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Russian state hackers suspected in targeting Biden campaign firm: sources
Microsoft Corp recently alerted one of Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden’s main election campaign advisory firms that it had been targeted by suspected Russian state-backed hackers, according to three people who are briefed on the matter.
10 September 2020, 14:18 PM
Bangladesh, Hungary to bolster ties in nuclear energy, manpower training
Bangladesh and Hungary have agreed to enhance cooperation in the field of nuclear energy and required training for skilled manpower.
10 September 2020, 11:42 AM
8,000 cargo jets needed to transport Covid-19 vaccines around the world, says IATA
According to the International Air Transport Association (IATA), providing a single dose each of Covid-19 vaccine to 7.8 billion people around the world will require the use of around 8,000 Boeing 747 cargo aircraft -- and planning needs to begin now.
10 September 2020, 10:44 AM
Hundreds of Oregon homes destroyed by US wildfires
Hundreds of homes have been lost to massive and unprecedented Oregon wildfires with a potentially historic number of fatalities feared in the northwestern US state, governor Kate Brown said Wednesday.
10 September 2020, 03:44 AM
Emissions hit new record in lockdowns
Concentrations of greenhouse gases in the Earth’s atmosphere hit a record high this year, a United Nations report showed yesterday, as an economic slowdown amid the coronavirus pandemic had little long-term effect.
9 September 2020, 18:00 PM
Afghan VP survives as blast kills 10
A roadside bomb in Kabul targeted first Afghan Vice President Amrullah Saleh yesterday +morning but he escaped unharmed, his spokesman said. The attack killed at least 10 people.
9 September 2020, 18:00 PM
More than 1 billion people face displacement by 2050
Rapid population growth, lack of access to food and water and increased exposure to natural disasters mean more than 1 billion people face being displaced by 2050, according to a new analysis of global ecological threats.
9 September 2020, 18:00 PM
Over 300 NGOs urge UN to probe China rights abuses
More than 300 rights groups and other organisations called on the UN yesterday to launch an international investigation into Beijing’s human rights abuses, demanding “decisive action”.
9 September 2020, 18:00 PM
Aussie spy agency targeted Chinese journos: Beijing
Beijing yesterday claimed that Australia’s intelligence agency questioned foreign correspondents working for Chinese state-run media in June, seizing computers and mobile phones in raids apparently linked to a billowing spy scandal.
9 September 2020, 18:00 PM
Temper flares in UK, EU
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was accused yesterday of presiding over a “rogue state” as his government introduced legislation that intentionally breaches its EU withdrawal treaty in the messy countdown to a full Brexit divorce.
9 September 2020, 18:00 PM
Pandemic threatens lives of millions of kids: UN
Disruptions to health services due to the pandemic are putting millions of additional lives at risk worldwide, the United Nations said yesterday, warning that Covid-19 could reverse decades of progress in reducing child mortality.
9 September 2020, 18:00 PM
US blocking visas of some Chinese graduate students and researchers: DHS
The United States is blocking visas for certain Chinese graduate students and researchers to prevent them from stealing sensitive research, Chad Wolf, acting head of the US Department of Homeland Security, says.
9 September 2020, 17:54 PM
Nobel laureate Alexievich denounces Belarus ‘terror’ as another activist is detained
Nobel prize-winning author Svetlana Alexievich has accused the authorities in Belarus of terrorizing their own people as another opposition politician was detained by masked men in plain clothes.
9 September 2020, 17:03 PM
A 'moonshot', PM Johnson wants mass testing in Britain by spring
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson says he wanted widespread testing across Britain by the spring to allow people “to lead more normal lives”, describing the effort to get to mass testing as a “moonshot”.
9 September 2020, 15:47 PM
Belarusian opposition politician Kolesnikova suspected of state treason: RIA cites lawyer
Belarusian opposition politician Maria Kolesnikova is being detained under suspicion of state treason, as part of a criminal case involving an attempt to seize power, the Russian news agency RIA cited her lawyer as saying today.
9 September 2020, 13:41 PM
US formally announces to withdraw 2,200 troops from Iraq
The United States military has announced that it would be reducing its presence in Iraq from 5,200 to 3,000 troops this month, formalising a move that had been long expected.
9 September 2020, 12:08 PM
Brokering UAE-Israel peace deal: Trump nominated for Nobel Peace Prize 2021
A Norwegian lawmaker has nominated Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize for 2021 for helping broker a deal between Israel and the United Arab Emirates, the second time he has put forward the US president for the honour.
9 September 2020, 11:32 AM
Roadside bomb attack misses Afghan vice president, but kills 10
A roadside bomb in Kabul targeted first Afghan Vice President Amrullah Saleh on Wednesday morning but he escaped unharmed, his spokesman said. The attack killed at least 10 people.
9 September 2020, 08:24 AM
Californians airlifted from fires as dangerous winds arrive
Dangerous dry winds whipped up California's record-breaking wildfires Tuesday as hundreds were evacuated from blazes by helicopter and tens of thousands more were plunged into darkness by power outages.
9 September 2020, 03:10 AM
UK judge rejects Assange bid to delay US extradition case
WikiLeaks’ founder Julian Assange, who is fighting to avoid extradition to the United States from Britain, failed on Monday in a bid to further delay hearings that resumed after a pause of months caused by the coronavirus lockdown.
8 September 2020, 18:00 PM