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Europe imposes fresh curbs as global cases top 30 million
AFP, Published on 18/09/2020
» MADRID: Large parts of Europe on Friday geared up for broad new restrictions to stop the coronavirus and Israel enforced a second nationwide shutdown, as infections worldwide topped the 30-million mark.
US to ban TikTok downloads, WeChat use from Sunday
AFP, Published on 18/09/2020
» WASHINGTON - The United States on Friday ordered a ban on downloads of popular Chinese-owned video app TikTok and use of the messaging and payment platform WeChat, saying they threaten national security.
Fresh curbs in Europe as global cases top 30m
AFP, Published on 18/09/2020
» MADRID: Large parts of Europe on Friday geared up for broad new restrictions to stop the coronavirus and Israel became the first developed country to enforce a second nationwide shutdown, as infections worldwide topped the 30-million mark.
Hasidic Jewish pilgrims leave Ukraine border
AFP, Published on 18/09/2020
» KIEV - Hundreds of Hasidic Jewish pilgrims, who had massed along the Belarusian border attempting to enter Ukraine, began leaving Friday after Kiev upheld an entry ban to guard against the coronavirus.
LSEG in exclusive talks to sell Milan exchange to Euronext
AFP, Published on 18/09/2020
» LONDON - The London Stock Exchange Group said Friday that it has entered "exclusive" talks to sell Milan's Borsa Italiana to pan-European stock market operator Euronext.
Complaints overwhelm Japan red-tape hotline hours after launch
AFP, Published on 18/09/2020
» TOKYO - Just nine hours after Japan's new minister for administrative reform launched an online system for reporting excessive bureaucracy and red tape, it hit a snag: too many complaints.
Storm Noul makes landfall in Vietnam, moves into Laos
Reuters, Published on 18/09/2020
» HANOI: Tropical storm Noul made landfall in Vietnam on Friday, killing at least one person and triggering heavy rain in the central part of the country, though authorities later downgraded the weather system.
Seven dead, dozens infected after 'superspreader' wedding in US
AFP, Published on 18/09/2020
» MILLINOCKET, United States: A wedding in rural Maine became a coronavirus "superspreader" event that left seven people dead and 177 infected, renewing fear of the disease in the northeastern US state that had hoped the worst of the pandemic was behind it.
Anonymous site ramps up 'doxxing' campaign against HK activists
AFP, Published on 18/09/2020
» HONG KONG - Since her personal phone number was posted online, Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Carol Ng has received menacing calls from strangers and been bombarded with messages calling her a "cockroach".
Trump administration wrote controversial US agency guidelines on testing: report
AFP, Published on 18/09/2020
» WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump's administration posted controversial recommendations on coronavirus testing to the US health agency's website against its objections, the New York Times reported Thursday.