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Trump is first racist US president: Joe Biden
US Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden said on Wednesday that Donald Trump is the first racist to become president in remarks his opponent’s re-election campaign quickly rebuked.
23 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Ex-Nazi camp guard, 93, gets two-year suspended sentence
A 93-year-old former Nazi concentration camp guard was handed a suspended sentence of two years yesterday for complicity in World War II
23 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Wife seeks ‘compassion’ for bi-polar Kanye West
Kim Kardashian West on Wednesday opened up about her husband Kanye West’s bipolar disorder, calling on the media and public to show “compassion and empathy” in light of the rapper’s recent erratic behavior.
23 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Humans were in America 30,000 years ago: study
Tools excavated from a cave in central Mexico are strong evidence that humans were living in North America at least 30,000 years ago, some 15,000 years earlier than previously thought, scientists said Wednesday.
23 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Don’t expect first vaccine until early 2021: WHO
Researchers are making “good progress” in developing vaccines against COVID-19, with a handful in late-stage trials, but their first use cannot be expected until early 2021, a World Health Organization (WHO) expert said on Wednesday.
23 July 2020, 18:00 PM
I am ready to fight again
An Afghan girl who shot dead two Taliban fighters after they gunned down her parents said she was ready to confront any other insurgents who might try to attack her.
23 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Reduce dependence on Beijing
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has called on India to tamp down its dependence on Chinese goods, amid growing tensions between Washington and Beijing, which has its own issues with New Delhi.
23 July 2020, 18:00 PM
India appreciates Bangladesh’s view of Jammu-Kashmir being its ‘internal issue’
India today said Bangladesh’s “consistent” stand has been that Jammu and Kashmir and developments there “are internal to India.”
23 July 2020, 15:08 PM
Airstrikes in Afghanistan kill 45 civilians and Taliban members
Airstrikes in eastern Afghanistan have killed 45 people, including civilians and Taliban.
23 July 2020, 05:53 AM
Maria Ressa pleads not guilty in tax case
Embattled Philippine journalist Maria Ressa pleaded not guilty yesterday to tax evasion, as President Rodrigo Duterte’s government faced growing calls to drop all charges against the veteran reporter.
22 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Thousands of Pakistanis, Syrians, Iraqis granted Kuwaiti visas in exchange for bribes
As Kuwait’s Public Prosecution continues an investigation into Bangladeshi MP Shahid Islam Papul’s case of human trafficking and money laundering, it found new information that thousands of Pakistanis, Syrians, and Iraqis were also granted Kuwaiti visas in exchange for bribes.
22 July 2020, 14:07 PM
Brazil's Bolsonaro tests positive for the novel coronavirus again
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has had another positive result for the novel coronavirus in the third test he has taken since falling ill on July 7, a secretariat of the Communications Ministry said on Wednesday.
22 July 2020, 13:28 PM
3 hostages released from bus in western Ukraine as standoff continues
Three of the people taken hostage by a man on a bus in western Ukraine have been released, officials say.
21 July 2020, 18:39 PM
Thunberg donates 1m euro rights prize to green groups
Climate activist Greta Thunberg was on Monday awarded a Portuguese rights award and promptly pledged the million-euro prize to groups working to
21 July 2020, 18:00 PM
US adds 11 China companies to blacklist over Uighurs
The US Commerce Department on Monday added 11 Chinese companies implicated in what it called human rights violations in connection with China’s
21 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Trump will be ‘fumigated out’ if he refuses to quit after polls
The top US Democrat said on Monday that Donald Trump might not like the outcome of the Nov 3 presidential election but reminded the Republican
21 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Libya intervention: Egypt parliament backs Sisi
Egypt’s parliament gave President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi the green light for possible military intervention in Libya by approving the deployment of armed forces abroad to fight “terrorist groups” and “militias”.
21 July 2020, 18:00 PM
EU agrees to link funds to rule of law
European leaders for the first time yesterday agreed to link payment of EU funds to a member state with respect for the bloc’s legal norms -- although Poland and Hungary insisted they had blocked tougher planned measures.
21 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Rising Tensions with China: US holds naval drills with allies
The United States is conducting two military exercises in Asian waters this week involving allies Japan, Australia and India, the US navy said yesterday.
21 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Climate change on track to wipe out polar bears by 2100
Climate change is starving polar bears into extinction, according to research published Monday that predicts the apex carnivores could all but disappear within the span of a human lifetime.
21 July 2020, 18:00 PM