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India's recovery to take time after economy shrinks 24% in June quarter 31 Aug 2020 - 06:38 pm
A man waits for customers at his clothing store in New Delhi on August 31, 2020. / AFP / Jewel SAMAD
Berlin zoo's twin panda cubs celebrate 1st birthday 31 Aug 2020 - 04:52 pm
Panda cubs Pit and Paule inspect an ice cake they got for their first birthday in their enclosure at the Zoologischer Garten zoo in Berlin on August 31, 2020. / AFP / Tobias SCHWARZ
EU offers 400 mln euros to WHO-led COVID-19 vaccine initiative 31 Aug 2020 - 04:30 pm
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen addresses a news conference following the resignation of the EU trade commissioner Phil Hogan, in Brussels, Belgium, August 27, 2020. Francois Walschaerts/Pool via REUTERS
Mustapha Adib, Lebanon's new PM-designate 31 Aug 2020 - 04:27 pm
Mustapha Adib talks to the media after being named Lebanon's new prime minister at the presidential palace in Baabda, Lebanon August 31, 2020. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir
Former Indian President Pranab Mukherjee passes away 31 Aug 2020 - 03:55 pm
In this file photo taken on June 3, 2015 the then India's President Pranab Mukherjee listens to his Belarus' counterpart during a signing ceremony at the Presidential Palace in Minsk. / AFP / SERGEI GAPON
Ghana to reopen international airport after five months 31 Aug 2020 - 12:05 pm
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Jordan reports its highest daily tally of COVID-19 cases 31 Aug 2020 - 12:23 am
This picture taken on August 28, 2020 shows a view of an empty roundabout during a COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic curfew in the centre of Jordan's capital Amman. Jordan on August 28 started imposing a full curfew in Amman and Zarqa, 23 kilometres north-eas
Trump presses law and order message as protest turns deadly 31 Aug 2020 - 12:14 am
PORTLAND, OREGON, USA - AUGUST 28: Protesters hold banners during a march led by the NAACP and a youth group, Fridays 4 Freedom, to commemorate Martin Luther King’s 1963 Washington DC march, at the Convention Center in Portland, Oregon, on August 28, 2020
Problem at US telecoms giant causes global internet outages 30 Aug 2020 - 11:50 pm
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US coronavirus cases top 6 million as Midwest, schools face outbreaks 30 Aug 2020 - 11:32 pm
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Rockets fall near Baghdad airport, no casualties 30 Aug 2020 - 11:15 pm
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Tens of thousands march in Belarus capital despite crackdown 30 Aug 2020 - 09:40 pm
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China's new tech export controls could give Beijing a say in TikTok sale 30 Aug 2020 - 09:35 pm
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Wildfire forces over 3,100 to evacuate in Spain's Andalusia 30 Aug 2020 - 09:30 pm
A resident observes a wildfire raging near El Buitron in Huelva on August 30, 2020. At least 3,200 people were evacuated because of a fire that has already ravaged some 10,000 hectares in the southwestern Spanish province of Huelva and which remains activ
FDA commissioner says willing to fast-track COVID-19 vaccine - FT 30 Aug 2020 - 08:41 pm
FILE PHOTO: Commissioner of U.S. Food and Drug Administration Dr. Stephen M. Hahn speaks during a news conference about the latest coronavirus disease (COVID-19) developments, in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, U.S. August
Fire rages near Greek archaeological site of Mycenae 30 Aug 2020 - 08:23 pm
A firefighter works to put out a wildfire near the archaeological site of Mycenae in the northeastern Peloponnese, on August 30, 2020. A wildfire broke out near the ruins of the Bronze Age stronghold of Mycenae in Greece on August 30, prompting the evacua
Australia, New Zealand tread cautiously as coronavirus lingers 30 Aug 2020 - 07:51 pm
Medical personnel is pictured wearing a BYD Care N95 particulate respirator mask and a face shield while working at a pop-up testing centre for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), as the state of New South Wales grapples with an outbreak of new cases, in
Statue of Canada's first prime minister toppled by protesters demanding police defunding 30 Aug 2020 - 07:35 pm
Statue of John MacDonald is seen on the ground after it was pulled down during a protest against racial inequality, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada August 29, 2020 in this picture obtained from social media. Instagram - @andelinaht/via REUTERS