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Belarus' Opposition Leader Svetlana Tikhanouskaya Flees Country After Post-Election Clashes

Violent clashes have rocked Belarus after strongman President Alexander Lukashenko was re-elected in a landslide victory.

Aug 11, 2020

Germany Bans Fans from Attending Soccer Matches at Least Till End of October

The Bundesliga became the first league in Europe to recommence under strict coronavirus precautionary measures

Aug 11, 2020

Privacy Watchdog of France Opens Preliminary Investigation Into TikTok

In the US, the officials have mentioned that TikTok poses a national security risk because of the personal data it handles

Aug 11, 2020

Iran Arrests 5 for Spying for Israel, Germany and Britain: Judiciary

Shahram Shirkhani spied for British intelligence services and also tried to recruit some Iranian officials for Britain's MI6 agency, Esmaili mentioned

Aug 11, 2020

Taiwan Says China is Forcing Conditions That Will Turn it Into Next Hong Kong

On Monday, Chinese fighter jets briefly crossed the median line of the sensitive Taiwan Strait.

Aug 11, 2020

Omeros' Shares Price Jump As Its COVID-19 Treatment Shows Promising Results

The said that talks were in progress with the US government for a potential funding for the broader availability of the promising treatment

Aug 11, 2020

Oil Spill: Mauritians Rush With Human Hair to Mop Up Oil Leaking From Japanese Ship

Mauritians are making floating booms of human hair and leaves in a round-the-clock scramble to mop up oil leaking from a grounded Japanese ship

Aug 10, 2020

Lebanese Government to Resign Amid Public Outrage Over Beirut Blast, Says Minister

On August 4, at least 163 people were killed and over 6,00 were injured when over 2,000 tonnes of ammonium nitrate exploded in the port warehouse

Aug 10, 2020

Actor Antonio Banderas Says He Has Covid-19, Reassures That He Is 'Relatively Better'

The star of "The Mask of Zorro" and dozens of other films, Antonio Banderas, announced on Monday, his 60th birthday, that he had tested positive for COVID-19 and was in quarantine

Aug 10, 2020

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Prime Minister Boris Johnson Worried About UK's Loss of Power On Scotland's Departure

Boris Johnson warned that Britain could be weakened if the union that holds the four nations together was broken

Aug 10, 2020

WHO Has Just 10% of Funds Required to Fight COVID-19, Says its Chief Tedros

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that the World Health Organization was only "10 percent of the way" to provide the necessary funds

Aug 10, 2020

Signs of Peaking of COVID-19 Outbreak Visible, Says Australia

In the past 24 hours, nineteen people—all from Victoria— have succumbed to the coronavirus infection

Aug 10, 2020

Fiona Ferro Becomes First WTA Champion In 5 Months by Winning Palermo Open

Palermo Ladies Open was the first event to be held since the sport's shutdown following the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic

Aug 10, 2020

US Senators Appeal for Removal of Tariffs on EU Foods and Beverages

The tariffs were imposed in retaliation to EU subsidies on large aircraft and have affected single-malt Scotch whiskey, Italian cheese, and French wine

Aug 10, 2020

US Election Infrastructure Being Targeted With Chinese Cyberattacks: WH National Security Adviser

O'Brien's statements suggest an active level of suspected Chinese interference as the 2020 Presidential Election approaches

Aug 10, 2020

Belarus President Lukashenko Wins Re-election, Opposition Cries Foul

Lukashenko secured 80 percent of the vote while Svetlana Tikhanouskaya, who emerged as Lukashenko's primary rival, won 9.9 percent of the vote

Aug 10, 2020

Former Real Madrid Chief Calls Exclusion of Gareth Bale A Pity

Real manager Zinedine Zidane excluded Bale from his Champions League squad and he has been pretty much absent from their La Liga campaign for most of the year

Aug 9, 2020

Taiwan's Prized Winemaker Seeks To Restore Its Wine Culture

'I'm initiating a revolution called the Taiwan wine spirit renaissance, says Chen Chien-hao, describing his efforts to rejuvenate a tradition that has nearly died

Aug 9, 2020

Bernie Sanders Deliberates Over 'Make Billionaires Pay Act', Zones In On Top American Billionaires

The 'Make Billionaires Pay Act' would levy a one-time 60 percent tax on wealth acquired by billionaires between March 18, 2020, and January 1, 2021

Aug 9, 2020

UK Privacy Watchdog Investigating Barclays Over Spying Allegations

A system being piloted by Barclays allegedly tracked how its employees utilized their time while on duty

Aug 9, 2020

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