JOHANNESBURG, September 29 (Reuters): Africa's overburdened public health systems, dearth of testing facilities and overcrowded slums had experts predicting a disaster when COVID-19 hit the continent i
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BUDAPEST, September 29 (Reuters) - Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has called for the resignation of European Commission Vice President Vera Jourova over what he described as her "derogatory public s
HARARE, September 29 (Reuters): Zimbabwe plans to send brain tissue samples from dead elephants to the United States to test for toxic micro-organisms blamed for hundreds of elephant deaths in neighbouring
WASHINGTON, September 29 (Reuters): U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi is rallying Democrats to prepare for a once-in-a-century election scenario requiring Congress to decide the outcome of
WASHINGTON, September 29 (Reuters): A report that Donald Trump paid little or no federal income tax in recent years sparked broad outrage on Monday, from rich Democrats to teachers and coffee shop workers
BOON RUEANG, Thailand, September 29 (Thomson Reuters Foundation): The villagers of Ban Boon Rueang in northern Thailand had long known that they benefited from the community wetland forest that supplied them wi
New Delhi, September 29 (ANI): The global death toll of COVID-19 has crossed one million-mark, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. The respiratory disease was first reported in the Chinese city
Washington, September 29 (IANS): The overall number of global coronavirus has surpassed 33.2 million, while the deaths have increased to more than 1,000,820, according to the Johns Hopkins University. As of
Reuters Some 120 million rapid diagnostic tests for COVID-19 will be made available to low- and middle-income countries over a period of six months and will be priced at a maximum of $5 per unit, the World H
PALAISEAU, France, September 28 (Reuters): A schoolteacher whose body, face and tongue are covered in tattoos and who has had the whites of his eyes surgically turned black said he was prevented from
WASHINGTON, September 28 (Reuters): U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday Trump he paid "many millions of dollars in taxes" but was entitled to depreciation and tax credits and also said he
BUCHAREST, September 28 (Reuters): Romanian villagers have re-elected their mayor by a landslide even though he died two weeks ago from COVID-19 complications, saying he had done a good job and deserved hi
LAHORE, SEPTEMBER 28 (IANS): In an eventful day, top leaders of major opposition parties were nabbed by Pakistani courts in cases of money laundering and corruption. Shahbaz Sharif, President of Pakistan Mus
PARIS/ISLAMABAD, September 28 (Reuters): French police are studying a video in which the man suspected of attacking people with a meat cleaver on Friday says he will commit an act of "resistance"
LONDON, September 28 (Reuters): The chances of Britain leaving the European Union without a trade deal have risen dramatically in the last three months, according to major investment banks, most of which n
Thomson Reuters Foundation Japan Airlines said on Monday it would swap "ladies and gentlemen" for gender-neutral greetings, following other global airlines in adopting more inclusive language for p
YEREVAN/BAKU, September 28 (Reuters): Fighting between Armenia and Azerbaijan escalated sharply on Monday in and around the mountain territory of Nagorno-Karabakh and at least 30 people were killed in a se
BAGHDAD, September 28 (Reuters): Washington has made preparations to withdraw diplomats from Iraq after warning Baghdad it could shut its embassy, two Iraqi officials and two Western diplomats said, a step
ISTANBUL, September 28 (Reuters): Turkish prosecutors have prepared a second indictment in connection with the 2018 murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul, naming six new Saudi nationals as
WASHINGTON, September 28 (Reuters): President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden square off on Tuesday in their first presidential debate. With five weeks to go until the Nov. 3 general elect
