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Jessica Krug. The post caused an immediate furore on social media, with Black academics, writers and activists recalling their interactions with Krug. (Image: Duke University Press).

White US history professor's racial hoax claim stokes anger

In a blog post that has gained international attention Jessica Krug wrote that she is in fact a white Jewish woman from...

5 Sep 2020 5:06 AM GMT

Indian coast guard ship (R) battling to extinguish the fire from the Panamanian-registered crude oil tanker New Diamond, some 60 km off Sri Lankas eastern coast.(AFP)

Fire-stricken oil tanker pushed away from Sri Lankan coast

The vessel is larger than the Japanese ship which crashed into a reef in Mauritius, leaking more than 1,000 tonnes of...

5 Sep 2020 4:32 AM GMT

US President Donald Trump. (AP)

Indian people would be voting for me: Trump

The Trump campaign believes that Indian Americans can play an important role in the election, especially in the...

5 Sep 2020 3:31 AM GMT

Satellite images published of North Koreas Sinpo shipyard showed several vessels within a secure boat basin, one of which resembled vessels previously used to tow a submersible test stand barge out to sea. (Representational Image: AFP)

North Korea preparing for launch of submarine missile: US think tank

North Korea said last October it had successfully test-fired a Pukguksong-3, a new submarine-launched ballistic missile...

5 Sep 2020 3:11 AM GMT

Alain Cocq, suffering from an orphan desease of the blood, rests on his medical bed in his flat in Dijon, northeastern France. (AFP)

Frenchman to livestream own death in right-to-die case

Alain Cocq had written to president Macron to be permitted for euthanasia but he wrote back to him saying its not...

4 Sep 2020 10:48 AM GMT

Pro-democracy students raise a three-finger salute, a symbol of resistance, during a protest rally in front of Education Ministry in Bangkok, Thailand . (AP)

Thai students turn agitators for educational reform

Thailand's ministry has issued statement saying schools must respect freedom of speech, allowing protests as long as...

4 Sep 2020 9:54 AM GMT

Russian police carry opposition leader Alexei Navalny, center, from a demonstration against President Vladimir Putin in Pushkin Square in Moscow, Russia. (AP File)

NATO to have urgent meet on poisoning of Navalny

Western leaders have demanded answers from Kremlin after Berlin said there was evidence that he had been afflicted by...

4 Sep 2020 9:16 AM GMT

The death at Aucklands Middlemore Hospital on Friday afternoon takes New Zealands death toll from the virus to 23, with the most recent previous fatality on May 24. (AFP)

New Zealand records first COVID-19 death in over three months

Health officials said the man was part of a second-wave cluster of infections that emerged in Auckland last month

4 Sep 2020 8:39 AM GMT

Michael Reinoehl is seen during a protest in front of Mayor Ted Wheelers residence Friday, Aug. 28, 2020, in Portland, Ore. Reinoehl, suspected of fatally shooting a supporter of a right-wing group in Portland last week, was killed as investigators moved in to arrest him. (AP)

Federal task force kills Portland shooting suspect at arrest

Reinoehl was the prime suspect in the killing of right-wing supporter Aaron Danielson, who was shot in the chest...

4 Sep 2020 8:25 AM GMT

If the activists win their case at the court in Strasbourg, France, the countries would be legally bound to cut emissions in line with the requirements of the 2015 Paris climate accord. (AFP)

Six young climate activists are taking 33 countries to court

The six filed a claim to hold the countries accountable for their inadequate efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions

4 Sep 2020 7:37 AM GMT

Chilean and Lebanese rescuers search in the rubble of a building that was collapsed in last months massive explosion, after getting signals there may be a survivor under the rubble, in Beirut, Lebanon. (AP)

Beirut's rescue workers detect pulse beneath rubble one month after...

It is extremely unlikely that any survivors would be found a month after the blast that tore through the port in August

4 Sep 2020 7:07 AM GMT

Non-citizens are not eligible to register to vote or to vote in federal elections under US law. (Representaional Image: AP)

Indian national charged with voting illegally in 2016 US presidential...

Baijoo Pottakulath Thomas and 11 other foreign nationals were charged for unlawfully casting ballots in the 2016...

4 Sep 2020 6:15 AM GMT