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Britain at COVID 'tipping point'; new lockdown possible: health chief

Britain at COVID 'tipping point'; new lockdown possible: health chief

Britain faces a "tipping point" in a second wave of coronavirus infections, forcing the government to take tougher lockdown measures unless people obey social distancing rules, Health Secretary Matt Hancock warned on Sunday.

2020-09-20 20:34

Kremlin critic Navalny posts photo of himself walking

Kremlin critic Navalny posts photo of himself walking

Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny was seen walking down the stairs in a photo posted on his Instagram feed on Saturday, five days after a Berlin hospital said he had been taken off a ventilator and could breathe independently. Navalny, the leading opponent of Russian President Vladimir Putin, fell ill on a domestic flight in Siberia last month and was airlifted to ...

2020-09-20 10:22

Belarus tries but fails to hinder UN session on rights violations

Belarus tries but fails to hinder UN session on rights violations

The U.N. Human Rights Council was holding an urgent debate on Belarus on Friday, even though diplomats from Belarus and allied countries tried to prevent reports on violations to be presented at the meeting in Geneva.Deputy UN rights chief Nada al-Nashif told the council that there had been thousands of arrests, hundreds of reports of torture, including of children, as well a...

2020-09-18 20:29

Coronavirus cases top 30 million worldwide with Europe on edge

Coronavirus cases top 30 million worldwide with Europe on edge

Coronavirus infections topped 30 million around the globe on Thursday as the World Health Organization warned of "alarming rates of transmission" across Europe and cautioned against shortening quarantine periods. The WHO's regional director for Europe Hans Kluge said a September surge "should serve as a wake-up call for all of us" after Europe set a new record last week, with...

2020-09-18 14:10

WHO urges safety for health workers bearing brunt of virus

WHO urges safety for health workers bearing brunt of virus

Too many doctors and nurses are paying the ultimate price while battling Covid-19, the World Health Organization said Thursday as it launched a charter aiming to boost safety for health workers.

2020-09-17 20:45

Russian opposition leader posts hospital photo of himself after poisoning

Russian opposition leader posts hospital photo of himself after poisoning

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny on Tuesday posted a picture of himself from his hospital bed in Germany where he's recuperating from being poisoned with a nerve agent, wryly joking about being able to breathe on his own. ``Hi, this is Navalny,'' he wrote in the Russian-language post on Instagram in the first image of the 44-year-old since he was taken to Berlin's Cha...

2020-09-16 16:54

Mali's former president Moussa Traore dies at 83

Mali's former president Moussa Traore dies at 83

Mali's former president Moussa Traore, who ruled the West Africa nation for more than 22 years, has died at age 83, according to his son Idrissa Traore. He did not give details on the cause of death. Traore seized power in a military coup in 1968, eight years after Mali gained independence from France, and amid growing discontent with then-president Modibo Keita, the country'...

2020-09-16 15:32

France records more than 10,500 new coronavirus cases in 24 hours

France records more than 10,500 new coronavirus cases in 24 hours

France declared a record 10,561 new coronavirus infections within 24 hours as of 2 pm (1200 GMT) on Saturday, according to national public health authority Sante Publique France.

2020-09-13 21:03

Iran executes man whose case drew international attention

Iran executes man whose case drew international attention

Iranian state TV on Saturday reported that the country's authorities executed a wrestler for allegedly murdering a man, after President Donald Trump asked for the 27-year-old condemned man's life to be spared.

2020-09-13 12:22

Oxford and AstraZeneca resume coronavirus vaccine trial

Oxford and AstraZeneca resume coronavirus vaccine trial

Oxford University announced Saturday it was resuming a trial for a coronavirus vaccine it is developing with pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca, a move that comes days after the study was suspended following a reported side-effect in a U.K. patient.

2020-09-13 12:14

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