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WHO chief in quarantine after contact tests positive for Covid-19
The World Health Organization chief said late Sunday that he was self-quarantining after someone he had been in contact with tested positive for Covid-19, but stressed he had no symptoms.
2 November 2020, 04:34 AM
As US election day approaches, inaccurate claims persist
As the US awaits election day on Tuesday, misleading claims from President Donald Trump and his opponent Joe Biden are circulating on hot-button issues including the Covid-19 pandemic, the economy and healthcare.
2 November 2020, 02:34 AM
Ten killed as typhoon slams Philippines
At least 10 people died and three others were missing after Typhoon Goni, the world’s strongest typhoon this year, barrelled through the south of the
1 November 2020, 18:00 PM
Trump’s first term: A scorecard
“America first” is Trump’s nationalist slogan describing a policy of unilateral diplomacy, protectionism, trade wars and forcing the world to “respect”
1 November 2020, 18:00 PM
Kamala Harris: rewriting history
Kamala Harris is on the verge of what would be a double-dream for US Democrats: becoming the nation’s first woman vice president and ending Donald Trump’s turbulent rule.
1 November 2020, 18:00 PM
Mike Pence: calm to Trump’s storm
Vice President Mike Pence is the calm to Donald Trump’s storm, bringing a sedate demeanor and the religious, conservative ballast the men hope will spare them from losing the White House.
1 November 2020, 18:00 PM
Fears of transition ‘chaos’ if Trump loses
Donald Trump said on the campaign that he wants a “smooth, beautiful transition” after Election Day, but he offered an ambiguous follow-up caveat: “But it’s got to be an honest vote.”
1 November 2020, 18:00 PM
Turkey quake death toll hits 60
A 70-year-old man was pulled from the rubble of a collapsed building in the Turkish city of Izmir yesterday, after being buried for 33 hours following
1 November 2020, 18:00 PM
Macron seeks to calm tensions with Muslims
President Emmanuel Macron sought to calm flaring tensions with Muslims around the world on Saturday, telling an Arab TV channel he understood that derogatory cartoons to Muslims could be shocking while lashing out at “lies” that the French state was behind them.
1 November 2020, 18:00 PM
US Presidential elections: Record high voter turnout expected this time
The US Presidential elections scheduled for Tuesday is expected to see a record high turnout of voters, with polls analysts attributing this to Americans’ attempt for a change.
1 November 2020, 14:22 PM
Biden nears finish line with lead in polls, but Trump still close in swing states
With two days to go, Democrat Joe Biden holds a commanding national lead over President Donald Trump amid deep voter concerns about the coronavirus pandemic, but Trump is keeping his hopes alive by staying competitive in the swing states that could decide the White House race.
1 November 2020, 13:24 PM
Six in custody over Nice church attack in France
Two more men have been arrested in connection with a knife attack that left three dead at a church in Nice, bringing the number of people in custody to six as investigators look at the suspected assailant’s last known contacts.
1 November 2020, 12:45 PM
Macron says ‘can understand’ Muslims’ shock over Prophet cartoons
French President Emmanuel Macron -- in an interview with Al Jazeera -- has said that he can understand why Muslims were shocked by the controversial cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad, but also said he could never accept the issue justified violence, reports BBC.
1 November 2020, 11:44 AM
70-year-old pulled out alive in Turkey as quake toll hits 53
Rescue workers extricated a 70-year-old man from a collapsed building in western Turkey on Sunday, some 34 hours after a strong earthquake in the Aegean Sea struck Turkey and Greece, killing at least 53 people and injuring more than 900.
1 November 2020, 10:50 AM
Police arrest suspect after stabbings in Quebec City kill 2
Police in Quebec City today arrested a man on suspicion of killing two people and injuring five others in a stabbing rampage near the provincial legislature on Halloween.
1 November 2020, 07:06 AM
Mother, children rescued from Turkey quake rubble; death toll 37
A mother and three of her children were pulled to safety on Saturday after being trapped for almost 18 hours under a building in the western Turkish city of Izmir that was flattened in a powerful earthquake.
1 November 2020, 05:44 AM
Super typhoon Goni slams into Philippines, makes two landfalls
A super typhoon barrelled into the southern part of the Philippines' main island of Luzon on Sunday, bringing "catastrophic" violent winds and intense rains with two landfalls so far, the weather bureau said.
1 November 2020, 04:58 AM
Johnson locks down England as UK Covid-19 cases pass 1 million
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has ordered England back into a national lockdown after the United Kingdom passed the milestone of one million Covid-19 cases and a second wave of infections threatened to overwhelm the health service.
31 October 2020, 19:25 PM
French police hunt assailant who shot and wounded Orthodox priest in church
An Orthodox priest has been shot and injured at a church in the French city of Lyon by an assailant who then fled, a police source says.
31 October 2020, 18:35 PM
Typhoon Goni: Philippines evacuates nearly 1m
Nearly a million people in the Philippines were evacuated from their homes yesterday as the most powerful typhoon of the year so far barrelled
31 October 2020, 18:00 PM