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Saturday, 12 September 2020
More than half a million people in the US state of Oregon are fleeing deadly wildfires that are raging across the Pacific Northwest, authorities say.
Fanned by unusually hot, dry winds, dozens of infernos...
Friday, 11 September 2020
Wildlife populations have fallen by more than two-thirds in less than 50 years, according to a major report by the conservation group WWF.
The report says this "catastrophic decline" shows no sign of...
Tuesday, 08 September 2020
Two Australian news outlets have removed their reporters from China over what they say is a diplomatic standoff.
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation's Bill Birtles and the Australian Financial Review's...
Monday, 07 September 2020
India has recorded more than 90,000 new cases of Covid-19 in the past 24 hours, taking its total above that of Brazil.
The country now has the second-largest number of confirmed cases in the world, 4,204,613....
Saturday, 05 September 2020
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has urged charges against police who shot two black Americans, Jacob Blake and Breonna Taylor.
Speaking in Delaware, Mr Biden did not specify what counts should...
Thursday, 03 September 2020
US President Donald Trump has visited Kenosha, Wisconsin, to back law enforcement after the police shooting of a black man sparked civil strife.
The Republican president blamed "domestic terror" for the...
Monday, 31 August 2020
India has set a record for the world's highest single-day increase in coronavirus cases.
The nation, the world's third-most infected, on Sunday reported 78,761 new cases in 24 hours, passing the number...
Sunday, 30 August 2020
French Prime Minister Jean Castex has responded to a steep increase in infections with a series of measures including increased testing and compulsory face-coverings in Paris.
The number of "red zones"...
Saturday, 29 August 2020
A New Zealand court has sentenced a man who killed 51 people at two mosques to life in prison without parole, the first person in the country's history to receive this sentence.
Australian Brenton Tarrant,...
Friday, 28 August 2020
US First Lady Melania Trump has made a heartfelt plea for racial unity in a live speech from the White House to the Republican party convention.
"Stop the violence and looting," she also said as protests...
Monday, 24 August 2020
The man who killed 51 people at two mosques in New Zealand in 2019 had plans to target a third mosque, his sentencing hearing has heard.
Brenton Tarrant also planned to burn down the mosques, wanting...
Saturday, 22 August 2020
Newly minted Democratic White House nominee Joe Biden said US President Donald Trump has "cloaked America in darkness for much too long".
The former US vice-president said his rival has unleashed "too...
Friday, 21 August 2020
The wife of a Slovak man who died in Belgian police custody has called for a fresh inquiry after shocking new images of his detention have emerged.
Jozef Chovanec was arrested at Charleroi airport in...
Wednesday, 19 August 2020
A new Harry Potter-themed tourist attraction is to be built in Japan for 2023, when it is hoped travel will be back to normal.
The “Warner Bros. Studio Tour Tokyo - The Making of Harry Potter”...
Tuesday, 18 August 2020
Michelle Obama has launched a stinging attack on US President Donald Trump as Democrats prepared to crown Joe Biden as their White House challenger.
"Donald Trump is the wrong president for our country,"...
Monday, 17 August 2020
Fresh strikes are expected in Belarus after a weekend which saw tens of thousands take to the streets to demand the departure of long-term President Alexander Lukashenko.
Opposition leaders called for...
Sunday, 16 August 2020
President Donald Trump says he has heard Democratic running mate Kamala Harris "doesn't qualify" to serve as US vice-president, amplifying a fringe legal theory critics decry as racist.
Ms Harris was...
Friday, 14 August 2020
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and running mate Kamala Harris have attacked "whining" President Donald Trump as an incompetent leader who has left the US "in tatters".
The pair held their...
Wednesday, 12 August 2020
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has named Senator Kamala Harris as his running mate - the first black woman and Asian American in the role.
Once a rival for the top job, the California senator...
Monday, 10 August 2020
Hong Kong business tycoon Jimmy Lai has been arrested and his newspaper offices raided by police over allegations of collusion with foreign forces.
His case is the most high-profile arrest so far under...
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