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Coronavirus | World Bank seeks approval for $12 bn vaccine financing plan

World Bank plan is aimed to put poor countries, where the virus is spreading most rapidly, on the same footing as richer countries by ensuring they have financing to secure supplies and a system for distribution, says David Malpass

Crown prince Sheikh Nawaf Al Ahmad Al Sabah becomes Kuwait's new ruling emir

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Sheikh Nawaf briefly served as social affairs and labor minister, then as the deputy chief of Kuwait’s National Guard

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Kuwait's Crown Prince Sheik Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah | File

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U.S. presidential debate | A fact check on Trump, Biden statements

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A look at how their statements from Cleveland stack up with the facts

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during the first 2020 presidential campaign debate with Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden, held on the campus of the Cleveland Clinic at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, U.S., September 29, 2020.

Azerbaijan and Armenia brush off suggestion of peace talks

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In a a major escalation of the violence, Armenia said one of its warplanes was shot down by a fighter jet from Azerbaijan’s ally Turkey

A man walks next to an apartment building that was allegedly damaged by recent shelling during the fighting over the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh, in the Tartar border district of Azerbaijan September 29, 2020.

Coronavirus | World Bank seeks approval for $12 bn vaccine financing plan

Kuwait's Crown Prince Sheik Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah | File

Crown prince Sheikh Nawaf Al Ahmad Al Sabah becomes Kuwait's new ruling emir

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during the first 2020 presidential campaign debate with Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden, held on the campus of the Cleveland Clinic at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, U.S., September 29, 2020.

U.S. presidential debate | A fact check on Trump, Biden statements

A man walks next to an apartment building that was allegedly damaged by recent shelling during the fighting over the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh, in the Tartar border district of Azerbaijan September 29, 2020.

Azerbaijan and Armenia brush off suggestion of peace talks

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U.S. President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden participate in the first presidential debate at the Health Education Campus of Case Western Reserve University on September 29, 2020 in Cleveland, Ohio.

U.S. presidential debate | Trump, Biden spar over Supreme Court, health care

Stage is set: Preparations taking place for the first presidential debate in Cleveland.

Joe Biden takes lead in battleground State

COVID-19

U.S. President Donald Trump wears a protective face mask. File photo

U.S. to distribute 150 million rapid COVID-19 tests: Trump PTI

On August 27, the Trump administration had awarded a contract for USD 760 million to Abbott for the delivery of 150 million of these Abbott BinaxNOW rapid tests.

G20 Summit to be held virtually on Nov 21-22, says Saudi Arabia

Doctors, nurses in ‘bumper’ COVID-19 Queen’s Honours List in U.K.

Coronavirus | Police and protesters clash in London over restrictions

Coronavirus | WHO warns 2 million COVID-19 deaths possible

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South Asia

Sri Lanka bans cattle slaughter
Meera Srinivasan

Polls in Gilgit-Baltistan attempt to camouflage ‘illegal’ occupation of region by Pakistan: MEA
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Afghanistan peace negotiator urges new era in ties with Pakistan
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Pakistan summons senior Indian diplomat over ‘ceasefire violations’
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Europe

Cyberattack hobbles major U.S., U.K. hospital chain
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Barred from office, outgoing Catalan leader calls for regional elections
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Swiss voters refuse to rein in immigration from EU
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Coronavirus | Police and protesters clash in London over restrictions
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West Asia

Crown prince Sheikh Nawaf Al Ahmad Al Sabah becomes Kuwait's new ruling emir
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Kuwait’s Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad Al-Sabah dies at 91
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Armenia claims Turkish jet shot down one of its warplanes
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The Hindu Explains | What’s behind the Armenia-Azerbaijan clashes?
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Watch | Is the Moon rusting?

Paris stabbings: Suspect claims prophet caricatures prompted attack

Crown prince Sheikh Nawaf Al Ahmad Al Sabah becomes Kuwait's new ruling emir

U.S. expected to sue Google next week as DOJ seeks support from states

Watch | What caused Botswana's mysterious elephant deaths?

Coronavirus | World Bank seeks board approval for $12 billion vaccine financing plan

U.S. presidential debate | A fact check on Trump, Biden statements

A look at how their statements from Cleveland stack up with the facts

U.S. presidential debate | Trump, Biden spar over Supreme Court, health care, coronavirus

Both the leaders frequently interrupted each other with angry interjections

Azerbaijan and Armenia brush off suggestion of peace talks

In a a major escalation of the violence, Armenia said one of its warplanes was shot down by a fighter jet from Azerbaijan’s ally Turkey

Joe Biden takes lead in battleground State

The Democratic nominee is leading Trump 54% to 44% in Pennsylvania, according to a new poll.

Sri Lanka bans cattle slaughter

Some Sinhala-Buddhist groups had demanded a ban.

Kuwait’s Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad Al-Sabah dies at 91

He was in the U.S. undergoing treatment after a surgery.

Armenia claims Turkish jet shot down one of its warplanes

Turkey has denied the claim.

D-Wave's commercialises its first 5000+ qubit quantum computer

D-Wave’s new hybrid solver gives application developers the ability to switch from binary variables, like 0 or 1, to a quadratic model, like red, yellow, and blue.

Polls in Gilgit-Baltistan attempt to camouflage ‘illegal’ occupation of region by Pakistan: MEA

Pakistan has announced that elections for the Legislative Assembly of Gilgit-Baltistan will be held on November 15.

Watch | Will we face a chocolate shortage?

A video on how climate change could impact chocolate production

U.S. condoles death of Jaswant Singh; hails his role for strengthening of Indo-U.S. partnership

Strobe Talbott, a former American diplomat, described Singh as an extraordinary and wise man.

Afghanistan peace negotiator urges new era in ties with Pakistan

Abdullah Abdullah is in Pakistan on a bridge-building mission meant to mend deep-rooted mistrust between the two countries.

Pakistan summons senior Indian diplomat over ‘ceasefire violations’

The Foreign Office said in a statement that indiscriminate and unprovoked firing in Tandar sector of the LoC on Monday killed three persons while another was injured.

External Affairs Minister Jaishankar to visit Japan on October 6-7

Mr. Jaishankar to also participate in the second India-Australia-Japan-USA ministerial meeting on October 6

The Hindu Explains | What’s behind the Armenia-Azerbaijan clashes?

The largely mountainous and forested Nagorno-Karabakh, home for some 150,000 people, is at the centre of the conflict

Puzzled scientists seek reasons behind Africa's low fatality rates from pandemic

Could TB vaccine also offer protection against COVID-19?

Watch | Hundreds of whales stranded in Australia’s Tasmania island

A video on the stranded whales in Australia

Weibo owner Sina Corp to go private in $2.6 billion deal with CEO-led firm

Chao's holding company, New Wave, is the largest shareholder of Sina, with a 12.15% stake as of July 10, according to Refinitiv-Eikon data

South Korea says slain man tried to defect to North Korea

Senior coast guard officer Yoon Seong-hyun said at a televised briefing that there was a very low possibility that the man could have fallen from a ship or tried to kill himself because he was putting on a life jacket when he was found in North Korean waters last week.

Data | How India fared in various COVID-19 parameters since March, compared with other countries

The country's position with respect to case load, death toll and testing has deteriorated

Microsoft 365 outage affects multiple services

The developer of Windows and Office software said it did not ”observe an increase in successful connections” even after it rolled back the change to mitigate the impact.

Musk plans IPO for SpaceX's Starlink business

Musk said last year that Starlink was an important new revenue stream for his California-based Space Exploration Technologies, or SpaceX.

U.S. to distribute 150 million rapid COVID-19 tests: Trump

On August 27, the Trump administration had awarded a contract for USD 760 million to Abbott for the delivery of 150 million of these Abbott BinaxNOW rapid tests.

Cyberattack hobbles major U.S., U.K. hospital chain

Ransomware attacks have crippled everything from major cities to school districts, and federal officials are concerned they could be used to disrupt the current presidential election

Barred from office, outgoing Catalan leader calls for regional elections

The case stems from Quim Torra's refusal to follow orders from Spain's electoral committee to remove a banner supporting jailed separatists from the main facade of his government palace.

U.S. charges former Amazon manager and family members with insider trading

She passed on highly confidential information to her husband, who along with his father then traded it, reaping illicit profits of approximately $1.4 million.

Beijing law to shield medical whistleblowers

Beijing’s city government will protect “non-malicious” medical whistleblowers under a new law, passed months after a Chinese doctor was punished for

Pak. SC accepts appeal by Daniel Pearl’s family

It seeks to keep the accused on death row

Suit filed over postal ballot rule changes

Republicans say North Carolina poll officials’ move wrests away legislature’s job

TikTok gets reprieve in U.S. as judge halts download ban

Its request to suspend full ban from Nov. 12 gets rejected

Shehbaz Sharif arrested ahead of protest launch

He was to lead efforts against govt.

Tamil parties hold hartal in north and east Sri Lanka

Protests called against the ‘undemocratic actions’ of govt.

Armenia-Azerbaijan clashes enter second day, toll rises

Global leaders call for ceasefire to prevent full-scale conflict

Beijing using militarised outposts in South China Sea as platforms of coercion, says U.S.

The United States has demanded that President Xi Jinping honour his commitment that these maritime constructions “would not target or impact any country.”

G20 Summit to be held virtually on Nov 21-22, says Saudi Arabia

The pandemic has forced all of the group's meetings to be held by videoconference since March.

Huawei CFO case back in Canadian court on Monday

Meng Wanzhou’s defense team will argue the extradition proceedings to the U.S. should be halted because they claim Canada Border Services Agency officers detained and questioned Meng without a lawyer, seized her electronic devices and compelled her to give up the passcodes before her official arrest.

Following Cardinal Becciu’s resignation, Cardinal George Pell to return to Vatican

Cardinal Pell, who was regarded as the third highest-ranking Vatican official, was in Australia fighting child abuse charges.

Owner of fire-stricken ship to pay $2.3 million for Sri Lankan help

Experts have been working to salvage the ship, which remains in Sri Lankan waters.

U.S. judge blocks Trump administration’s TikTok app store ban

TikTok argued the restrictions, amid rising U.S.-China tensions under the Trump administration, “were not motivated by a genuine national security concern, but rather by political considerations relating to the upcoming general election.”

Mali transitional government appoints new Prime Minister

Moctar Ouane was foreign minister from 2004 to 2011 under former President Amadou Toumani Toure

Trump paid just $750 in federal income tax in 2016, says media report

The U.S. President claimed $47.4 million in losses in 2018, despite claiming income of at least $434.9 million in a financial disclosure that year.

North Korea accuses South Korea of intrusion to find official’s body

Seoul says the man was attempting to defect to the North

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Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen

19K | India’s COVID-19 scenario very very difficult, says Danish Prime Minister

Sadhvi Ritambara, an accused in the Babri Masjid demolition case, arrives the special CBI court premises in Lucknow on Wednesday.

13K | All acquitted in Babri Masjid demolition case | Advani, MM Joshi hail verdict

Photo: Twitter/@amnesty

10K | Amnesty International halts India operations

10K | Reopening of colleges further delayed

10K | Cartoonscape — September 29, 2020

9K | Imperatives after India’s September virus peak

Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami arrives for the AIADMK party executive meeting on Monday.

8K | Palaniswami, Panneerselvam spar at AIADMK party meet

K. Narayanan, the first Readers’ Editor of The Hindu

8K | K. Narayanan, The Hindu’s long-standing News Editor, no more

7K | Kerala girl bags 18 gold medals at NLSIU convocation