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Man 'asleep' in speeding self-driving car charged in Canada 18 Sep 2020 - 12:35 pm

Ottawa - A driver who allegedly set his car to autopilot and then took a nap as it broke the speed limit on...

China lab leak infects thousands with bacterial disease 18 Sep 2020 - 11:28 am

Beijing - Thousands of people in northwest China have tested positive for a bacterial disease after a leak from a state-owned biopharmaceutical plant...

Trump's son agrees to sit for questioning in New York probe, after the election 18 Sep 2020 - 12:21 am

NEW YORK - President Donald Trump's son Eric is willing to be questioned in connection with a probe by New York's attorney general...

France reports highest number of new COVID-19 cases in a day 17 Sep 2020 - 11:24 pm

PARIS - France registered a record 10,593 new confirmed coronavirus in the past 24 hours, health ministry data showed on Thursday, the country's...

Moderna shares Covid-19 vaccine trial blueprints, will others follow? 17 Sep 2020 - 11:19 pm

Washington - US biotech firm Moderna, one of nine companies in the late stages of clinical trials for a Covid-19 vaccine, has become...

France won't buy vaccines through WHO's COVAX scheme - ministry source 17 Sep 2020 - 09:00 pm

PARIS - France will provide funding for an initiative led by the World Health Organization to buy potential COVID-19 vaccines, but will not...

Canada could lose ability to manage COVID-19 cases, says chief medical officer 17 Sep 2020 - 08:24 pm

OTTAWA/TORONTO - Canada could lose its ability to manage the coronavirus pandemic due to a worrying recent spike in new COVID-19 cases, the...

Burned out and abused: French COVID-19 testers strike over work conditions 17 Sep 2020 - 08:10 pm

PARIS - Hundreds of workers at COVID-19 laboratories in France went on strike on Thursday, a trade union said, angry over poor working...

New York City again delays in-person learning at public schools 17 Sep 2020 - 07:34 pm

NEW YORK - With only four days' notice, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio on Thursday delayed in-person learning at public schools...

Migrants jump from rescue boat in bid to reach Italy 17 Sep 2020 - 06:24 pm

Rome: Dozens of migrants jumped overboard from their rescue boat outside the Italian port of Palermo on Thursday, before being plucked from the...

Lebanese PM-designate to hold more talks in faltering bid to appoint cabinet 17 Sep 2020 - 05:44 pm

BEIRUT: Lebanese Prime Minister-designate Mustapha Adib said on Thursday he would give more time for talks about the formation of a new government...

Ukraine-U.S. military exercises begin as Russia holds drills in Belarus 17 Sep 2020 - 04:59 pm

KYIV: Ukraine and the United States launched joint military exercises on Thursday, two days after Russia began joint military drills with forces in...

Pandemic pushes millions of kids into poverty: UN Study 17 Sep 2020 - 04:27 pm

ANKARA: The number of children living in multidimensional poverty has increased to nearly 1.2 billion due to the coronavirus pandemic, according to a...

France probes doctors prescribing antibiotics for autism 17 Sep 2020 - 04:25 pm

Paris: French prosecutors said Thursday that they had opened an inquiry into dozens of doctors prescribing antibiotics and other drugs as a purported...

Poland to ban ritual animal slaughter for export: Lawmaker 17 Sep 2020 - 04:18 pm

WARSAW: Poland plans to ban religious slaughtering of animals for export and the state will offer compensation to businesses that suffer, a ruling...

'Wake-up' call in Europe as virus surges back 17 Sep 2020 - 03:53 pm

Copenhagen: The World Health Organization on Thursday warned of "alarming rates of transmission" of Covid-19 across Europe and cautioned against shortening quarantine periods...

Coronavirus epicentre Wuhan re-opens for international flights 17 Sep 2020 - 03:35 pm

Beijing: China's Wuhan, ground zero for the coronavirus outbreak sweeping the globe, has re-opened for international flights, ending an eight-month moratorium since the...