Ardern wins landslide re-election in New Zealand vote
The mandate means Ardern, 40, could form the first single-party government in decades, and face the challenge of...
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Weekend Reads: Jacinda Ardern's biggest challenge is yet to come, and more
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COVID-19 case confirmed in pope's Vatican residence
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Divided world is failing COVID-19 test, says UN chief Antonio Guterres
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India ranked 94th in Global Hunger Index, now under 'serious' category
The GHI report 2020 also revealed that South Asia and Africa South of the Sahara have the worst hunger conditions...
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European nations revive curfews, lockdowns amid COVID-19 cases
With new cases hitting about 100,000 daily, Europe has by a wide margin overtaken the United States, where more than...
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Pak re-elected to UN Human Rights Council; China sees sharp drop in standing
While rebuking the UN Human Rights Council over the election of China, Russia and Cuba as its members, the US on...
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Unexplained illness in patient; Johnson & Johnson pauses vaccine trials
J&J, which reports quarterly financial results on Tuesday morning, said that such pauses are normal in big trials,...
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Paul Milgrom, Robert Wilson win 2020 Nobel economics prize for work on auction theory
The economics prize, won by such luminaries as Paul Krugman and Milton Friedman in the past, was the final of the six...
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I beat this crazy, horrible China virus: Donald Trump
The scientific evidence is unclear on whether people who have recovered from COVID-19 and have antibodies are...
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China has deployed 60K soldiers on India's northern border: Pompeo
The foreign ministers from the Indo-Pacific nations known as the Quad group - the US, Japan, India and Australia -...
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UN World Food Programme wins Nobel Peace Prize
The Nobel Committee said that the coronavirus pandemic has added to the hunger faced by millions of people around the...
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COVID-19: WHO reports record one-day rise in global cases
India reported 78,524 new cases, followed by Brazil at 41,906 and the United States with 38,904 new infection
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Former South African cricketer Philander's brother shot dead
Tyrone Philander, 32, was killed while taking water to a neighbour, with the motive for the shooting unknown,...
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Trump pulls out of virtual debate with Biden, worries he'll be muted
The first debate between the two, held last week before Trump disclosed that he had tested positive for the novel...
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The WHO gave out wrong and misplaced advisories: virologist Dr Li -Meng Yan | Part 2
Dr Yan has taken the bold step to go against her peers, colleagues, the government and the society when claiming that...
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Mexican Nobel laureate Molina, ozone layer prophet, dies at 77
One of Mexico's most eminent scientists, Molina conducted some of his first experiments at a tender age in his...
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Harris, Pence clash over Trump's coronavirus record at US VP debate
Pence defended the US administration's efforts to battle the disease, including Trump's decision in late January to...
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Charpentier and Doudna win 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Charpentier, who is French, and Doudna, an American, become the sixth and seventh women to win a Nobel for chemistry,...
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Eddie Van Halen dies at 65, guitar virtuoso ruled '70s, '80s rock
Van Halen's death was announced by his 29-year-old son, Wolfgang, a bass player who joined the band, best known for...
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Trio of scientists share Nobel physics prize for discoveries on black holes
The prizes celebrate one of the most exotic objects in the universe, black holes, which have become a staple of...
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Man-made coronavirus born in a Chinese lab, says virologist Dr Li-Meng Yan | Part I
Our government has many, many ways to hold the truth. They made sure everyone bought the theory that the seafood...
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'Don't be afraid' of COVID, Trump says as he returns to White House that is stalked by illness
Trump wore a mask as he left the helicopter that flew him back from a military hospital outside Washington and...
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Scientists who helped identify Hepatitis C virus win 2020 Nobel Medicine Prize
The discoveries by scientists Harvey Alter, Charles Rice and Briton Michael Houghton meant there was now a chance of...
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COVID-19 positive Trump greets supporters in motorcade outside hospital
The brief drive through Rockville Pike in Bethesda brought cheers to his supporters who have been praying for his...
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Market capitalism has failed in pandemic, needs reform, urges Pope Francis
Pope Francis says the coronavirus pandemic has proven that the magic theories of market capitalism have failed and...
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After mixed messages from White House, Trump says 'real test' ahead in his COVID fight
The remarks came hours after differing assessments of his health from administration officials left it unclear how...
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Weekend Reads: The only good thing to come out of Trump-Biden debate: A Meme
Here are the ten must-read stories from around the world.
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Oxford University coronavirus vaccine could be rolled out within six months: Report
The vaccine candidate under trial by University of Oxford scientists in collaboration with pharmaceutical giant...
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Trump moved to military hospital, gets experimental COVID-19 treatment
Trump will work in a special suite at the hospital for the next few days as a precautionary measure, White House...
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California wildfires threaten towns, wineries ahead of dangerous weekend
The National Weather Service issued red-flag warnings for high winds over the next two days.
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US President Donald Trump, wife Melania test coronavirus positive
Trump had already began the quarantine process after Hope Hicks, a top adviser and trusted aide, tested positive for...
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India not giving accurate COVID death count: Trump
During the presidential debate on Tuesday night with Democratic Party presidential candidate Joe Biden, they both...
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Global coronavirus deaths rise above 'mind-numbing' million
The number of COVID-19 deaths this year is now double the number of people who die annually from malaria - and the...
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US election: Trump, Biden clash over several issues in bitter presidential debate
Attacking Trump over the handling of the COVID-19 pandemic that has killed more than 200,000 people and infected over...
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What to expect from the first Presidential Debate between Donald Trump and Joe Biden?
Moderated by Fox News presenter Chris Wallace, the first US Presidential Debate between Donald Trump and Joe Biden...
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Kuwait's ruler Emir Sheikh Sabah passes away
Sheikh Sabah, 91, had ruled the Gulf Arab oil producer and U.S. ally since 2006 and steered its foreign policy for...
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United Arab Emirates to send unmanned spacecraft to moon in 2024
The announcement by Dubai's ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum shows the rapid expansion of the space...
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Texas on alert over brain-eating amoeba after death of 6-year-old
Although infections from Naegleria fowleri are rare, the fatality rate is over 97%.
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Trump paid only $750 in US income taxes in 2016
Trump, who has fiercely guarded his tax filings and is the only president in modern times not to make them public,...
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WHO chief hails Modi's assurance of India's COVID vaccine production prowess
Earlier, Modi had in his address to the 193-member UN General Assembly questioned the response of the UN in combating...
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Terror attack in Paris weeks after Charlie Hebdo republishes prophet cartoons
Charlie Hebdo lost 12 employees in an Al-Qaeda attack in 2015 by French-born extremists who had criticised the...
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Weekend Reads: 'I feel sorry for Americans', a baffled world on the superpower's fall from grace
Here are the ten must-read stories from around the world this Sunday.
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NASA astronaut plans to cast her ballot from space station
Rubins is just outside Moscow in Star City, Russia, preparing with two cosmonauts for a mid-October launch and a...
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World's youth rallies against climate change
Demonstrations were planned in more than 3,100 locations, though with pandemic-related curbs limiting the size of...
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Global COVID-19 death toll could hit 2 million before vaccine in wide use: WHO
The WHO is continuing talks with China about its possible involvement in the COVAX financing scheme designed to...
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Knifeman in Paris wounds two at scene of Charlie Hebdo attacks
The attack coincided with the start this month of the trial of 14 alleged accomplices in the 2015 Charlie Hebdo...
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Kremlin critic Navalny's bank accounts frozen, apartment seized
Navalny was flown from Russia to Berlin last month after falling ill on a domestic flight in Siberia. Tests in...
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Fire-hit supertanker owner to pay $1.8 million for Sri Lanka's help
The New Diamond, loaded with Kuwaiti oil, is chartered by Indian Oil Corp and is currently 66 nautical miles (122...
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