his return from Walter Reed Medical Center. (AFP)

Coronavirus aid hopes evaporate as Trump halts talks with Democrats

Just days earlier, Trump had urged fast action on a fifth major virus aid bill to augment more than $3 trillion approved...

7 Oct 2020 1:56 PM IST

The scientists, who published their findings in peer-reviewed journal Frontiers in Marine Science, said areas with more floating rubbish generally had more microplastic fragments on the sea floor. (Representational Image: AFP)

14 million tonnes of microplastics on sea floor: Australian study

The quantity of the tiny pollutants was 25 times greater than previous localised studies had shown

7 Oct 2020 11:38 AM IST

Kulbhushan Jadhav. (PTI Photo)

India failed to appoint lawyer to represent Kulbhushan Jadhav: Pak...

The Islamabad High Court had last month set a new deadline for India to appoint a legal representative for Jadhav

7 Oct 2020 11:01 AM IST

Suspension of the H1-B visas by the US will cost domestic IT firms Rs 1,200 crore. (AFP Photo)

Trump admin imposes new curbs on H-1B visas to protect US workers...

Already a large number of Indians have lost their jobs and are headed back home during the pandemic that has severely...

7 Oct 2020 10:26 AM IST

A man with a mental health condition shackled in a hut in Majene in West Sulawesi by his family. - While not unique to Indonesia, padlocks, shackles and chains are frequently used to cover for a lack of proper mental health provision in the worlds fourth most-populous nation. The COVID-19 coronavirus epidemic has exacerbated the issue, forcing many people who have been freed following a change in attitudes, access to medication and better care back into chains. (AFP)

Locks, chains: Coronavirus puts Indonesia's mentally ill back in...

Padlocks, shackles and chains are used to cover for a lack of proper mental health provision in the world's fourth...

7 Oct 2020 9:47 AM IST

Chinese President Xi Jinping. (via AP)

Negative views of China rise sharply in advanced democracies: Survey

One of the most important factors with regard to China's reputation abroad has been the coronavirus

7 Oct 2020 9:14 AM IST