Washington, August 20 (Reuters): A U.S. judge on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit by President Donald Trump that sought to block enforcement of a grand jury subpoena for eight years of his personal and corporate ta
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WASHINGTON, August 20 (Reuters): Steve Bannon, an architect of President Donald Trump's 2016 election victory, has been charged with fundraising fraud in a campaign to help Trump build his signatu
BERLIN, August 20 (Reuters): Swedish activist Greta Thunberg urged German Chancellor Angela Merkel "to be brave enough to think long-term" in a meeting on Thursday where they discussed the climat
UNITED NATIONS, AUGUST 20 (IANS): Top UN officials honoured humanitarian workers overcoming "huge challenges" to save and improve the lives of millions of women, men and children hit hard by the Covid
WARSAW, August 20 (Reuters): Poland's Foreign Minister Jacek Czaputowicz has resigned, the ministry said on Thursday, the second ministerial resignation in a week as Poland tries to play a leading role
ISLAMABAD, AUGUST 20 (IANS): At least 24 people were killed as heavy rains lashed Pakistan's Punjab province on Thursday, officials said. Rescue officials told local media that several houses have been c
SEOUL, August 20 (Reuters): South Korea's intelligence agency believes that Kim Yo Jong, the sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, is serving as his "de facto second-in-command" but has
PORT-AU-PRINCE, August 20 (Reuters): Haiti's school children missed class this year first due to months of violent unrest, then the coronavirus pandemic. Now, as schools are finally reopening, many par
SACRAMENTO, August 20 (Reuters): A former California police officer dubbed the "Golden State Killer" who confessed to 13 murders and dozens of rapes during the 1970s and '80s faces a lif
KABUL, AUGUST 20 (IANS): Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on Thursday said that "all barriers and excuses have been removed" ahead of the intra-Afghan talks with the Taliban. Addressing security force
BANGKOK, August 20 (Thomson Reuters Foundation): Bangkok tourist destination Khao San Road is usually heaving with people on weekends, its cheap beer bars, tattoo parlours, street vendors, hostels and buzz
WASHINGTON, August 20 (Reuters): The U.S. State Department said it notified Hong Kong on Wednesday that Washington has suspended or terminated three bilateral agreements with the semi-autonomous city follo
Reuters Facebook Inc Facebook said on Wednesday it had removed nearly 800 QAnon conspiracy groups for posts celebrating violence, showing intent to use weapons, or attracting followers with patterns of viole
SEOUL, August 20 (Reuters): North Korea's ruling party will hold a congress next year to decide a new five-year plan, state media reported on Thursday, after a party meeting noted serious delays in imp
BOGOTA, August 20 (Thomson Reuters Foundation): Venezuelans who fled their homeland's economic crisis but have been forced to return in desperation are being blamed for the spread of the coronavirus an
MOSCOW, August 20 (Reuters): Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny was in a coma in a Siberian hospital on Thursday after drinking a cup of tea that his spokeswoman said she believed was laced
SEOUL, August 20 (Reuters): South Korea's coronavirus infections are back "in full swing" and spreading nationwide after members of a church attended a political demonstration, authorities sa
VACAVILLE, Calif., August 20 (Reuters): A firefighting helicopter pilot was killed in a crash, and scores of homes burned in California on Wednesday as hundreds of lightning-sparked blazes forced tens
Washington, August 20 (IANS) The overall number of global coronavirus cases has topped 22.3 million, while the deaths have increased to over 786,000, according to the Johns Hopkins University. As of Thursday
WASHINGTON, August 20 (Reuters) - U.S. Senator Kamala Harris accepted the Democratic nomination for vice president on Wednesday, imploring the country to elect Joe Biden president and accusing Donald Trump of f
