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Brazil's Pantanal, world's largest wetland, burns from above and below
The world’s largest wetland is ablaze, but the fire is often invisible.
29 August 2020, 18:13 PM
Harris ‘not competent’ to be US president
Kamala Harris is “not competent” to be president, US President Donald Trump has said as he launched an attack on the Indian-origin senator’s credentials.
29 August 2020, 18:00 PM
Turkey slams EU sanctions threat
Turkish Vice President Fuat Oktay has slammed a recent threat by the European Union to slap Ankara with sanctions as “hypocritical” as his country yesterday launched a new military drill off the coast of Cyprus amid tensions in the eastern Mediterranean.
29 August 2020, 18:00 PM
‘Three little pigs’
Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk’s neuroscience startup Neuralink on Friday unveiled a pig named Gertrude that has had a coin-sized computer chip in its brain for two months, showing off an early step toward the goal of curing human diseases with the same type of implant.
29 August 2020, 18:00 PM
Fourteen killed in wake of Hurricane Laura in US
Death toll from Hurricane Laura in US has increased to at least 14 people after it slammed into the southern US states of Louisiana and Texas.
29 August 2020, 18:00 PM
At least 17 killed in China restaurant collapse
At least 17 people died yesterday when a restaurant in northern China collapsed, state media said, with rescuers pulling dozens of survivors from
29 August 2020, 18:00 PM
Afghanistan flash floods death toll rises to 160
Rescuers in Afghanistan continued to search amidst mud and rubble for missing people yesterday after flash flooding this week killed around 160
29 August 2020, 18:00 PM
‘57 yrs later we’re still fighting that same fight’
Tens of thousands of people gathered in Washington, DC on Friday to denounce racism, protest against police brutality and commemorate the anniversary of the 1963 civil rights march when Martin Luther King Jr made his famous “I Have a Dream” speech.
29 August 2020, 18:00 PM
‘Black Panther’ star Boseman dies at 43
“Black Panther” film star Chadwick Boseman, an actor whose work celebrated African-American pioneers and culture, has died at age 43 after a four-year battle with colon cancer, according to an announcement posted on Friday to his social media accounts.
29 August 2020, 18:00 PM
Child marriages on the rise in India
The call came on Aug 18 at 1.45 pm, a little before Mr Narayana Sukla was about to settle for lunch.
29 August 2020, 18:00 PM
Suga emerges as strong contender
Yoshihide Suga, a longtime lieutenant of Japan’s Shinzo Abe, has emerged as a strong contender to succeed him as prime minister, an outcome that would extend the fiscal and monetary stimulus that defined Abe’s nearly eight years in office.
29 August 2020, 18:00 PM
Banksy's migrant rescue boat stranded at sea with more than 200 on board
A rescue boat funded by British street artist Banksy has issued urgent calls for help, saying it is stranded in the Mediterranean and overloaded with migrants who it has been unable to bring ashore.
29 August 2020, 13:56 PM
Karachi experiences worst floods in almost a century, 23 dead
Pakistan’s flooded financial capital of Karachi was plunged into chaos on Friday with power cuts, streets under water and cellphone outages caused by heavy rain as authorities said at least 23 people had been killed in downpours the previous day.
29 August 2020, 07:06 AM
Coronavirus Pandemic: Latest Updates
The pandemic has killed at least 832,336 people worldwide since surfacing in China late last year, according to a tally from official sources compiled by AFP at 1100 GMT yesterday.
28 August 2020, 18:00 PM
China ‘destabilising’ Pacific
US Defense Secretary Mark Esper yesterday accused China of “destabilising” the Pacific region on a whistle-stop trip to the tiny island nation of Palau as military tensions grow between the world’s two largest economies.
28 August 2020, 18:00 PM
Gaza flare-up shows no let-up
Israeli tanks and warplanes bombed Hamas positions in Gaza yesterday and the Islamists retaliated with rockets as a three-week-old flare-up showed no let-up despite international mediation efforts.
28 August 2020, 18:00 PM
WHO to review alert rules after criticism
The WHO said Thursday it was setting up a committee to consider changing the rules on declaring an international health emergency, following criticism of its Covid-19 pandemic response.
28 August 2020, 18:00 PM
WHO vaccine plan in chaos as govts go it alone
The World Health Organization will next week receive a raft of pledges of support for its plan for Covid-19 vaccines for all.
28 August 2020, 18:00 PM
Chinese consumers could boycott Apple if US bans WeChat
Chinese consumers could boycott Apple if the United States bans WeChat, China’s foreign ministry spokesman warned Friday, as the clock ticks down on a US order to block the popular social app.
28 August 2020, 15:01 PM
Six killed as Hurricane Laura slams Louisiana
Hurricane Laura tore through Louisiana yesterday, killing six people and flattening buildings across a wide swatch of the state before moving into Arkansas with heavy rains.
28 August 2020, 13:48 PM