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England’s Covid-19 app does not accept a third of test results
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As Trump names his next Supreme Court nominee, focus shifts towards Senate
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Madrid at ‘serious risk’ without tougher Covid-19 rules, health minister warns
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Belarus police detain more than 10 people at opposition rally in Minsk, says Reuters witness
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Paris knife attacker suspect says wanted to go after Charlie Hebdo, says source
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Iranian president accuses US of savagery after new sanctions
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Lebanon’s prime minister-designate steps down after failing to form cabinet
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Indonesia reports 4,494 new coronavirus infections, 90 deaths, says health ministry
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UK may be moving too slowly to tackle Covid-19 outbreak, says government adviser
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Russia reports more than 7,500 new coronavirus cases
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Taiwan's armed forces strain in undeclared war of attrition with China
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Trump says US election winner might not be known for months
NEWPORT, Sept 26 — US President Donald Trump said yesterday that Americans might not know the winner of the November presidential election for months due to disputes over mail...
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Man held on terror charges after two wounded in Paris cleaver attack
PARIS, Sept 26 — A man armed with a meat cleaver wounded two in Paris yesterday outside the former offices of satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo before being arrested by police,...
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Global Covid-19 death toll could hit 2 million before vaccine in wide use, WHO says
GENEVA, Sept 26 — The global death toll from Covid-19 could double to two million before a successful vaccine is widely used and could be even higher without concerted action to...
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Thai activists protest in front of king's German villa
TUTZING, Sept 26 — Thai activists yesterday planted a symbolic plaque declaring Thailand belongs to the people in front of King Maha Vajiralongkorn's villa in Germany, as...
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Military plane carrying air force cadets crashes in Ukraine, killing 22
KYIV, Sept 26 — A military transport plane carrying air force cadets crashed and burst into flames near a highway in northeastern Ukraine yesterday evening, killing at least 22...
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S. Korea asks North to probe shooting death of S. Korean official
SEOUL, Sept 26 — South Korea said today it will ask North Korea to further investigate the shooting death of a South Korean official, as public and political outrage over the...
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Japan PM tells UN Tokyo is determined to host Olympics next year
TOKYO, Sept 26 — Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga told the United Nations General Assembly yesterday Japan is determined to host the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 after the games...
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South Korea's domestic Covid-19 cases fall to the lowest in 44 days
SEOUL, Sept 26 — South Korea today reported 49 new domestic coronavirus cases, the smallest number of locally transmitted cases in 44 days in a sign that tighter social...
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Three dead in fire at Huawei campus in southern China
BEIJING, Sept 26 — Three people have been found dead after a huge fire broke out at an unfinished research facility belonging to tech giant Huawei in the southern Chinese city...
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Pakistan PM condemns 'Islamophobic' Charlie Hebdo cartoons
NEW YORK, Sept 26 — Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan yesterday condemned the fresh publication of cartoons of the Prophet Muhammed by a French satirical weekly, urging UN...
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Australia says world needs to know origins of Covid-19
SYDNEY, Sept 26 — The world's nations must do all they can to understand the origins of Covid-19, Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison said today, comments that could...
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Trump plans to pick Judge Amy Coney Barrett for Supreme Court, sources say
WASHINGTON, Sept 26 — President Donald Trump plans today to name conservative federal appeals court judge Amy Coney Barrett to fill the vacancy on the US Supreme Court following...
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Shock after rare killing of UK police officer in line of duty
LONDON, Sept 26 — Police across Britain yesterday paid silent tribute and flags were flown at half mast after a long-serving officer became the first to be shot dead in the line...
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Barnstorming US, Trump mocks Biden for 'staying in again'
ATLANTA, Sept 26 — With just 39 days until the US election, President Donald Trump ramped up his campaigning with back-to-back events yesterday in battleground states — a...
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Earthquake of magnitude 5.2 strikes northeastern Iran near Turkmenistan border, reports local media
TEHRAN, Sept 26 — An earthquake of magnitude 5.2 struck northeastern Iran on the border with Turkmenistan today, state Iranian TV reported. It gave no immediate information on...
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UK pledges over £340m for WHO, calls for end to 'ugly rifts'
LONDON, Sept 26 — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will pledge today a 30 per cent increase in funding for the World Health Organisation while urging reforms to the global...
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Togo prime minister and government resign
LOME, Sept 26 — Togo's prime minister and his government have resigned, the West African nation's presidency said late yesterday. President Faure Gnassingbe congratulated prime...
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Chinese fishing fleet off Peru stirs up diplomatic waters as navy monitors
LIMA, Sept 26 — Peru's Navy yesterday was carefully watching a fleet of around 250 Chinese fishing vessels that had sailed just outside the Andean country's waters, angering the...
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Spain’s confirmed coronavirus cases rise to 716,481
MADRID, Sept 25 — Spain’s cumulative tally of confirmed coronavirus infections rose by 12,272 today from the previous day to 716,481, health ministry data showed. That...