Mauritius oil spill: Wrecked MV Wakashio breaks up

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A Japanese bulk carrier that has leaked hundreds of tonnes of fuel oil off the Mauritius coast has broken apart, authorities in the island nation...

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Thousands of Canadian government accounts hacked

August 16, 2020August 16, 2020

About 5,500 Canada Revenue Agency accounts were targeted in this and another attack, the authorities said. TORONTO: Thousands of user accounts for online government...

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Looking at pressuring other Chinese companies after ByteDance:Trump

August 15, 2020August 15, 2020

Trump has been piling pressure on Chinese-owned companies, such as by vowing to ban short-video app TikTok from the United States. [caption id="attachment_9333" align="alignnone" width="973"]...

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Tensions rise in Thailand ahead of fresh pro-democracy protest

August 15, 2020August 16, 2020

[caption id="attachment_9368" align="alignnone" width="944"] Royalist protesters hold pictures of Thai King Maha Vajiralongkorn and Queen Suthida at a rally in Bangkok on August 16, 2020,...

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Lyon upset Man City to set up semi with Bayern

August 15, 2020August 16, 2020

[caption id="attachment_9410" align="alignnone" width="959"] Manchester City’s Raheem Sterling looks dejected after the Champions League quarter-final match against Olympique Lyonnais in Lisbon August 15, 2020. [/caption]...

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Bencic latest to withdraw from US Open

August 15, 2020August 16, 2020

[caption id="attachment_9407" align="alignnone" width="906"] Switzerland’s Belinda Bencic returns the ball to Russia’s Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova during the WTA Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championship, at the Dubai...

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Man United’s Fernandes eyes silverware, says Cantona comparisons premature

August 15, 2020August 16, 2020

[caption id="attachment_9404" align="alignnone" width="931"] Manchester United's Bruno Fernandes celebrates after scoring their first goal against Tottenham Hotspur June 20, 2020. [/caption] LONDON: Manchester United’s Bruno...

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Trump gets verified account on TikTok competitor Triller

August 15, 2020August 16, 2020

[caption id="attachment_9398" align="alignnone" width="950"] File picture shows US President Donald Trump delivering remarks at the Project Safe Neighborhoods National Conference in Kansas City, Missouri, December...

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Trump grabs spotlight but reclusive Biden leads US polls

August 15, 2020August 16, 2020

[caption id="attachment_9362" align="alignnone" width="933"] Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has held few public events amid the coronavirus epidemic Olivier DOULIERY [/caption] WASHINGTON: Despite being gaffe-prone,...

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Kamala Harris wishes on India’s I-Day, talks about ‘our people’

August 15, 2020August 15, 2020

Harris’ mother, Shyamala Gopalan, was born in Chennai before she moved to the USA to pursue a doctoral degree at University of California Berkeley. [caption...