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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...
Saturday, 08 August 2020
People in Beirut have expressed anger at the government over what they say was negligence that led to Tuesday's huge explosion.
President Michel Aoun said the blast was caused by 2,750 tonnes of ammonium...
Thursday, 06 August 2020
Lebanon is in mourning after a huge explosion in the capital Beirut killed at least 100 people and injured more than 4,000 others on Tuesday.
The whole city was shaken by the blast, which began with a...
Wednesday, 05 August 2020
Tens of millions of people in the Philippines are back in lockdown, after doctors warned a surge in new coronavirus cases could push the healthcare system to collapse.
Stay-at-home orders are now in place...
Saturday, 01 August 2020
At least 17 people have been killed in Afghanistan in a powerful car bomb blast in Logar province.
The explosion came on the eve of a ceasefire declared by the Taliban during the festival of Eid.
The...
Friday, 31 July 2020
The Trump administration is planning to withdraw some federal security forces from Portland, Oregon, after weeks of clashes with protesters.
US Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf said the pullout was...
Wednesday, 29 July 2020
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam has warned that the city's hospital system could face "collapse" as it grapples with a sharp rise in coronavirus cases.
She said the city was "on the verge of a large-scale...
Tuesday, 28 July 2020
Former Malaysian PM Najib Razak has been found guilty of all seven charges in the first of several multi-million dollar corruption trials.
He had pleaded not guilty to the charges of criminal breach of...
Monday, 27 July 2020
The Sudanese government is sending more troops to the restive Darfur region, following a spike in violence there.
Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok said the forces would protect people during the farming...
Saturday, 25 July 2020
China has ordered the closure of the US consulate in the south-western city of Chengdu, the latest in a tit-for-tat escalation between the two countries.
China said the move was a "necessary response"...
Friday, 24 July 2020
China has launched its first rover mission to Mars.
The six-wheeled robot, encapsulated in a protective probe, was lifted off Earth by a Long March 5 rocket from the Wenchang spaceport on Hainan Island...
Wednesday, 22 July 2020
An annual Hindu pilgrimage to a Himalayan cave shrine in Indian-administered Kashmir has been cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Officials cited rising cases as the reason, saying the health concerns...
Monday, 20 July 2020
The United Arab Emirates' historic first mission to Mars is under way, after a successful lift-off in Japan.
The Hope probe launched on an H2-A rocket from Tanegashima spaceport, and is now on a 500-million-km...
Sunday, 19 July 2020
The FBI has launched an investigation after hackers hijacked Twitter accounts of a number of high-profile US figures in an apparent Bitcoin scam.
"The accounts appear to have been compromised" to perpetrate...
Thursday, 16 July 2020
Billionaires Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates are among many prominent US figures targeted by hackers on Twitter in an apparent Bitcoin scam.
The official accounts of Barack Obama, Joe Biden and Kanye...
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