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UK announces new plan to help workers hit by pandemic

Thu, 24 Sep 2020 17:43:09 GMT

Under a furloughed worker program that expires next month, the government pays 80% of the wages of workers placed on leave.

Vietnamese police seize 345,000 used condoms ready to be sold as new, reports say

Thu, 24 Sep 2020 17:34:41 GMT

Police in Vietnam have seized hundreds of thousands of used condoms that had been cleaned, repackaged and ready to be sold as new, reports say.

Venezuela's Maduro denounces US as "the most serious threat to world peace” in UN address

Thu, 24 Sep 2020 17:34:24 GMT

Embattled Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro took aim at the United States during his UN General Assembly address on Wednesday, accusing Washington of "criminal, inhuman aggression" toward his regime in a long, winding pre-recorded speech from Caracas.

From bomb-affixed drones to narco tanks and ventilated tunnels: How well-equipped are the ...

Thu, 24 Sep 2020 12:49:49 GMT

They are yet to be designated a formal terrorist organization – but cartels south of the border are documented to now be augmenting arsenals of sophisticated weaponry to rival most fear-inducing militias on battlefields abroad.

South Korean official, who may have tried to defect to the North, shot to death, burned: report

Thu, 24 Sep 2020 08:51:53 GMT

A South Korean government official who may have tried to defect to North Korea was shot to death and then set on fire by Navy sailors from the communist country, a report said Thursday.

Twitter stands by as Chinese media threatens Taiwan leader, critics say

Wed, 23 Sep 2020 20:07:31 GMT

Twitter appears to have allowed a state-affiliated media outlet to make violent threats against Taiwan and its leader, and critics say the tech platform’s inaction on the matter is part of a wider pattern of double standards with its policies.

Despite mass protests, Belarus President Lukashenko swears himself in for 6th term in secret ...

Wed, 23 Sep 2020 16:13:27 GMT

Even as protesters continue to swarm to streets of Belarus's capital, Minsk and much of the international community calls for 66-year-old President Alexander Lukashenko to end his 26-year reign, the embattled leader was sworn in for a 6th term in a secret ceremony on Wednesday.

Almost 500 pilot whales stranded in Australia

Wed, 23 Sep 2020 13:04:02 GMT

Australian rescuers desperately working to save a pod of almost 300 beached pilot whales discovered hundreds more on Wednesday, bringing the estimated total to now nearly 500.

Eiffel Tower briefly evacuated after Paris police receive bomb threat

Wed, 23 Sep 2020 12:41:31 GMT

The Eiffel Tower was evacuated Wednesday as police in Paris investigated a bomb threat.

Navalny condition improved enough for him to be released: German hospital

Wed, 23 Sep 2020 09:19:59 GMT

Arctic race heats up as Russia launches flagship nuclear-powered icebreaker

Tue, 22 Sep 2020 22:31:45 GMT

Russia’s new nuclear-powered icebreaker, the Arktika, launched on its maiden voyage out of St. Petersburg Tuesday on a two-week journey to the northern port of Murmansk.

Putin touts Russian coronavirus vaccine, offers it to UN staff for free

Tue, 22 Sep 2020 22:14:34 GMT

Vladimir Putin called the recently approved Russian coronavirus vaccine "reliable, safe, and effective" and offered to supply the vaccine, which many scientists are skeptical of, to other nations.

Iranian leader compares death of George Floyd to US foreign policy

Tue, 22 Sep 2020 19:13:04 GMT

Iran’s president delivered a fiery speech before the U.N. on Tuesday in which he compared the killing of George Floyd to the treatment his country receives from the U.S.

Mysterious blast rocks Hezbollah stronghold in south Lebanon

Tue, 22 Sep 2020 18:07:45 GMT

A powerful explosion shook a Hezbollah stronghold in southern Lebanon on Tuesday, sending thick grey smoke billowing over the village, but the cause was not clear.

China calls allegations of NYPD cop acting as a spy 'pure fabrication'

Tue, 22 Sep 2020 16:53:02 GMT

China is pushing back Tuesday on allegations from U.S. prosecutors that a New York City police officer has been working as a spy for their government, calling the charges filed against him “pure fabrication”.

Chinese tycoon who called Xi Jinping a 'clown' and ripped his coronavirus response gets 18-year ...

Tue, 22 Sep 2020 16:14:37 GMT

A Chinese real estate mogul who once called President Xi Jinping a “clown” and criticized his government’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic was sentenced to 18 years in prison on corruption charges, a Beijing court announced Tuesday.

UK's Boris Johnson announces new coronavirus prevention measures: 'This is the moment we must act'

Tue, 22 Sep 2020 14:26:17 GMT

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced new coronavirus prevention measures Tuesday in a bid to stop the United Kingdom’s steadily increasing number of infections, vowing that “this is the moment that we must act.”

90 whales dead in mass stranding off Tasmania coast

Tue, 22 Sep 2020 14:19:58 GMT

Rescue teams from the Tasmanian Marine Conservation Program had managed to set free 25 whales on Tuesday.

UK could hit 50,000 coronavirus cases a day as winter approaches: chief scientific adviser

Tue, 22 Sep 2020 12:36:04 GMT

"The seasons are against us," the U.K.'s chief medical officer said.

UK medical experts raise nation's COVID-19 alert level, say cases are rising 'rapidly and ...

Mon, 21 Sep 2020 21:48:39 GMT

As coronavirus cases in the United Kingdom are rising “rapidly and probably exponentially,” medical experts are raising the nation’s COVID-19 alert level.