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Read More SpaceX has successfully tested a prototype of its Starship, which it’s developing with a view to Moon and Mars missions. The rocket is a long way from an inaugural manned flight, but Elon Musk is happy with progress. Starship prototype Serial Number 6 (or SN6) took off from a launch pad at SpaceX’s…

Read More Iron ore miners’ and steel producers’ increasing use of the Chinese yuan will increase its internationalisation, reduce China’s vulnerability to any possible US financial sanctions, and help the domestic economy in line with the new “dual circulation” strategy.By using the yuan rather than the US dollar to price iron ore, this will increase…

Read MoreSilvio Berlusconi has coronavirus and reportedly early-stage double pneumonia.Silvio Berlusconi has coronavirus and reportedly early-stage double pneumonia.

Read MoreComments come as media report possible meeting between defence ministers of both countries following border standoff.Comments come as media report possible meeting between defence ministers of both countries following border standoff.

Read More Firms trading with EU want ministers to address major gaps in supply chain preparations Businesses trading with the EU are demanding an urgent meeting with government ministers over concerns there are significant gaps in the UK’s Brexit border preparations. Eight logistics organisations have written to say they fear the supply chain that keeps…

Read More Former Italian PM hospitalised as a precautionary measure after testing positive for Covid Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Italy’s former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi is being treated in hospital for Covid-19. Berlusconi, who is 84 this month, was taken to the San Raffaele hospital in Milan on Thursday night…

Read More NPR’s Steve Inskeep interviews Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, who ran for president of Belarus against long-time incumbent Alexander Lukashenko. She says the election was fraudulent. NPR’s Steve Inskeep interviews Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, who ran for president of Belarus against long-time incumbent Alexander Lukashenko. She says the election was fraudulent.

Read More Italy’s former prime minister, Silvio Berlusconi, was taken to hospital in Milan for further medical examination after it was announced on Wednesday that his coronavirus test turned out to be positive. The move was just a precaution as the political veteran’s condition was no cause for concern, Berlusconi’s Forza Italia said on Friday.…

Read More News updates: cases rise in South Tyneside, Middlesbrough and Gateshead, putting them in government ‘red zone’ Pupils with special needs ‘forgotten’ as English schools reopen Eat out to help out sees diners claim 100m cut-price meals in August Prevent ‘tsunami’ of job losses when furlough ends, TUC urges Sunak Global coronavirus updates –…

Read More Days after a pregnant mother was arrested for “inciting” an anti-lockdown protest, Melbourne police came after a self-described “freedom fighter” who runs a Covid-19 conspiracy network. The dramatic arrest was caught on film. James Bartolo, a former soldier, bodybuilder and a man who – in his own words – fights against the “corrupt…

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Read More The offer to pay those whose land was seized 20 years ago is intended to mend relations with the West. The offer to pay those whose land was seized 20 years ago is intended to mend relations with the West.

Read More Dante Addug called his partner as water entered the Gulf Livestock 1 cargo ship but family has not heard from him since The last time the captain of the Gulf Livestock 1 spoke to his partner, Typhoon Maysak was battering the ship and water was already flowing in. It was 8.30pm on Tuesday.…

Read MoreThe suspect was being investigated over the shooting of a pro-Donald Trump activist at a protest.The suspect was being investigated over the shooting of a pro-Donald Trump activist at a protest.

Read More US president Donald Trump slammed House speaker Nancy Pelosi after the Democrat was filmed at an indoor hair salon with her face covering around her neck. Trump, a longtime critic of Pelosi, pounced on the opportunity to attack her over the incident. “I’ll tell you what, she must have treated that beauty salon…

Read More Five women affected by child marriage tell their stories – and of their struggles to protect others Text and photographs by Thom Pierce Twelve million girls are married every year before they reach 18, according to UN estimates. And in its first set of global statistics on child marriage rates among boys, the…

Read More (LACEY, Wash.) — A man suspected of fatally shooting a supporter of a right-wing group in Portland, Oregon, last week after a caravan of Donald Trump backers rode through downtown was killed Thursday as investigators moved in to arrest him, a senior Justice Department official told The Associated Press. The man, Michael Reinoehl,…

Read MoreTwo Australian men fight to live a life free of multiple sclerosis with the help of stem cell treatment in Russia.Two Australian men fight to live a life free of multiple sclerosis with the help of stem cell treatment in Russia.

Read More It seemed like Billy Joe Driver, 84, was always around in this Alabama city after 36 years as mayor. Most weekdays you’d find Driver working at a first-floor conference table at Clanton City Hall, and many nights he’d eat at Green’s Small Town Diner with friends. The new coronavirus is just as dangerous…

Read More Major oil firms plan to grow plastic supply to counter impact of shift against fossil fuels The war on plastic waste could scupper the oil industry’s multi-billion dollar bet that the world will continue to need more fossil fuels to help make the petrochemicals used in plastics, according to a new report. Major…

Read More The T Rex singer captivated generations with his strutting music and hyper-sexual charisma. As a tribute album is released, stars explain why he is glam’s greatest icon In early 1971, a nine-year-old called David Evans was sitting at home in the suburbs of Dublin watching Top of the Pops. He was already a…

Read MoreRecord rains inundated Pakistan’s largest city, paralysing city authorities as people were left to fend for themselves.Record rains inundated Pakistan’s largest city, paralysing city authorities as people were left to fend for themselves.

Read More Trump said Thursday that the story is “totally false.” The allegations were first reported in The Atlantic. A senior Defense Department official with firsthand knowledge of events and a senior U.S. Marine Corps officer who was told about Trump’s comments confirmed some of the remarks to The Associated Press, including the 2018 cemetery…

Read More (ROCHESTER, N.Y.) — Seven police officers involved in the suffocation death of Daniel Prude in Rochester, New York, were suspended Thursday by the city’s mayor, who said she was misled for months about the circumstances of the fatal encounter. Prude, 41, who was Black, died when he was taken off life support March…

Read More Inequality and underlying health conditions combine to make potentially devastating impact on community, study shows Coronavirus – live updates See all our coronavirus coverage The risk of dying from Covid-19 is at least 50% higher for Māori than New Zealanders from European backgrounds, according to our study published today. Māori and Pacific populations…

Read More Bureau of meteorology says strong south-easterlies could be sending the smell of the sea across the suburbs A salty smell has wafted over Sydney and coastal New South Wales, as residents who live kilometres from the coast reported a strong sea aroma on Friday morning. On a drizzly morning ahead of forecast thunderstorms,…

Read MoreWriter Yang Hengjun says he will “never confess” to spying charges, after being detained for 19 months.Writer Yang Hengjun says he will “never confess” to spying charges, after being detained for 19 months.

Read MoreAgreement reached to end two weeks of action after overnight talks with government on its plans for reform.Agreement reached to end two weeks of action after overnight talks with government on its plans for reform.

Read MoreMexico has highest COVID-19 toll for healthcare workers in the world, with more than 1,300 deaths, says Amnesty.Mexico has highest COVID-19 toll for healthcare workers in the world, with more than 1,300 deaths, says Amnesty.

Read More Rescuers are searching for more than 40 crew on ship carrying 6,000 cattle that went down en route from New Zealand to China The Japanese coastguard has found a second person in its search for more than 40 crew members who went missing after a ship carrying cattle from New Zealand to China…

Read More The president made the comments as he declined to visit a cemetery outside Paris where US Marines are buried, according to the Atlantic report A new report details multiple instances of Donald Trump allegedly making disparaging remarks about members of the US military who have been captured or killed, including referring to the…

Read MoreLead actor Robert Pattinson has tested positive for coronavirus, according to US media reports.Lead actor Robert Pattinson has tested positive for coronavirus, according to US media reports.