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Customers have their nails done near the Baragwanath taxi rank in Soweto, South Africa, Wednesday Sept. 16, 2020. South African president Cyril Ramaphosa is scheduled to address the nation later in the day, as case numbers and death from Covid-19 hit the lowest in months. (AP)

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South Africa says 12 million 'probably' had coronavirus

Some South African experts suggest that Africa's most developed economy may be approaching herd immunity

17 Sep 2020 10:42 AM GMT

Russian opposition activist Alexei Navalny. The German government says specialist labs in France and Sweden have confirmed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was poisoned with the Soviet-era nerve agent Novichok. (AP File)

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Navalny aides say Novichok agent found on water bottle in hotel room

The aides said they believed Navalny was poisoned 'before he left his room to reach the airport'

17 Sep 2020 10:27 AM GMT

Chinese coronavirus whistleblowing doctor Li Wenliang whose death was confirmed on February 7, lying on a bed at the Wuhan Central Hospital, China. (AFP)

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Wuhan next-of-kin accuse China of blocking Covid lawsuits

Lawsuits are abruptly rejected, while many face pressure from authorities not to file, and lawyers are being warned...

17 Sep 2020 7:38 AM GMT

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Rich nations snap up vaccine stocks in global race for jab

The remaining 2.6 bn have been bought by or promised to developing countries like India, Bangladesh, China, Brazil,...

17 Sep 2020 6:00 AM GMT

Police patrol a running track as people exercise ahead of an anti-lockdown rally in Melbourne, as the city continues to enforce strict lockdown measure to battle a second wave of COVID-19 coronavirus infections. (AFP)

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Australia's Victoria reports lowest COVID-19 cases since June

Residents in the state can now have outdoor gatherings of up to 10 people, and cafes will be able to seat up to 50...

17 Sep 2020 5:13 AM GMT

A Russian medical worker adminsters a shot of Russias experimental Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine in Moscow, Russia. Russian health authorities have launched advanced trials of the vaccine among 40,000 volunteers, a randomized, placebo-controlled study. (AP)

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Russia seals deal to supply and test its coronavirus vaccine in India

Dr Reddy's, one of India's top pharmaceutical companies, will carry out Phase III clinical trials of Sputnik-V in India,...

17 Sep 2020 4:45 AM GMT

Britains Queen Elizabeth II speaks to guests in the garden of Buckingham Palace in London as up to 8,000 guests attend the first royal garden party of the year on May 10, 2016. - Barbados has announced its intention to remove Queen Elizabeth II as head of state and become a republic by November next year, as the Caribbean island nation seeks to move fully beyond its colonial past. (AFP)

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Barbados makes new push to become republic, leave colonial past behind

The Caribbean island nation said it wants to remove Britain's Queen Elizabeth as its head of state

17 Sep 2020 3:53 AM GMT

$A man stands on the broken dock to check his boat during Hurricane Sally in downtown Pensacola, Florida on September 16, 2020. - Hurricane Sally barrelled into the US Gulf Coast early Wednesday, with forecasts of drenching rains that could provoke \historic\ and potentially deadly flash floods.The National Hurricane Center (NHC) said the Category 2 storm hit Gulf Shores, Alabama at about 4:45 am (0945 GMT), bringing maximum sustained winds of about 105 miles (165 kilometers) per hour. (AFP)$ World

Sally drenches US Southeast after hitting Gulf Coast as hurricane

The storm was expected to weaken as it moved further inland and become a tropical depression overnight Wednesday to...

17 Sep 2020 3:24 AM GMT

Signs are held up showing Breonna Taylor during a rally in her honor on the steps of the Kentucky State Capitol in Frankfort. The city of Louisville will pay several million dollars to the mother of Breonna Taylor and install police reforms as part of a settlement of a lawsuit from Taylors family, The Associated Press has learned. (AP)

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Louisville to pay $12 million settlement over Breonna Taylor's death

Taylor's death, alongside that of George Floyd, gave rise to one of the largest anti-racism protest movements in US...

16 Sep 2020 10:39 AM GMT

The Bobcat Fire burns on a hillside on September 15, 2020 in Monrovia, California. Californias national forests remain closed due to wildfires which have already incinerated a record 2.5 million acres this year. The Bobcat Fire, burning in the San Gabriel Mountains, has grown to over 40,000 acres. (AFP)

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Satellite data shows smoke from US fires has reached as far as Europe

Estimates show that the blazes have spewed out more than 30 million tonnes of carbon dioxide since mid-August this year

16 Sep 2020 10:19 AM GMT

$Democratic Presidential Candidate Joe Biden. Biden responded by telling a Florida radio station \Im looking forward to the debate and hes a fool. The comments are just foolish.\ (AFP)$ World

Trump accuses Biden of taking performance-enhancing substance

Trump repeated his demand that Biden should undergo a drug test before their first of three presidential debates...

16 Sep 2020 8:43 AM GMT

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Thirteen detained after fire near second migrant camp in Greece

The Lesbos fire at Moria camp on September 8 had left over 12,000 asylum seekers homeless

16 Sep 2020 7:55 AM GMT