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A cyclist passes a group of police and soldiers patrolling the Docklands area of Melbourne. (AFP)

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Australia's second-biggest city imposes overnight curfew

Victoria, which is Australia's second most populated state, declared state of disaster over spike in new coronavirus...

2 Aug 2020 12:43 PM GMT

Iranian Supreme Leader, supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei addresses the nation in a televised speech. (AP)

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Iran detains head of US-based 'terrorist' group

Jamshid Sharmahd, alleged head of opposition royalist group known as the Kingdom Assembly of Iran, is charged with a...

2 Aug 2020 12:22 PM GMT

Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee former Vice President Joe Biden delivers a speech at the William Hicks Anderson Community Center. (AFP)

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Biden's VP pick: A shrinking list of top contenders

Biden had committed himself earlier to choosing a female running mate and is expected to announce his pick soon

2 Aug 2020 11:40 AM GMT

NASA astronauts Bob Behnken (R) and Doug Hurley walk out of the Operations and Checkout Building on their way to the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the Crew Dragon spacecraft on launch pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. (File Image: AFP)

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NASA astronauts homebound despite hurricane concerns in Florida

NASA footage showed the capsule drifting slowly away from the ISS in the darkness of space, ending a two month stay

2 Aug 2020 11:19 AM GMT

A boy walks past a destroyed house after the overflow of the Magua river due to heavy rains caused by Isaias storm in the city of Hato Mayor, northwest of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. (AFP)

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Florida braces for hurricane as Isaias approaches

Florida's coronavirus testing centers are closed and will not reopen until they get the all-clear after the storm

2 Aug 2020 8:16 AM GMT

Israeli medical workers are briefed during an exercise of the new COVID-19 department at Rambam Hospital in the northern Israeli city of Haifa, Israel. (AP)

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Israeli minister for Jerusalem tests positive

Peretz is the second Israeli minister to have been infected with the virus after former health minister Yaakov Litzman

2 Aug 2020 8:01 AM GMT

Coronavirus outbreaks at mink farms in Spain and the Netherlands have scientists digging into how the animals got infected and if they can spread it to people. (AP)

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Scientist dig into COVID outbreak in Europe's mink farms

Officials say it is plausible' that some workers in the farms could have contracted the coronavirus from the minks,...

2 Aug 2020 7:33 AM GMT

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The effects of the pandemic will be felt for decades to come: WHO

The agency also said the effects of the pandemic 'will be felt for decades to come' in an emergency WHO committee...

2 Aug 2020 6:55 AM GMT

Nepal Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli. (PTI)

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Nepal to send updated map to UN, Google: Minister

Nepal had released a revised political and administrative map incorporating the disputed territories of Limpiyadhura,...

2 Aug 2020 5:56 AM GMT

$Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaks at a campaign event at the William \Hicks\ Anderson Community Center in Wilmington. (AP)$ World

Biden eyes major foreign policy shifts if he wins

US foreign policy hasn't changed drastically as the presidency shifted between Democratic and Republican administrations...

2 Aug 2020 5:07 AM GMT

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Want to push for continued advancement of China-Nepal ties: Xi Jinping

China attaches high importance to Nepal's Oli continuing in power as it was him who widened China-Nepal ties to reduce...

2 Aug 2020 4:30 AM GMT

Mahatma Gandhi. (Image by: Margaret Bourke)

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Britain considering a coin to commemorate Mahatma Gandhi

As part of a global reassessment of history triggered by the death of George Floyd, UK also seems to be re-examining...

2 Aug 2020 3:53 AM GMT