Hurricane Isaias makes landfall in North Carolina

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Hurricane Isaias has blasted in to North Carolina, crossing the coast 40 miles (65km) south-west of Wilmington. [caption id="attachment_8818" align="alignnone" width="962"] A surfer caught some...

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AirAsia to resume Malaysia-Singapore flights following ‘green lane’ decision

August 3, 2020August 4, 2020

FILE PHOTO: AirAsia planes are seen parked at Kuala Lumpur International Airport 2, during the movement control order due to the outbreak of COVID-19, in...

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Australia’s Victoria state to deploy military, impose hefty fines to enforce COVID-19 isolation

August 3, 2020August 3, 2020

[caption id="attachment_8814" align="alignnone" width="1017"] Police officers and soldiers patrol a popular running track in Melbourne on Aug 4, 2020. [/caption] SYDNEY: Australia's second-most populous state...

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China to retaliate if US forces out Chinese journalists, says Global Times editor

August 3, 2020August 4, 2020

The two countries have already exchanged several tit-for-tat actions involving journalists in recent months, with the US designating multiple Chinese state or Communist Party-backed media...

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Masks on as German children start new schoolyear under virus cloud

August 3, 2020August 3, 2020

[caption id="attachment_8810" align="alignnone" width="939"] With children in Hamburg to also return to school later this week and Berlin to follow next week, a debate is...

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There may never be a ‘silver bullet’ for COVID-19, WHO warns

August 3, 2020August 3, 2020

[caption id="attachment_8751" align="alignnone" width="962"] File illustration of a woman holding a small bottle labelled Vaccine COVID-19 and a medical syringe. [/caption] GENEVA: The World Health...

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Australia’s Victoria state orders large parts of economy to close over COVID-19 outbreak

August 3, 2020August 3, 2020

[caption id="attachment_8748" align="alignnone" width="964"] Workers push trolleys past an empty shop in Melbourne’s central business district on Aug 3, 2020, after the state announced new...

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US adds 47,508 COVID-19 cases in 24 hours

August 2, 2020August 2, 2020

[caption id="attachment_8653" align="alignnone" width="975"] FILE PHOTO: People wearing face masks walk along the ocean pier in Huntington Beach, California, US, Jul 23, 2020. [/caption] WASHINGTON:...

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Australia’s Melbourne braces for closures, losses as it emerges from night-time curfew

August 2, 2020August 2, 2020

[caption id="attachment_8641" align="alignnone" width="951"] Bourke Street mall, a normally busy shopping hub in Melbourne, is seen devoid of people after the city re-entered Stage 3...

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White House Chief of Staff Meadows says US will hold election on Nov 3

August 2, 2020August 2, 2020

[caption id="attachment_8644" align="alignnone" width="959"] White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows offers a thumbs up to reporters on the South Lawn of the White House...