Turkey blasts Pelosi’s ‘ignorance’ about democracy
ISTANBUL: Turkey’s top diplomat today condemned US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s “blatant ignorance” for suggesting President Donald Trump was trampling...
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Iran’s coronavirus single-day 207 death toll highest since Aug 1, says health ministry
TEHRAN: Iran’s death toll from the novel coronavirus rose by 207 to 25,222 today, with the total number of identified...
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Four stabbed in Paris attack, suspect arrested, say officials
PARIS: Four people were stabbed today near the former offices of the Charlie Hebdo satirical magazine in Paris that was...
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Trump Supreme Court pick would slash odds of surprise liberal victories
WASHINGTON: Amid a flurry of major rulings early this summer, the US Supreme Court in an under-the-radar case handed a...
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Abiding by Covid-19 curbs, Australian school kids protest in opposition to gas
SYDNEY: Thousands of Australian students today protested to demand investment in renewable-energy projects, though Covid-19 restrictions confined the events to...
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N. Korea regrets killing S. Korean to control coronavirus
SEOUL: North Korea expressed regret today over the death of a missing South Korean, saying it shot him as part...
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US vaccine programme chief backs stricter rules for emergency use of Covid-19 shot
CHICAGO: The scientific head of the US government programme designed to speed development of Covid-19 vaccines said yesterday he supports...
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‘Our first dictatorship is school’: Thai students revolt
BANGKOK: Wearing white ribbons, publicly hacking off their hair and making Hunger Games salutes — Thailand's high school students are...
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Three US states report record one-day increases in new Covid-19 cases
WASHINGTON: Three US states reported record one-day increases in new Covid-19 cases yesterday, according to state data. Montana reported 330...
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Mary Trump, niece of Donald Trump, sues US president and family for fraud
NEW YORK: Mary Trump, the niece of Donald Trump and author of a recent memoir that painted an unflattering portrait...
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Going virtual: COVID-19 pushes tourism players, visitors to adapt to a new reality
Tourism has been one of the sectors worst hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. With closed borders and restrictions, many tourist...
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Global warming driving California wildfire trends – study
Climate change is driving the scale and impact of recent wildfires that have raged in California, say scientists. Their analysis...
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Facebook suspends fake Russian accounts, warns of US election hack-and-leak threat
LONDON: Facebook said on Thursday (Sep 24) it has dismantled three networks of fake accounts which could be used by...
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McConnell, other Republicans split with Trump on peaceful transfer of power
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) speaks to the media after the Republican policy luncheon on Capitol Hill in Washington,...
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Trump launches fresh attack on McCain after widow endorses Biden
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump yesterday launched a fresh mocking attack on John McCain, the Republican senator who died in...
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Climate change: China aims for ‘carbon neutrality by 2060’
China will aim to hit peak emissions before 2030 and for carbon neutrality by 2060, President Xi Jinping has announced....
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HK activist Joshua Wong arrested again, vows to fight on
HONG KONG: Prominent Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong was arrested today for taking part in a protest at the height...
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Nobel winners to get US$110,000 raise as prize money increased
STOCKHOLM: Winners of the prestigious Nobel prizes this year will receive an extra one million crowns (US$110,000 or RM465,249), the...
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Thailand takes first legal action against Facebook, Twitter over content
BANGKOK: Thailand began legal action today against Facebook and Twitter for ignoring requests to take down content, in its first...
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China bans two Australian ‘anti-China’ scholars, reports Global Times
BEIJING: China has barred entry to two “anti-China” Australian scholars, the Global Times newspaper said today, citing unnamed sources, amid...
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