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Firefighters with the Monitor Fire Department wait alongside the road surrounded by smoke in an area destroyed by a wildfire Saturday, Sept. 12, 2020, near Mill City, Oregon. (AP)

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Search on for bodies in charred path of wildfires, Trump to visit...

More than 4,000 homes and other structures have been incinerated in California alone over the past three weeks

13 Sep 2020 5:54 AM GMT

A laboratory technician handles capped vials as part of filling and packaging tests for the large-scale production and supply of the University of Oxfords COVID-19 vaccine candidate, AZD1222, conducted on a high-performance aseptic vial filling line on September 11, 2020 at the Italian biologics manufacturing facility of multinational corporation Catalent in Anagni, southeast of Rome, during the COVID-19 infection, caused by the novel coronavirus. (AFP)

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Oxford and AstraZeneca resume coronavirus vaccine trial

The university confirmed the restart across all of its UK trial sites after regulators gave the go-ahead following the...

13 Sep 2020 4:10 AM GMT

Refugees and migrants from the Moria camp protest near Mytilene on the Greek island of Lesbos, on September 12, 2020, a few days after a fire destroyed the Moria refugee camp. - Tension was simmering on September 12 on Greeces Lesbos island as thousands of asylum seekers remained homeless four days after Europes largest migrant camp was destroyed by fire. Round-the-clock efforts to find temporary shelter for over 11,000 people including thousands of children were still inadequate, rights groups said as local authorities continued to oppose camp reconstruction plans. (AFP)

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Teargas fired during migrant protests on Greek island of Lesbos

Thousands of asylum seekers have been sleeping rough on roads since Wednesday when the Moria camp was destroyed in...

12 Sep 2020 11:08 AM GMT

$The woman, Julija Adlesic, was detained early last year for allegedly cutting off her hand at the wrist with a circular saw to get nearly 400,000 euros ($470,000) in insurance compensation. (Image: Twitter\\ @English14755403)$ World

22-year-old Slovenia woman jailed for cutting off hand for insurance...

She left the hand behind rather than bringing it with her to the hospital, hoping to receive higher compensation for...

12 Sep 2020 9:53 AM GMT

Although whales are sometimes seen off the Northern Territory coast, it is believed to be the first time one has been spotted in the tropical rivers of the huge world heritage-listed nature reserve. (AFP)

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Humpback whales stray up tropical Aussie river

Park authorities have set up a partial exclusion zone to protect unwitting boaters and whales, which can grow up to 16...

12 Sep 2020 9:12 AM GMT

While the navy says no crude oil has escaped the cargo of the New Diamond, leaked diesel fuel had created a two-kilometre-long slick in the Indian Ocean that was visible from the air. (Sri Lankan Air Force via AP)

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Sri Lanka navy fixes fuel leak on fire-stricken oil tanker

Sri Lanka's authorities fear a marine disaster if the tanker is allowed to transfer its oil to another ship in the...

12 Sep 2020 9:00 AM GMT

While COVID-19 has rattled some diplomatic ties, the 30 countries that make up the Council of Managers of National Antarctic Programmes teamed up early to keep the virus out. (AP)

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Antarctica is still free of COVID-19. Can it stay that way?

Until this year, conversations with incoming visitors focused on preparing the newcomers. Now the advice goes both ways

12 Sep 2020 8:32 AM GMT

Jubilant Generics gets nod to manufacture, market anti-viral drug Remdesivir. (Representational Image)

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US hospitals turn down remdesivir, limit use to severely ill since...

The slowdown suggests that a shortage of the drug is over and threatens Gilead's efforts to expand use of remdesivir

12 Sep 2020 7:40 AM GMT

Venezuelas President Nicolas Maduro speaking during a televised announcement from Miraflores Presidential Palace in Caracas. (AFP)

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Maduro announces arrest of 'American spy' near Venezuelan refineries

The arrest occurred after a 'plan to cause an explosion' was 'discovered and dismantled' at El Palito refinery,...

12 Sep 2020 7:08 AM GMT

Firefighters monitor a controlled burn along Nacimiento-Fergusson Road to help contain the Dolan Fire near Big Sur, California. (AP)

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Dozens still missing in Oregon as weather helps fire fight

Hundreds of firefighters were battling two large blazes that threatened to merge near the most populated part of Oregon

12 Sep 2020 6:40 AM GMT

It is a warfighting song, drawing from the energy of Indian celebrations, inspiring our community to awaken and vote for Biden-Harris in November, Bhutoria said after the video was released on various social media platforms on Thursday. (Screengrab from Youtube video)

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Biden supporters release remix of Bollywood song to woo...

'Chale Chalo, Chale Chalo, Biden ko Vote do, Biden ki Jeet Ho, Unki Haar Haan,' say the lyrics of the song

12 Sep 2020 5:57 AM GMT

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Peace talks to begin between Taliban, Afghan government 19 years after...

The US-backed negotiations come six months later than planned owing to bitter disagreements over a controversial...

12 Sep 2020 5:17 AM GMT