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Protesters with old Belarusian national flags carry a banner reading \athletes with the People\ during a Belarusian opposition supporters rally protesting the official presidential election results in Minsk, Belarus, Sunday, Sept. 13, 2020. Protests calling for the Belarusian presidents resignation have broken out daily since the Aug. 9 presidential election that officials say handed him a sixth term in office. (AP)World
Seventeen OSCE nations appoint team to probe Belarus election

Minsk prevented the deployment of OSCE election observers by not inviting them and has ignored repeated offers by the...

18 Sept 2020 9:21 AM IST

US President Donald Trump.Trump has been nominated for 2021 Nobel Peace Prize following his efforts to broker peace between Israel and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). (AFP)World
India in Trump's list of top drug transit and drug producing nations

Trump also named Bolivia and the regime of Nicolas Maduro in Venezuela in the list

17 Sept 2020 6:55 PM IST

Customers have their nails done near the Baragwanath taxi rank in Soweto, South Africa, Wednesday Sept. 16, 2020. South African president Cyril Ramaphosa is scheduled to address the nation later in the day, as case numbers and death from Covid-19 hit the lowest in months. (AP)World
South Africa says 12 million 'probably' had coronavirus

Some South African experts suggest that Africa's most developed economy may be approaching herd immunity

17 Sept 2020 4:12 PM IST

Russian opposition activist Alexei Navalny. The German government says specialist labs in France and Sweden have confirmed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was poisoned with the Soviet-era nerve agent Novichok. (AP File)World
Navalny aides say Novichok agent found on water bottle in hotel room

The aides said they believed Navalny was poisoned 'before he left his room to reach the airport'

17 Sept 2020 3:57 PM IST

Chinese coronavirus whistleblowing doctor Li Wenliang whose death was confirmed on February 7, lying on a bed at the Wuhan Central Hospital, China. (AFP)World
Wuhan next-of-kin accuse China of blocking Covid lawsuits

Lawsuits are abruptly rejected, while many face pressure from authorities not to file, and lawyers are being warned...

17 Sept 2020 1:08 PM IST

Rich nations snap up vaccine stocks in global race for jabWorld
Rich nations snap up vaccine stocks in global race for jab

The remaining 2.6 bn have been bought by or promised to developing countries like India, Bangladesh, China, Brazil,...

17 Sept 2020 11:30 AM IST

Police patrol a running track as people exercise ahead of an anti-lockdown rally in Melbourne, as the city continues to enforce strict lockdown measure to battle a second wave of COVID-19 coronavirus infections. (AFP)World
Australia's Victoria reports lowest COVID-19 cases since June

Residents in the state can now have outdoor gatherings of up to 10 people, and cafes will be able to seat up to 50...

17 Sept 2020 10:43 AM IST

A Russian medical worker adminsters a shot of Russias experimental Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine in Moscow, Russia. Russian health authorities have launched advanced trials of the vaccine among 40,000 volunteers, a randomized, placebo-controlled study. (AP)World
Russia seals deal to supply and test its coronavirus vaccine in India

Dr Reddy's, one of India's top pharmaceutical companies, will carry out Phase III clinical trials of Sputnik-V in India,...

17 Sept 2020 10:15 AM IST

Britains Queen Elizabeth II speaks to guests in the garden of Buckingham Palace in London as up to 8,000 guests attend the first royal garden party of the year on May 10, 2016. - Barbados has announced its intention to remove Queen Elizabeth II as head of state and become a republic by November next year, as the Caribbean island nation seeks to move fully beyond its colonial past. (AFP)World
Barbados makes new push to become republic, leave colonial past behind

The Caribbean island nation said it wants to remove Britain's Queen Elizabeth as its head of state

17 Sept 2020 9:23 AM IST

A man stands on the broken dock to check his boat during Hurricane Sally in downtown Pensacola, Florida on September 16, 2020. - Hurricane Sally barrelled into the US Gulf Coast early Wednesday, with forecasts of drenching rains that could provoke \historic\ and potentially deadly flash floods.The National Hurricane Center (NHC) said the Category 2 storm hit Gulf Shores, Alabama at about 4:45 am (0945 GMT), bringing maximum sustained winds of about 105 miles (165 kilometers) per hour. (AFP)World
Sally drenches US Southeast after hitting Gulf Coast as hurricane

The storm was expected to weaken as it moved further inland and become a tropical depression overnight Wednesday to...

17 Sept 2020 8:54 AM IST

Signs are held up showing Breonna Taylor during a rally in her honor on the steps of the Kentucky State Capitol in Frankfort. The city of Louisville will pay several million dollars to the mother of Breonna Taylor and install police reforms as part of a settlement of a lawsuit from Taylors family, The Associated Press has learned. (AP)World
Louisville to pay $12 million settlement over Breonna Taylor's death

Taylor's death, alongside that of George Floyd, gave rise to one of the largest anti-racism protest movements in US...

16 Sept 2020 4:09 PM IST

The Bobcat Fire burns on a hillside on September 15, 2020 in Monrovia, California. Californias national forests remain closed due to wildfires which have already incinerated a record 2.5 million acres this year. The Bobcat Fire, burning in the San Gabriel Mountains, has grown to over 40,000 acres. (AFP)World
Satellite data shows smoke from US fires has reached as far as Europe

Estimates show that the blazes have spewed out more than 30 million tonnes of carbon dioxide since mid-August this year

16 Sept 2020 3:49 PM IST

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