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$The WFP was honoured for \its efforts to combat hunger, for its contribution to bettering conditions for peace in conflict-affected areas and for acting as a driving force in efforts to prevent the use of hunger as a weapon of war and conflict,\ the jury said(Image: Twitter/@NobelPrize)$ World

World Food Programme wins Nobel Peace Prize for efforts to combat...

Founded in 1961, the UN organisation helped 97 million people last year, distributing 15 billion rations to people in 88...

9 Oct 2020 3:05 PM IST

Prime Minister Sanna Marin (L) let 16-year-old Aava Murto take her place for a day. (Image: Twitter/@FinGovernment)

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Girls Takeover: Finland PM hands her post to teenager for one day

Although Finland scores highly in gender equality comparisons, women are still heavily under-represented in technology...

8 Oct 2020 10:13 AM IST

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny. (AFP)

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Navalny makes first video appearance since coma in two-hour video...

The Kremlin critic said his health had improved and that doctors were surprised by the speed of his recovery

6 Oct 2020 2:05 PM IST

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Build back greener: UK's Johnson pitches wind-driven recovery from...

Johnson is under pressure over his handling of the pandemic as his government's response has been cast by opponents as...

6 Oct 2020 9:49 AM IST

A Russian police officer and two women wearing face masks to protect against the coronavirus disease walk in central Moscow on September 17, 2020. (AFP)

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Russia approves first COVID-19 prescription drug for sale in...

R-Pharm's announcement is another sign Russia is pushing hard to take a global lead in the race against the virus

19 Sept 2020 1:11 PM IST

People sunbathe around the fountains in trafalgar Square in central London on September 18, 2020, as the fine weather in the south of England continues. (AFP)

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From Denmark to Greece, European cities announce tighter COVID-19...

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said it was inevitable that the country would see a second wave of the coronavirus

19 Sept 2020 9:48 AM IST

The new test, based on the design of a DNA test developed by professor Christofer Toumazou at Imperial College London, received approval for clinical use at the end of April after successful trials.

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90-minute British DnaNudge COVID-19 test is accurate, Lancet study...

The ability to correctly identify positive cases is at 94.4% and a specificity correctly identifying those without the...

18 Sept 2020 3:58 PM IST

$Protesters with old Belarusian national flags carry a banner reading \athletes with the People\ during a Belarusian opposition supporters rally protesting the official presidential election results in Minsk, Belarus, Sunday, Sept. 13, 2020. Protests calling for the Belarusian presidents resignation have broken out daily since the Aug. 9 presidential election that officials say handed him a sixth term in office. (AP)$ World

Seventeen OSCE nations appoint team to probe Belarus election

Minsk prevented the deployment of OSCE election observers by not inviting them and has ignored repeated offers by the...

18 Sept 2020 9:21 AM IST

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 Sept 2020 3:57 PM IST

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 Sept 2020 10:15 AM IST

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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 Sept 2020 1:25 PM IST

$Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny on his instagram account, shows himself, centre, and his wife Yulia, right, daughter Daria, and son Zakhar, top left, posing for a photo in a hospital in Berlin, Germany. Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has posted the picture of himself in a hospital in Germany and says hes breathing on his own. He posted on Instagram Tuesday Sept. 15, 2020: \Hi, this is Navalny. I have been missing you. I still cant do much, but yesterday I managed to breathe on my own for the entire day.\ (Navalny instagram via AP)$ World

'Poisoned' Putin critic Navalny shares hospital photo of himself

Navalny's spokeswoman said that once he has recovered, the Putin critic plans to return to Russia

16 Sept 2020 9:38 AM IST