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Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny. (AFP)World
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 2:03 PM IST

Build back greener: UK\s Johnson pitches wind-driven recovery from pandemicWorld
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)World
Russia to roll out first COVID-19 prescription drug for sale by next...

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)World
Europe’s big cities announce tighter restrictions as COVID-19 cases...

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.World
UK’s one hour rapid test gives highly accurate COVID-19 results:...

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

18 Sept 2020 3:58 PM IST

Women with a wreath on their heads pose for a photo 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 investigate 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

Alexei Navalny poses in his office in Moscow, Russia. (AP File Image)World
Navalny aides say Novichok 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)World
Russia to supply 100 million doses of virus vaccine to Hyderabad-based...

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

17 Sept 2020 10:14 AM IST

A firefighter battles the Creek Fire as it threatens homes in the Cascadel Woods neighborhood of Madera County, California. (AP)World
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 Sept 2020 3:48 PM IST

The fire broke out in a forested area near the Samos camp late on Tuesday, but firefighters were able to place it under control. (Image: Twitter/@london_must_act)World
Another migrant camp on fire in Greece, thirteen detained for...

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

16 Sept 2020 1:20 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 opposition activist plans to return to Russia

16 Sept 2020 9:37 AM IST

Britains Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves Downing Street to attend the weekly session of Prime Ministers Questions in Parliament in London. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has strongly defended his controversial plan to override sections of the Brexit deal that he negotiated with the European Union, arguing that the bloc has an extreme interpretation of the treaty that could jeopardize the future of the U.K. (AP)World
UK-'s Johnson faces rebellion within party over plan to break Brexit...

The EU has ramped up preparations for a no-deal Brexit, which would be chaotic for business, markets and nearly $1...

14 Sept 2020 3:55 PM IST

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