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Coronavirus: France and Germany announce second national lockdowns

France and Germany have announced second national lockdowns to try to curb a surge in coronavirus cases and deaths. ...

Lockdown returns to France and Germany - here's what you need to know

France and Germany have become the latest countries to announce second lockdowns as Europe struggles to bring the latest wave of coronavirus under control. ...

Son of Walter Wallace Jr says 'white racist cops' killed his father

The eight-year-old son of a black man shot dead by Philadelphia police has said he believes the officers involved were racist. ...

Coronavirus: Macron declares second national lockdown in France

The tough new curbs on travel, businesses and gatherings are aimed at tackling a Covid-19 surge. ...

Nagorno-Karabakh conflict: Missile strike on Azeri town kills 21 civilians

Azerbaijan says Armenia's military has targeted civilians as the Nagorno-Karabakh war intensifies. ...

Charlie Hebdo: Turkey vows legal action over Erdogan cartoon

The cartoon showing the president lifting the skirt of a veiled woman was printed in Charlie Hebdo. ...

Why Obama saved his harshest critiques of Trump until the campaign's end

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Trump isn't pretending to be happy about his frenzied push for votes

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Can Biden cause an upset in this red state?

While Joe Biden needs record turnout among African Americans to win Georgia, President Trump will be relying on the white, rural, working class. John King… ...

French President's Support For Prophet Cartoons "Stupid Act": Iran

Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Wednesday called the French president's defence of cartoons depicting the Prophet Mohammed a "stupid act" and an "insult"… ...

Philadelphia Imposes Curfew Amid Unrest Over Black Man's Killing

Officials in the US city of Philadelphia announced a curfew Wednesday following two nights of unrest over the latest police killing of a Black man. ...

Frances Announces Second Lockdown To Combat Coronavirus

French President Emmanuel Macron announced Wednesday a new lockdown aimed at halting an alarming acceleration of Covid-19 cases, to take effect from Thursday night until… ...

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Frankreich verhängt eine neuerliche Ausgangssperre – Schulen sollen allerdings offen bleiben

Seit fast zwei Monaten hat Frankreich mit allen möglichen Massnahmen versucht, die Ausbreitung des Coronavirus einzudämmen. Ohne Erfolg. Ab Freitag steht das Leben deshalb wieder… ...

«Das ist heute ein schwerer Tag»: Merkel einigt sich mit Ländern auf massive Einschränkungen des öffentlichen Lebens

Um die Coronavirus-Pandemie einzudämmen, verständigen sich Bundeskanzlerin Angela Merkel und die Ministerpräsidenten der Bundesländer auf weitreichende Massnahmen. Was muss schliessen, was kann offen bleiben? ...

Warum Brüssel «Zertifikate» an Obdachlose ausgibt

Sie haben keinen festen Wohnsitz und gelten in der Pandemie als medizinisch besonders gefährdet. Nun hat Brüssel spezielle Ausweise an Obdachlose verteilt, um sie von… ...

Cabinet okays reopening to tourists, yacht crews

The cabinet on Wednesday approved in principle a guideline to reopen the country for foreign tourists and crews of foreign yachts under a special tourist… ...

Five Chinese agents arrested in US for targeting Beijing opponents

WASHINGTON: Five Chinese agents were arrested on Wednesday for their roles in an operation targeting Beijing's opponents in the United States, US officials announced. ...

Rayong residential market to see rebound in 2021

The residential market in Rayong will improve next year, led by low-rise housing segment, while a recovery in Chon Buri is foreseeable in 2022, according… ...

Protests in Poland Over Abortion Law Continue for Sixth Day

The leader of Poland’s ruling party, Jaroslaw Kaczynski, accused demonstrators of seeking the destruction of the nation and appealed to supporters to “defend Poland.” ...

France and Germany Lock Down as Second Coronavirus Wave Grows

The new steps are the toughest since the spring and follow added restrictions in Spain and Italy aimed at curbing the spread of the virus… ...

In Azerbaijan Rocket Attack, a String of Explosions, Screams and Then Blood

Caught in an Armenian rocket attack, a New York Times reporting team captures the agony of an expanding, dirty war. ...

US-Wahlkampf: Kampfjet fängt während Trump-Rede Flugzeug ab

Während einer Wahlkampfrede von US-Präsident Donald Trump im US-Staat Arizona ist ein Flugzeug in den gesperrten Luftraum eingedrungen. ...

Kommentar in der «New York Times»: Autor von kritischem Insiderbericht über Trump gibt sich zu erkennen

Vor zwei Jahren erschien in der «New York Times» ein anonym verfasster Text, der den US-Präsidenten scharf kritisierte. Eine fieberhafte Suche nach dem Urheber begann.… ...

Coronavirus weltweit: +++ Macron kündigt neuen Lockdown ab Freitag an +++ Deutschland beschliesst massive Einschränkungen

Mit Ausgangsbeschränkungen im ganzen Land verschärft Frankreich seinen Kampf gegen die zweite Welle der Pandemie. Deutschland zählt fast 15'000 neue Fälle. Internationale Corona-News im Ticker. ...

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For vampire bats, social distancing while sick comes naturally

New research shows that when vampire bats feel sick, they socially distance themselves from groupmates in their roost -- no public health guidance required. ...

NASA's SOFIA discovers water on sunlit surface of Moon

NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) has confirmed, for the first time, water on the sunlit surface of the Moon. This discovery indicates that… ...

NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft collects significant amount of asteroid

Two days after touching down on asteroid Bennu, NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission team received on Thursday, Oct. 22, images that confirm the spacecraft has collected more… ...

Mayaro virus disease - French Guiana, France

On 13 October 2020, the French health authorities officially reported 13 laboratory-confirmed cases of Mayaro fever in French Guiana, France. In September 2020, the Institut… ...

Oropouche virus disease - French Guiana, France

On 30 September 2020, the French Guiana Regional Health Agency (ARS) reported the first detection of Oropouche virus (OROV) in French Guiana. On 22 September… ...

Monkeypox – Democratic Republic of the Congo

From 1 January through 13 September 2020, a total of 4,594 suspected cases of monkeypox, including 171 deaths (case fatality ratio 3.7%), have been reported… ...

Information for all visitors to ESA sites

Information for all visitors to ESA sites Coronavirus measures for hosted meetings and visitors ...

Philae’s second touchdown site discovered at ‘skull-top’ ridge

After years of detective work, the second touchdown site of Rosetta’s Philae lander has been located on Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko in a site that resembles the… ...

Testing lunar 4G operations

Image: Testing lunar 4G operations ...

Facebook, Twitter and Google face questions from US senators

Heads of Facebook, Google and Twitter defend a key piece of internet law, in front of senators. ...

Facebook sued over Cambridge Analytica data scandal

The company is accused of misusing almost one million users' data in England and Wales. ...

Trump campaign website hacked in 'cryptocurrency scam'

The US president's re-election campaign insists there was "no exposure to sensitive data". ...

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