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Peoples Pioneer Partys (PPP) candidate Myo Min Tun talking to the media in his office in Mandalay, ahead of the November 8 general election. - Outraged over ongoing discrimination in Myanmar, Myo Min Tun decided to stand as the first openly gay election candidate in a country where same-sex relations are illegal. (AFP)

I don't want to lie: Gay pioneer stands in Myanmar election

Same-sex relations are still illegal in Myanmar - even if space is opening up for the LGBT+ community in the...

5 Oct 2020 11:01 AM IST

$PM Jacinda Ardern declared New Zealand \beat the virus again\. (Image: Facebook/Jacinda Ardern)$ World

New Zealand's Jacinda Ardern says 'we beat the virus again'

Ardern announced restrictions in the country's largest city would be eased, after a second COVID-19 wave was contained

5 Oct 2020 10:17 AM IST

US President Trump waves from the back of a car in a motorcade outside of Walter Reed Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland on October 4, 2020. (AFP)

COVID-hit Trump briefly leaves hospital to drive by supporters

The US president was moved to the military hospital on Friday, which his doctors and White House said was taken out of...

5 Oct 2020 9:46 AM IST

President Donald Trump speaks as he tours an emergency operations center and meets with law enforcement officers at Mary D. Bradford High School, Tuesday, September 1, 2020, in Kenosha. (AP)

'Going well' tweets Trump as he undergoes remdesivir therapy at...

Trump, 74, and his wife First Lady Melania Trump, 50, tested positive for COVID-19 on Friday.

3 Oct 2020 6:14 PM IST

US President Donald Trump. Many who have placed their bets on Trump now are hoping for a repeat of 2016, when the Manhattan real estate mogul staged a stunning comeback against Democratic challenger Hillary Clinton to win the White House.(AP)

Donald Trump, first lady Melania test positive for coronavirus

Trump's positive report comes just hours after his senior aide Hope Hicks was tested COVID-19 positive.

2 Oct 2020 11:46 AM IST

President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden participate in the first presidential debate Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020, at Case Western University and Cleveland Clinic, in Cleveland. AP

War of words between Trump and Biden mar Ohio presidential debate

Trump and Biden clashed over each other's personality, past record, family and their visions.

30 Sept 2020 10:42 AM IST

QAnon centres on the baseless belief that President Donald Trump is waging a secret campaign against enemies in the deep state and a child sex trafficking ring run by satanic paedophiles and cannibals. The corporate support for a QAnon-promoting politician is another example of how the conspiracy theory has penetrated mainstream politics, spreading beyond its origins on internet message boards popular with right-wing extremists. (Photo | Wikimedia Commons - Marc Nozell)

Amazon, Walmart fund US lawmaker supporting QAnon conspiracy theorists

Walmart did not respond to repeated requests for comment made by email and through its website. An Amazon spokeswoman...

19 Sept 2020 6:57 PM IST

A man and woman, estimated to be in their late teens or early 20s, were killed. (Image: Twitter/@hunter_jonathan)

Mass shooting in Rochester leaves 2 dead, 14 wounded

As many as 100 people were at the gathering when the shooting started just before 12:30 a.m.,police said

19 Sept 2020 4:07 PM IST

Former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif (Photo: AP)

Pakistan's ex-PM Sharif mulling political comeback after year-long gap

Sharif has been living in London since last November after the Lahore HC granted him permission to go abroad for four...

19 Sept 2020 2:55 PM IST

US President Barack Obama is greeted by Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg as he arrives to deliver the State of the Union address at the US Capitol in Washington, DC.(AFP File)

How Justice Ginsburg's death could reshape the US presidential...

Democrats and Republicans were largely unified in praising Ginsburg as a leading legal thinker and advocate for women's...

19 Sept 2020 2:03 PM IST

A Russian police officer and two women wearing face masks to protect against the coronavirus disease walk in central Moscow on September 17, 2020. (AFP)

Russia approves first COVID-19 prescription drug for sale in...

R-Pharm's announcement is another sign Russia is pushing hard to take a global lead in the race against the virus

19 Sept 2020 1:11 PM IST

In this photo released by the Taiwan Ministry of National Defense, a Chinese Peoples Liberation Army H-6 bomber is seen flying near the Taiwan air defense identification zone, ADIZ, near Taiwan on Friday, Sept. 18, 2020. The second high-level U.S. envoy to visit Taiwan in two months began a day of closed-door meetings Friday as China conducted military drills near the Taiwan Strait after threatening retaliation. (Taiwan Ministry of National Defense via AP)

Taiwan scrambles jets for second day as Chinese jets buzz island

Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen pledged deeper ties with the US as 18 Chinese fighter jets crossed the midline of Taiwan...

19 Sept 2020 11:42 AM IST