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People and their wheels lined up bumper to bumper to see a display of floats that gave the Indian diaspora the true essence of India packed with a punch of nostalgia. (ANI)

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Indian-Americans celebrate a first-of-its-kind drive-thru Independence...

Many in the crowd held India's Tricolour, dawned traditional ensemble and danced to the tunes of patriotic numbers

16 Aug 2020 3:55 AM GMT

Joe Biden , Former Vice President of the United States. (AFP Photo)

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Joe Biden highlights Trump's H-1B move to woo Indian-Americans on...

Speaking after Biden, Kamala Harris said Indian and US communities are bound together by so much more than 'our shared...

16 Aug 2020 3:38 AM GMT

People with old Belarusian National flags lay flowers as they gather at the place where Alexander Taraikovsky died amid the clashes protesting the election results, during his civil funeral in Minsk, Belarus. (AP)

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Several thousand gather in Belarus capital for new protest

A large crowd had formed in the capital in honour of a protester who died there during this week's police crackdown on...

15 Aug 2020 11:47 AM GMT

Firefighters carry the coffin of their comrade Ralph Malachi, who was killed in the monster explosion at the port of Beirut and whose remains were recently found and identified, draped in the Lebanese national flag, during a funerary ceremony at the civil defence headquarters in the Karantina (La Quarantaine or Quarantina) neighbourhood of the capital just by the ravaged port. (AFP)

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UN launches $565 million appeal for Beirut victims

The blast killed over 170 people, injured more than 6,000 and left thousands homeless

15 Aug 2020 9:50 AM GMT

$Rather than little green alien invaders, the US military is actually concerned about \unidentified aerial phenomena\ connected with its terrestrial adversaries. (Representational Image: AFP)$ World

Pentagon to set up new unit to investigate UFOs

Washington is particularly concerned about China's spying capabilities, using drones or other airborne means

15 Aug 2020 9:06 AM GMT

People queue to check-in at the Biarritz airport, southwestern France. (AP)

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Holidaymakers rush home as second coronavirus wave threatens Europe

France and the Netherlands were removed from a list of quarantine-exempt countries on Friday

15 Aug 2020 8:26 AM GMT

The materials were transported by an IAF C-17 transport aircraft that landed in Beirut earlier in the day on Friday.(Photo: MEAIndia/Twitter)

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India sends humanitarian aid to Lebanon

The materials were transported by an IAF C-17 transport aircraft that landed in Beirut earlier in the day on Friday

15 Aug 2020 7:41 AM GMT

Volunteers collect leaked oil from the MV Wakashio bulk carrier that had run aground at the beach in Mahebourg, southeast Mauritius. (AFP)

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Ship owner says will handle Mauritius oil spill compensation...

Mauritius declared an unprecedented environmental emergency last week as the ship began seeping oil into a protected...

15 Aug 2020 7:18 AM GMT

A health worker gives a paper to a soldier at a COVID-19 drive-thru test post set up by the Public Health Ministry in Asuncion. (AFP)

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Latin America's COVID-19 cases exceed 6 million

The region's worst-affected country is Brazil, which has the most cases in the world after the United States, and 15% of...

15 Aug 2020 6:41 AM GMT

Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Bidens running mate Senator Kamala Harris. (AP)

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Australian newspaper cartoon of Harris and Biden criticized as racist

The cartoon, which refers to Harris as a little brown girl', drew immediate criticism from officials, and other critics

15 Aug 2020 6:20 AM GMT

Public officials disinfect a church as a precaution against the coronavirus in Seoul, South Korea. (AP)

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South Korea fears infections getting out of control

With 103 new cases reported Friday, this is the first time since late March that the daily increase surpassed 100 two...

15 Aug 2020 5:35 AM GMT

United Nations Security Council in session (Photo: AP)

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UN Security Council rejects US resolution to extend Iran arms embargo

Iran says it has the right to self-defense and that a continuation of the ban would mean an end to the nuclear deal

15 Aug 2020 4:29 AM GMT