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Heavy rains kill 12 in India
Heavy rains have killed at least 12 people in southern India and caused widespread flooding in the city Hyderabad, home to major IT companies and startups, government officials said yesterday.
14 October 2020, 18:00 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
Fahim Saleh murder: Main accused pleads not guilty
The former executive assistant of Fahim Saleh pleaded not guilty to charges of first-degree murder for allegedly decapitating and dismembering the tech entrepreneur in his luxury New York condo in July.
14 October 2020, 06:04 AM
Seeking to close gap, Trump bashes Biden on fracking as campaign intensifies
President Donald Trump and Democratic rival Joe Biden fanned out to critical battleground states on Tuesday as the presidential race entered a final, intense phase amid record numbers of early votes cast.
14 October 2020, 05:46 AM
Facebook will ban ads discouraging people from getting vaccines
Facebook Inc FB.O will start banning ads that explicitly discourage people from getting vaccinated, the world's largest social media company said on Tuesday, as it also announced a new flu vaccine information campaign.
14 October 2020, 05:17 AM
World Bank approves $12 bln for Covid-19 vaccines
The World Bank said Tuesday that it approved $12 billion for developing countries to finance the purchase and distribution of Covid-19 vaccines, tests and treatment.
14 October 2020, 04:02 AM
Climate disasters doubled
Climate change is largely to blame for a near doubling of natural disasters in the past 20 years, the United Nations said as experts called yesterday for more efforts to forecast looming disasters and early action to mitigate their impact.
13 October 2020, 18:00 PM
Covid-19 reinfection casts doubt on virus immunity
Covid-19 patients may experience more severe symptoms the second time they are infected, according to research released Tuesday confirming it is possible to catch the potentially deadly disease more than once.
13 October 2020, 18:00 PM
10.4m Americans voted so far
US voters have cast more than 10 million votes for the Nov 3 presidential election, significantly outpacing the early vote in 2016 and suggesting a large turnout, according to data compiled by the US Elections Project.
13 October 2020, 18:00 PM
India, China hold ‘positive’ talks on troop pullback
Indian and Chinese military commanders held “positive, constructive” discussions on disengaging troops locked in a months-long standoff at their disputed Himalayan border, the two sides said in a joint statement yesterday.
13 October 2020, 18:00 PM
US a ‘security risk’ for South East Asia
The Chinese government’s top diplomat, State Councillor Wang Yi, yesterday urged Asian countries to remain “vigilant” over the risk of US strategy stoking geopolitical competition in the South China Sea and other parts of the region.
13 October 2020, 18:00 PM
China, Russia, KSA set to join UN Rights Council
China, Saudi Arabia and Russia are poised to join the United Nations Human Rights Council, raising alarm among rights groups who say the countries are among the world’s “worst rights violators”.
13 October 2020, 18:00 PM
‘I have failed’ you
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un appeared to shed tears at the weekend as he thanked citizens for their sacrifices, in the most striking demonstration yet of how he is relying on his “man of the people” persona to tackle his country’s deepening crises.
13 October 2020, 18:00 PM
Anwar meets Malaysia king in bid to topple government
Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim yesterday met the king in a bid to prove he has a “convincing” parliamentary majority to form a new
13 October 2020, 18:00 PM
New Karabakh fighting despite ceasefire pleas
Armenian and Azerbaijani forces yesterday engaged in new fighting over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region despite pleas from world and
13 October 2020, 18:00 PM
Protesters topple Roosevelt, Lincoln statues in Portland
Protesters toppled two statues of former US presidents in the western state of Oregon, prompting President Donald Trump to call Monday for the
13 October 2020, 18:00 PM
US Supreme Court ends Democratic lawmakers' anti-corruption lawsuit against Trump
The US Supreme Court on Tuesday put an end to a lawsuit brought by congressional Democrats that accused President Donald Trump of violating anti-corruption provisions in the US Constitution with his business dealings.
13 October 2020, 14:24 PM