Republican senators move away from Trump
The statements offer an answer to the question of when Republicans might begin to repudiate the president after years of...
Day: October 17, 2020
45th straight day without locally-transmitted COVID-19 cases in Vietnam
Vietnam records no new COVID-19 case over the past 12 hours to 6 am on Saturday, leaving the national count...
Kenyan helpline for victims of gender violence
Somewhere in Kenya, early morning in July: A woman organizes a once-in-a-lifetime “ceremony” for her 11-year-old niece: The girl’s genitals...
Remdesivir – The good, the bad
A row broke out on Friday over a World Health Organisation (WHO) clinical trial which concluded that the anti-viral...
Missile strikes hit Azerbaijan cities
There was no early official information about the toll from any of the attacks but AFP reporters in Ganja saw...
News: US to carry out first federal execution of a woman in 70 years
The US Department of Justice announced on Friday that it has scheduled the first federal execution of a female inmate in...
Australian police seize £136m worth of cocaine
A Sydney man is facing life in prison after Australian police intercepted cocaine worth A$248 million (£136 million) concealed in...
Reports say Biden performed better than Trump in Townhall meetings
Joe Biden bested Donald Trump on Thursday night in a category sure to grab the president’s attention: television ratings. Figures released Friday from...
Trump to allow wildfire relief funds for California
United States President Donald Trump has approved California's request for a Major Disaster Declaration to bolster the state's emergency response...
Macron – Killing Of French Teacher An ‘Islamist Terrorist Attack’
French President Emmanuel Macron has said the teacher murdered in a Parisian suburb on Friday was “assassinated because he taught...