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Microsoft has said that its offer to buy the US operations of hugely popular video-sharing app TikTok has been rejected, paving the way for Oracle to make a last-minute bid. US President Donald Trump gave a 15 Sept
More than 70 people have been arrested in Melbourne, Australia, for flouting the state's stay-at-home orders to attend an anti-lockdown protest. About 250 people went to the illegal protest - the second one this we
19-years on after the most dangerous terrorist attack in history that killed almost 3000 people, thousands of mourners have gathered in New York to remember the deceased. The mourners wore face masks with intimate
The US says it has revoked the visas of more than 1,000 Chinese students and researchers who are deemed to be a security risk. The move follows a proclamation by US President Donald Trump in May aimed at Chinese na
The US says it has revoked the visas of more than 1,000 Chinese students and researchers who are deemed to be a security risk. The move follows a proclamation by US President Donald Trump in May aimed at Chinese n
US President Donald Trump has defended his decision to downplay the risks of COVID-19, saying his answers to journalist Bob Woodward were "proper". Woodward, known for his reporting on the Watergate scandal, interv
Police in India have arrested a man in his 30s for the alleged rape and assault of an 86-year-old grandmother. The BBC reports that the woman was waiting outside her home for the milkman when she was approached by
China's ruling Communist Party held a ceremony honouring the "heroes" of the "people's war" against COVID-19 today, with President Xi Jinping saying his country had passed a "historic test". He said China acted ope
India has recorded more than 90,000 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, taking its total above that of Brazil. The country now has the second-largest number of confirmed cases in the world, 4.2 million.
Australia says it will secure almost 85 million doses of a coronavirus vaccine if two promising trials prove successful. Prime Minister Scott Morrison said the country had struck two deals that would allow free dos
Jacob Blake, the black man who was shot seven times by a white police officer in the US state of Wisconsin last month, has said that he is in constant pain in a video posted online. Blake, whose family said that he
US President Donald Trump is facing a backlash over reports he mocked American soldiers killed in action as "losers" and "suckers". The alleged remarks were first reported in the Atlantic Magazine and then separa
A lone Filipino sailor has been rescued from the dark waters of the Pacific Ocean after a cargo ship with 43 people aboard went missing during Typhoon Maysak, according to the Japan Coast Guard. CNN reports the 133
Dwayne "the Rock" Johnson says that he and his family had all contracted COVID-19. The former wrestler, who is now the world's highest-paid actor, said he, his wife and two daughters caught the virus despite being
Three Central Bureau of Investigation officers have independently told that they haven't found any proof of homicide in the Sushant Singh Rajput death case yet. The officers who are part of the probe into the myste
Former Indian President Pranab Mukherjee has been laid to rest with full military honours. Mukherjee the former President of India and Bharat Ratna, passed away at 84 after battling a long illness. He was one
There have been at least 6,002,615 cases of coronavirus in the United States and at least 183, 203 people have died, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University. Johns Hopkins University recorded the first
New Zealand's Ministry of Health has reported 14 new cases of COVID-19, five of them are in the community. It says two cases are household contacts of previously reported cases, and the other three are all in a hou
Prince Harry cannot wait to get his son playing rugby league. Prince Harry is keen for his 15-month-old son Archie, to play the sport and wants to get him started as soon as possible in their Santa Barbara garden.
India has set a record for the world's highest single-day increase in coronavirus cases. The nation, the world's third-most infected has reported 78,761 new cases in 24 hours, passing the number posted in the US on
