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German FM calls Trump ‘unscrupulous’
German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas yesterday said that an “unscrupulous” President Donald Trump was trying to sow doubt about the US presidential election by urging his supporters to vote twice, which is illegal.
6 September 2020, 18:00 PM
Belarus protesters march in Minsk despite government warning
Tens of thousands of people have marched through Minsk calling on Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko to step down, in mass demonstrations that showed no sign of abating nearly a month after an election his opponents say was rigged.
6 September 2020, 15:03 PM
Philippine police draw flak for plan to monitor social media on quarantine
Philippine police drew criticism from netizens and activists on Sunday for a plan to monitor social media to enforce quarantine rules, with critics accusing the authorities of authoritarianism and double standards.
6 September 2020, 12:53 PM
Police hunt for man in Birmingham after stabbings leave one dead, seven injured
Police said they were searching for a man in relation to a two-hour stabbing spree in the city of Birmingham, central England, early on Sunday, that left one man dead and seven people injured, two of them critically.
6 September 2020, 12:24 PM
Australia's Covid-19 epicentre extends hard lockdown till late September
Australia's coronavirus hot spot state of Victoria on Sunday extended a hard lockdown in its capital Melbourne until September 28, as the infection rate has declined more slowly than hoped.
6 September 2020, 08:19 AM
Facebook blocks livestream of euthanasia campaigner's death
Facebook has blocked a terminally ill French euthanasia campaigner from livestreaming his own death.
6 September 2020, 05:08 AM
Cohen memoir casts him as ‘star witness’ against Trump
Michael Cohen’s tell-all memoir makes the case that President Donald Trump is “guilty of the same crimes” that landed his former fixer in federal prison, offering a blow-by-blow account of Trump’s alleged role in a hush money scandal that once overshadowed his presidency.
6 September 2020, 04:42 AM
FB blocks terminally ill Frenchman from streaming his death
Facebook yesterday said it would block the livestream of a Frenchman suffering from an incurable condition who wanted to broadcast his death on the social media platform.
5 September 2020, 18:00 PM
Hopes of miracle fade in Beirut
Rescue teams kept up their search for survivors in Beirut yesterday even as hopes raised by sensor readings of a pulse beneath the rubble of last month’s blast began to fade.
5 September 2020, 18:00 PM
China has taken ‘most active role’ to interfere
China has taken the most active role among countries seeking to interfere in the US election and has the biggest program to influence domestic politics, US national security adviser Robert O’Brien said on Friday, without providing any details.
5 September 2020, 18:00 PM
Trump ends anti-racism training in federal govt
US President Donald Trump has ordered government agencies to end employee training sessions on fighting racism because they amount to “un-
5 September 2020, 18:00 PM
Taliban say team in Qatar for Afghan peace talks
The Taliban’s negotiating team has arrived in Qatar, a spokesman said yesterday, in a sign that long-delayed peace talks with the Afghan
5 September 2020, 18:00 PM
Navalny poisoning: Trump refuses to criticise Russia
US President Donald Trump said the United States must look “very seriously” into the suspected poisoning of Russian opposition leader Alexei
5 September 2020, 18:00 PM
Will not supply arms to Pakistan
Russia has reassured India that it would not supply arms to Pakistan while promising to give priority to India’s needs for advanced military systems, according to defence sources.
5 September 2020, 18:00 PM
Uproar grows over reports
Donald Trump, the president of the United States, has come under fire over reports that he mocked the country’s war dead as “suckers” and “losers”, with Joe Biden, his main opponent in the upcoming presidential election, declaring him “unfit” for the commander-in-chief role.
5 September 2020, 18:00 PM
Rescuers search Beirut rubble for third day, with nation transfixed
Rescue workers continued to dig through the rubble of a Beirut building for a third day on Saturday, still hoping to find someone alive more than a month after a massive port explosion shattered Lebanon’s capital.
5 September 2020, 13:04 PM
Police drag Belarus students from university building, arrest five, rights group says
Belarusian police arrested five university students in the capital Minsk, human rights activists have said, and videos posted on social media have showed chaotic scenes of those detained being dragged away by officers through crowded corridors.
5 September 2020, 12:39 PM
Summer of protests ends with rallies for and against Trump across US
A summer of street marches will culminate over the Labor Day holiday weekend with some rallies backing US President Donald Trump, while others continue protests against racial inequality and police violence across the country.
5 September 2020, 12:27 PM
Trump security adviser says China has biggest election-interference programme
China has taken the most active role among countries seeking to interfere in the US election and has the biggest programme to influence domestic politics, US national security adviser Robert O’Brien said on Friday, without providing any details.
5 September 2020, 04:52 AM
Nato demands Russia reveal Novichok programme
Nato yesterday called for an international probe into the poisoning of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny and demanded Moscow reveal its Novichok nerve agent programme to the global chemical weapons watchdog.
4 September 2020, 18:00 PM