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EU court curbs mass phone data grab by spy agencies
The EU’s top court yesterday put limits on how European spy and security agencies could harvest troves of personal data, but said this could be
6 October 2020, 18:00 PM
Maldives ex-vice president gets 20 years for graft
Maldives former vice president Ahmed Adeeb has been sentenced to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to graft, money laundering and
6 October 2020, 18:00 PM
Nearly 4m Americans have already voted early
Americans are rushing to cast ballots ahead of the November election at an unprecedented pace, early voting numbers show, indicating a possible record turnout for the showdown between President Donald Trump and Democratic rival Joe Biden.
6 October 2020, 18:00 PM
Downturn not as bad as feared
Amid a flood of government spending, the global downturn sparked by the coronavirus pandemic will not be as bad as originally feared, IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva said yesterday, but she warned that the crisis is far from over as coronavirus cases surge again around the world.
6 October 2020, 18:00 PM
Pence, Harris set to lock horns in key face-off
The incumbent, Mike Pence, and the California senator Kamala Harris are set to take part in a vice-presidential debate in Salt Lake City, Utah, today with both under pressure to show their readiness to step up to the top job.
6 October 2020, 18:00 PM
Receiving top care, Trump says Americans are learning to live with Covid-19
US President Donald Trump has said Americans were learning to live with Covid-19, a day after returning from hospital to the White House where he will receive intensive treatment for coronavirus unavailable to most people.
6 October 2020, 16:51 PM
Covid-19 vaccine may be ready by year-end: WHO chief
A vaccine against Covid-19 may be ready by year-end, World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has said, without elaborating.
6 October 2020, 16:22 PM
Trio win Nobel Physics Prize for black hole research
Roger Penrose of Britain, Reinhard Genzel of Germany and Andrea Ghez of the US won the Nobel Physics Prize today for their research into black holes, the Nobel jury say.
6 October 2020, 12:31 PM
'Don't be afraid' of Covid, Trump says as he returns to White House that is stalked by illness
US President Donald Trump told Americans “to get out there” and not fear Covid-19 as he returned to the White House on Monday after a three-night hospital stay to be treated for the virus and removed his white surgical mask to pose for pictures.
6 October 2020, 04:07 AM
Trump says will leave hospital later today, asks not to be afraid of Covid-19
US President Donald Trump has said he felt "really good" and will leave a military hospital where he is being treated for Covid-19 later on Monday, despite a wave of infections that have hit his White House four weeks before the US election.
5 October 2020, 19:36 PM
Europe’s pushback of migrants ‘shameful’: UN refugee chief
The UN refugee chief yesterday lambasted countries which close their doors to desperate migrants and Europe’s “shameful” refusal to allow migrants stranded at sea to disembark quickly.
5 October 2020, 18:00 PM
Civilian areas attacked, Nato seeks truce
Armenia and Azerbaijan yesterday accused each other of attacking civilian areas on the ninth day of the deadliest fighting in the South Caucasus region for more than 25 years.
5 October 2020, 18:00 PM
WHO believes 10pc of world has had Covid-19
The WHO estimated yesterday that 10 percent of the world has been infected by the new coronavirus -- way more than has been recorded -- as it mulled speeding up internal reforms.
5 October 2020, 18:00 PM
Pandemic sharpens Senate struggle
While Donald Trump is intent on getting his recent Supreme Court nominee confirmed before the November 3 presidential election, the eruption of Covid-19 into the Senate and the innermost circles of the White House has complicated the calendar.
5 October 2020, 18:00 PM
Wildfires raze dozens of homes in New Zealand
Wildfires have destroyed up to 50 homes in New Zealand, authorities announced yesterday, saying it was a miracle no one was hurt as “a wall of orange” razed most of a remote South Island village.
5 October 2020, 18:00 PM
8 killed in attack targeting Afghan governor
A suicide attack targeting an Afghan provincial governor killed at least eight people yesterday, officials said, as the president travelled to Qatar where peace talks with the Taliban have stalled.
5 October 2020, 18:00 PM
Severity of Trump’s illness unclear four weeks ahead of election
US President Donald Trump has begun a fourth day of treatment for Covid-19 at a military hospital outside Washington, with the severity of his illness unclear barely four weeks before Americans go to the polls to decide whether to reelect him.
5 October 2020, 16:46 PM
China says US TikTok, WeChat bans break WTO rules
China told a World Trade Organization meeting that restrictions by the United States on Chinese mobile applications TikTok and WeChat are in violation of the body’s rules, a trade official has said.
5 October 2020, 15:19 PM
3 win Nobel medicine award for hepatitis C virus discovery
Americans Harvey J Alter and Charles M Rice, and British scientist Michael Houghton were awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine or Physiology on Monday for the discovery of the hepatitis C virus.
5 October 2020, 10:01 AM
Trump trip from hospital to wave at fans endangers others, doctor warns
US President Donald Trump briefly left the military hospital where he is being treated for COVID-19 in a motorcade on Sunday to wave to supporters gathered outside, sparking criticism that he was putting others at risk for a political stunt.
5 October 2020, 05:02 AM