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Read More South Africa’s president says infections have peaked, as he seeks to revive the country’s economy. South Africa’s president says infections have peaked, as he seeks to revive the country’s economy.

Read MoreSouth Africa’s president says infections have peaked, as he seeks to revive the country’s economy.South Africa’s president says infections have peaked, as he seeks to revive the country’s economy.

Read More The U.S. West Coast is set to have its hottest two weeks in 70 years, putting even more strain on power grids after California imposed rolling blackouts for the first time since 2001. Excessive heat warnings and watches stretch from the Pacific Coast inland to Montana, Utah and Arizona, according to the National…

Read More Magazine’s opinion editor and editor-in-chief ended note by saying op-ed would remain on the site Newsweek has apologized for an op-ed that questioned the California senator Kamala Harris’ American citizenship and her eligibility to be Joe Biden’s running mate, a false and racist conspiracy theory which Donald Trump has not dismissed. “This op-ed…

Read More Aug 15 (IPS) – In 1918, the Spanish Flu, a deadly influenza caused by the H1N1 virus, decimated the world. Over the course of four successive waves, it infected 500 million people, about a third of the world’s population at the time, resulting in 50 million deaths. Read the full story, “Leading in…

Read More Hassan Rouhani triumphant after only two countries vote in favour of prolonging embargo Iran’s president said on Saturday that the US had suffered a humiliating defeat after the UN security souncil refused to extend an arms embargo on Tehran. US secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, meanwhile, called the action a “serious mistake”. The…

Read More As researchers, we have been shocked to find the most remote depths of the Pacific Ocean polluted by our plastic. And it will outlive us all. Another bottle. Yet another one. We are 200km from land, in the middle of the South Pacific, and this is the third bottle we’ve found already this…

Read More I have no great hope we will use this chance to transform for the better – but this is an unconvincing darkness, and we do not have to stay in it This is part of a series of essays by Australian writers responding to the challenges of 2020 In the pre-dawn hour, as…

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Read More A U.S. Navy EP-3E Aries multi-intelligence reconnaissance aircraft flying in international airspace over the Black Sea was intercepted by a Russian Sukhoi Su-27 fighter jet. According to the Russia’s National Defense Control Center, radar stations spotted a target in the air over the neutral waters of the Black Sea, approaching the state border…

Read More Battle is on to remove fuel oil from Japanese vessel the MV Wakashio as weather worsens A Japanese bulk carrier that ran aground on a reef in Mauritius last month threatening a marine ecological disaster around the Indian Ocean island has broken apart, authorities said on Saturday. The condition of the MV Wakashio…

Read MoreChloe McCardel hopes her 35th Channel swim, beating the men’s record, will not end in self-isolation.Chloe McCardel hopes her 35th Channel swim, beating the men’s record, will not end in self-isolation.

Read More The competence embodied in Merkel provokes loathing from the US president Donald Trump has declared war on Germany. In a manner of speaking. Europe’s most important country, potentially America’s most valuable partner, has in the mind of the president become an adversary. Of all Trump’s many foreign policy disasters, this is perhaps his…

Read MoreThe royal family is protected by laws designed to prevent criticism.The royal family is protected by laws designed to prevent criticism.

Read More Alexander Lukashenko tells the Kremlin that unrest could spread to Moscow next if his regime is destabilised The embattled Belarusian president, Alexander Lukashenko, has called on Vladimir Putin to help him quell the growing wave of protest inside the country, which has left his legitimacy in tatters and his regime facing its biggest…

Read More (JOHANNESBURG) — The grounded Japanese ship that leaked tons of oil near protected areas off the Indian Ocean island nation of Mauritius has split apart, officials said Saturday, with its remaining fuel spreading into the turquoise waters. Photos posted on social media by the official cleanup effort with support of the environment ministry…

Read MoreRemco Evenepoel has crashed and fallen several metres off a bridge during the Il Lombardia race.Remco Evenepoel has crashed and fallen several metres off a bridge during the Il Lombardia race.

Read More Rini Sampath didn’t always find it easy to embrace her South Asian roots. “When I was a kid, Indians were still the punchline on cartoon reruns,” says Sampath, 25, speaking from her home in San Diego, Calif. But when she was in middle school, her father introduced her to Kamala Harris, then San…

Read MoreAnnouncement comes as country struggles to cope with economic shock linked with coronavirus and crude price drop.Announcement comes as country struggles to cope with economic shock linked with coronavirus and crude price drop.

Read MoreThe U.K. government imposed a mandatory two-week coronavirus quarantine on anyone coming from France in a last-minute decision.The U.K. government imposed a mandatory two-week coronavirus quarantine on anyone coming from France in a last-minute decision.

Read MoreIndia great and World Cup-winning captain MS Dhoni retires after a 16-year international career.India great and World Cup-winning captain MS Dhoni retires after a 16-year international career.

Read More End of cooperation ‘because of pandemic’ comes as extent of similar British contracts with foreign forces starts to emerge The government has barred UK military personnel from training the Hong Kong police force and two other organisations amid worsening relations with China. Both the army and the RAF run limited drill instructor programmes…

Read More Warnings that changes to USPS could disenfranchise voters From Oakland to the White House? The rise of Kamala Harris Flu and Covid: winter could bring ‘double-barrel’ outbreak to US Sign up to our First Thing newsletter 3.27pm BST The Associated Press reports that a white state trooper has been charged with murder over…

Read More RHODES, Greece — The Greek government has secretly expelled more than 1,000 refugees from Europe’s borders in recent months, sailing many of them to the edge of Greek territorial waters and then abandoning them in inflatable and sometimes overburdened life rafts.Since March, at least 1,072 asylum-seekers have been dropped at sea by Greek…

Read More A school with no classrooms, homework or grades encourages creativity and imagination, rather than an ability to sit still and nod • Time to reset: more brilliant ideas to remake the world In many places around the world, education has become something to be endured. A new generation is learning to run a…

Read More Sen. Kamala Harris, Joe Biden’s vice presidential pick, went to high school in Montreal, where she learned to negotiate the straits of a diverse culture. Sen. Kamala Harris, Joe Biden’s vice presidential pick, went to high school in Montreal, where she learned to negotiate the straits of a diverse culture.

Read More Hollywood star Chuck Norris has filmed himself making a thinly veiled threat against Belarus’ President Alexander Lukashenko, who is facing intense protests following accusations of election fraud. In the clip, posted on YouTube, Norris did not mention Lukashenko by name. Instead, he referred to him as “Sasha Zero-Percent,” which is a play on…

Read MoreThere are now more than 21 million confirmed coronavirus cases around the world, and more than 765,000 deaths. As COVID-19 cases climb in some of Europe’s key holiday destinations, many travelers are now finding themselves caught in changing travel restrictions. Imtiaz Tyab reports.There are now more than 21 million confirmed coronavirus cases around the…

Read More Pressure mounts on Alexander Lukashenko to go as protests threaten to spill beyond Belarus’s borders Women in Belarus take protests into their own hands ‘It’s like a war’: armed men roam streets of Minsk The Belarusian president, Alexander Lukashenko, and the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, have expressed confidence that all problems that had…

Read More A sweeping plan to rid the country of immigrant-heavy areas officially designated as “ghettos” is being challenged by residents, as Denmark also begins to grapple with broader questions about racism. (Image credit: Sidsel Overgaard/NPR) A sweeping plan to rid the country of immigrant-heavy areas officially designated as “ghettos” is being challenged by residents,…

Read More The raid this week of Apple Daily’s newsroom and leadership changes at broadcaster iCable highlight the shrinking space for independent journalism as Beijing exerts more control over a once freewheeling Hong Kong. The raid this week of Apple Daily’s newsroom and leadership changes at broadcaster iCable highlight the shrinking space for independent journalism…

Read More Saint George Hospital University Medical Center is located about a mile from the blast site. Doctors there say the facility was decimated by last week’s explosion, calling the scene “an apocalypse.” (Image credit: Felipe Dana/AP) Saint George Hospital University Medical Center is located about a mile from the blast site. Doctors there say…

Read More Wine producers in France say there’s been an alarming drop in consumption during the pandemic and some wines produced this year might end up distilled into raw alcohol for hand sanitizer. Wine producers in France say there’s been an alarming drop in consumption during the pandemic and some wines produced this year might…

Read MoreAs diplomats negotiate the makeup of the next government, the people of Beirut are just trying to get through the day.As diplomats negotiate the makeup of the next government, the people of Beirut are just trying to get through the day.

Read More Mass anti-government protests in Belarus are actually a “color revolution” in action, and Russia may be the next target if the country fails to halt its progress, President Alexander Lukashenko has claimed. Lukashenko, whose reelection for a sixth term last Sunday sparked mass protests over an alleged rigging of the vote, believes his…