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Joe Biden elected president of the United States: AP 07 Nov 2020 - 07:28 pm

Democrat Joe Biden has won Pennsylvania, surpassing the 270 electoral vote threshold to take the White House and become the 46th president of...

Books? Hairdressers? Europeans split on lockdown essentials 07 Nov 2020 - 04:53 pm

HALLE, Belgium: In times when a pandemic unleashes death and poverty, the concept of what is essential to keep society functioning in a...

Suspended animation: Count drags on as Biden nears victory 07 Nov 2020 - 04:29 pm

Washington: Four days after the election, the US presidential race hovered in suspended animation Saturday as the long, exacting work of counting votes...

Five questions about Ethiopia's slide into conflict 07 Nov 2020 - 04:22 pm

Addis Ababa: Ethiopia's military announced this week it had "entered into a war" with the northern region of Tigray, leading to fears of...

Thousands in Leipzig protest German coronavirus restrictions 07 Nov 2020 - 04:13 pm

BERLIN Thousands of people demonstrated in central Leipzig on Saturday against government-imposed restrictions meant to slow the spread of the coronavirus after a...

Explosion kills former Afghan TV presenter in capital 07 Nov 2020 - 04:06 pm

KABUL, Afghanistan: A bomb attached to the vehicle of a former presenter on Afghanistan’s TOLO TV exploded early Saturday, killing the journalist and...

Iran judiciary says jailed rights lawyer Sotoudeh given furlough 07 Nov 2020 - 03:46 pm

Tehran: Jailed human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh has been granted temporary release, the Iranian judiciary's Mizan Online news website reported on Saturday. "Sotoudeh......

Iran reports record daily COVID-19 cases, announces new curbs 07 Nov 2020 - 02:36 pm

Iran announced new lockdown curbs on Saturday after registering a record daily number of COVID-19 cases and another 423 deaths from the disease...

Australia to allow additional 450 citizens to return before end of 2020 07 Nov 2020 - 02:29 pm

Sydney: Australia will permit an additional 450 citizens to return to the country before the end of the year, slightly increasing a cap...

Biden vows virus action on 'day one' as Europe suffers under second wave 07 Nov 2020 - 02:20 pm

Washington: The United States reported record new coronavirus cases for the third day in a row, as Joe Biden vowed to act against...

Poland reports record daily increase in coronavirus cases 07 Nov 2020 - 02:14 pm

WARSAW: Poland reported a record 27,875 new coronavirus cases on Saturday, taking the total number of reported cases over 500,000 as new restrictions...

Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows infected with coronavirus 07 Nov 2020 - 02:12 pm

President Donald Trump’s chief of staff, Mark Meadows, has contracted coronavirus, according to people familiar with the matter, adding to the outbreaks connected...

Sudan partially closes border with Ethiopia: Agency 07 Nov 2020 - 01:28 pm

KHARTOUM: Sudan partially closed its border with Ethiopia, state news agency SUNA reported on Saturday, in the wake of escalating violence in the...

Belarus' Lukashenko inaugurates nuclear power plant amid safety concerns 07 Nov 2020 - 01:19 pm

MOSCOW: Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko inaugurated a nuclear power plant on Saturday that some neighbouring countries have opposed because of safety concerns. Built...

Six countries reported coronavirus on mink farms, WHO says 07 Nov 2020 - 01:15 pm

Copenhagen: Denmark and the United States are among six countries that have reported new coronavirus cases linked to mink farms, the World Health...

Lebanon's president seeks evidence behind US sanctions on son-in-law 07 Nov 2020 - 12:56 pm

BEIRUT: President Michel Aoun said on Saturday that Lebanon would seek evidence and documents from the United States that led Washington to impose...

UK bans entry from Denmark after Covid mink outbreak 07 Nov 2020 - 12:08 pm

London: Britain on Saturday banned entry to all non-resident foreigners coming from Denmark after a mutated version of the coronavirus linked to mink...