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Donald Trump biggest driver of Covid-19 misinformation: study 01 Oct 2020 - 08:06 pm

Washington - US President Donald Trump has been the world's biggest driver of Covid-19 misinformation during the pandemic, a study from Cornell University...

Nine killed, 14 hospitalised in forest fires in eastern Ukraine 01 Oct 2020 - 07:24 pm

KYIV - Nine people were killed and 14 have been hospitalised as a series of forest fires swept through part of the eastern...

From Rio to Amazon, virus flare-ups flash warning in Brazil 01 Oct 2020 - 05:57 pm

Health experts are sounding the alarms on a sudden rise in coronavirus cases in early Brazilian hotspots like Rio de Janeiro and the...

Facebook nixes Trump ads as social media electoral tensions rise 01 Oct 2020 - 05:52 pm

Washington: Facebook said it removed campaign ads for President Donald Trump which appeared to stoke fear by claiming that his Democratic rival Joe...

UN to oversee border talks between Lebanon, Israel 01 Oct 2020 - 05:23 pm

Israel and Lebanon said they’ll begin talks meant to resolve a longstanding maritime border dispute that has driven yet another wedge between the...

'All I know is that I am dying': Navalny recounts ordeal 01 Oct 2020 - 04:58 pm

Berlin: Russia's most prominent opposition leader Alexei Navalny suddenly felt unwell on a flight over Siberia -- a frightening queasiness with cold sweat...

Rwanda genocide survivors want speedy trial for Kabuga, but court faces delays 01 Oct 2020 - 04:37 pm

KIGALI: A special U.N. tribunal in Tanzania should quickly try elderly tycoon Felicien Kabuga on charges of financing the 1994 Rwandan genocide, survivors...

EU regulator launches real-time review of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine 01 Oct 2020 - 04:26 pm

The European health regulator said on Thursday it had started a rolling review of the experimental COVID-19 vaccine from AstraZeneca and Oxford University,...

Microsoft Outlook email service hit by worldwide breakdown 01 Oct 2020 - 03:31 pm

Paris: Microsoft's Outlook email service suffered major problems on Thursday that saw people around the world encounter difficulties accessing their accounts via the...

Second Russian virus vaccine passes early trials: report 01 Oct 2020 - 03:05 pm

Moscow: Early clinical trials of a second Russian coronavirus vaccine have proved successful, its developer said Thursday after Russia boasted of approving the...

Cambridge University ending fossil fuel investments 01 Oct 2020 - 02:39 pm

LONDON: The University of Cambridge said Thursday that it will kick all fossil fuel investments out of its portfolio within the next decade...

International flights land in S.Africa as borders reopen 01 Oct 2020 - 02:06 pm

Johannesburg: A first batch of regional and international flights landed in South Africa early on Thursday, as borders reopened after a more than...

Vienna unveils 'vaccine tram' to help triple flu shots 01 Oct 2020 - 01:58 pm

Vienna: Usually, Vienna's trams can be seen gliding past Baroque palaces, but this winter, one of them will take on a new role:...

Millions on the move as China eyes holiday bounce 01 Oct 2020 - 12:26 pm

Beijing: Hundreds of millions in China hustled to enjoy their first major national holiday since the country beat its coronavirus outbreak, filling airports...

No clear link between school opening and COVID surge, study finds 01 Oct 2020 - 12:13 pm

London: Widespread reopening of schools after lockdowns and vacations is generally not linked to rising COVID-19 rates, a study of 191 countries has...

Slovakia hits record tally of new COVID-19 cases for a second day 01 Oct 2020 - 11:14 am

PRAGUE: Slovakia had 797 new Coronavirus on Wednesday, a record daily tally for a second straight day, Prime Minister Igor Matovic said on...

Trump slashes US refugee admissions to record low 01 Oct 2020 - 10:22 am

Washington: President Donald Trump's administration said late Wednesday the United States will admit a record low of no more than 15,000 refugees over...