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11m girls risk not returning to school
Eleven million girls face being unable to return to school even after coronavirus restrictions are lifted around the world, Unesco head Audrey Azoulay said Thursday during a visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo.
16 October 2020, 18:00 PM
Thai PM say he won’t quit
Thai police fired stinging liquid from water cannon at thousands of Thai protesters yesterday in the most violent escalation of three months of demonstrations against the government of Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha, a former junta leader, who refused to bow to pressure.
16 October 2020, 18:00 PM
Democrats have ‘good chance’ of winning
A top Republican senator with close ties to President Donald Trump said Thursday he believed Democrat Joe Biden had a “good chance” of winning the presidency in the November 3 election
16 October 2020, 18:00 PM
Biden and Trump return to campaign trail after duelling town halls
President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden will return to the campaign trail with visits to three battleground states a day after the two contenders clashed from afar during duelling televised town halls.
16 October 2020, 12:02 PM
Armenian, Azeri forces fight new clashes in Nagorno-Karabakh
Armenian and Azeri forces have fought new clashes, defying hopes of ending nearly three weeks of fighting over Nagorno-Karabakh which US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said was “a powder keg of a situation”.
16 October 2020, 11:20 AM
Fashion brands accused of exploiting workers at risk of layoffs
Millions of garment workers could lose their jobs as global brands are demanding price cuts and delaying payments to suppliers who are desperate for orders to survive the new coronavirus pandemic, US researchers say.
16 October 2020, 07:16 AM
Kyrgyzstan president resigns
Kyrgyz President Sooronbai Jeenbekov resigned yesterday after days of unrest following a disputed election, saying he wanted to prevent clashes between security forces and protesters who have demanded his removal from office.
15 October 2020, 18:00 PM
Oxford scientists develop 5 mins Covid-19 antigen test
Scientists from Britain’s University of Oxford have developed a rapid Covid-19 test able to identify the coronavirus in less than five minutes, researchers said yesterday, adding it could be used in mass testing at airports and businesses.
15 October 2020, 18:00 PM
Anwar summoned over list of backers for Malaysia PM bid
Malaysian police have summoned opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim to assist investigations into a viral list of federal lawmakers allegedly backing his bid to claim the premiership, a senior police official said yesterday.
15 October 2020, 18:00 PM
Experts slam ‘dangerous fallacy’ of herd immunity
Proponents of allowing the new coronavirus to circulate among populations in the hope of achieving herd immunity are promoting a “dangerous fallacy” devoid of scientific proof, dozens of health experts said Thursday.
15 October 2020, 18:00 PM
Protests in Thailand: Things to know
The protesters are rallying against the government of Prime Minister Prayut Chan-O-Cha. The former army chief led a coup in 2014 and kept the kingdom under military rule for five years.
15 October 2020, 18:00 PM
‘Things will get worse’: London goes into stricter lockdown
London, the world’s international financial capital, will enter a tighter Covid-19 lockdown from midnight on Friday as Prime Minister Boris Johnson seeks to tackle a swiftly accelerating second coronavirus wave.
15 October 2020, 16:24 PM
EU summit continues after Commission chief goes into quarantine
A summit of European Union leaders in Brussels continued as planned today after Ursula von der Leyen, the chief of the bloc’s executive, left to go into quarantine because she had been in contact with someone who tested positive for Covid-19.
15 October 2020, 15:44 PM
China has no right to comment on India’s internal affairs: Indian external affairs ministry
New Delhi today said Beijing has no right to comment on India’s internal affairs, two days after China said that it did not recognise the Indian government-controlled territory of Ladakh and the state of Arunachal Pradesh.
15 October 2020, 14:43 PM
Focus on ‘preparing for war’
Chinese President Xi Jinping has called on troops to “put all (their) minds and energy on preparing for war” in a visit to a military base in the southern province of Guangdong on Tuesday, according to state news agency Xinhua.
14 October 2020, 18:00 PM
Great Barrier Reef has lost half of its corals
Half of the Great Barrier Reef’s corals have died over the past 25 years, scientists said yesterdeay, warning that climate change is irreversibly destroying the underwater ecosystem.
14 October 2020, 18:00 PM
Panicked Europe battens down against 2nd wave
European countries have begun to close schools and cancel surgeries, going well beyond curbs on social life, as overwhelmed authorities face their nightmare scenario of a Covid-19 resurgence right before the onset of winter.
14 October 2020, 18:00 PM
Karabakh fighting widens
Azerbaijan yesterday said it had destroyed missile launchers inside Armenia that were targetting its cities and vital gas and oil pipelines, as fierce fighting over Nagorno-Karabakh risked widening beyond the disputed region.
14 October 2020, 18:00 PM
J&K ex-CM vows to restore Article 370
Soon after her release from a 14-month detention, former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti has vowed to continue her struggle for the restoration of Article 370, which gave a special constitutional status, and the resolution of the Kashmir issue.
14 October 2020, 18:00 PM
Rival groups face off on Bangkok streets
At least 10,000 Thai protesters marched to the prime minister’s office yesterday demanding he stepped down, while thousands of royalist supporters also turned out in their biggest showing since anti-government demonstrations began three months ago.
14 October 2020, 18:00 PM