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France urges Arab nations to stop boycotts over Macron's defence of prophet cartoons

France has called on Arab nations to end "baseless" calls for a boycott of its goods - after French President Emmanuel Macron's defence of the… ...

Australia condemns Qatari authorities over 'grossly disturbing' strip-searches

Australia has condemned Qatari authorities over "grossly disturbing" reports that women were subjected to invasive strip-searches before a flight from Doha to Sydney. ...

Nationwide strike looms in Belarus after stun grenades used against protesters

Police in Belarus have fired stun grenades to disperse protesters ahead of a nationwide strike called by opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya. ...

Covid: Trump's chief of staff admits US cannot control pandemic

Democrat Joe Biden says comments by Mr Trump's chief of staff show the White House has admitted defeat. ...

Covid: Italy brings in sweeping new coronavirus measures

Gyms, pools, cinemas and theatres are closed, while restaurants and bars cut short their table service. ...

Covid-19: China tests entire city of Kashgar in Xinjiang

Kashgar city officials say around 4.7m people will be tested over a few days. ...

White House admission on pandemic overshadows Trump's last push for reelection

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See how Kamala Harris repsonded to White House admission on pandemic

Democratic vice presidential nominee Sen. Kamala Harris responds to White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows saying in an interview with CNN that the US… ...

Biden says Trump can win because of 'how he plays'

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"Deliberate Attack": Fire Set At US Ballot Drop Box, FBI Begins Probe

The FBI is investigating a fire set on Sunday in a Boston ballot drop box holding over 120 ballots, with Massachusetts election officials describing the… ...

Will Seek Another Term As US House Speaker, Says Nancy Pelosi

US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Sunday said she will seek to stay on as head of the U.S. House of Representatives if her fellow… ...

Facebook Prepares Emergency Measures To Regulate Content During US Polls

The US tech giant Facebook may introduce emergency measures to regulate viral content in case of election-related conflicts and unrest in the United States, the… ...

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Eine Wegscheide für Chile – mit einer neuen Verfassung soll das Pinochet-System endgültig abgeschafft werden

Die Chilenen sprechen sich klar für eine neue Verfassung aus. Der schwierigste Schritt, die Einigung auf ein neues Grundgesetz, steht allerdings noch bevor. Doch die… ...

Wo Trump von seinem Herausforderer nichts zu befürchten hat: Zu Besuch in der Alterssiedlung The Villages

Die Stimmen der aus dem Norden zugewanderten Senioren könnten Donald Trump erneut Florida sichern. Viele von ihnen wohnen in der weltweit grössten Stadt für Pensionierte,… ...

Chilenen begraben Pinochet-Verfassung

Eine grosse Mehrheit der Wähler hat bei einem Referendum am Sonntag in Chile für eine neue Verfassung gestimmt. Es ist ein Sieg der sozialen Proteste, die… ...

Protesters march to German embassy

Protesters began marching to German embassy on Monday evening, to ask Berlin to look into the matter of His Majesty the King living in Germany. ...

China to sanction US firms over Taiwan arms sale

China on Monday said it will impose sanctions on Lockheed Martin, a Boeing division and other US firms involved in arm sales to Taiwan, the… ...

Court again denies bail for 3 protest leaders

The Criminal Court on Monday denied bail for Panupong "Mike" Jadnok, Parit “Penguin” Chiwarak and Panusaya “Rung” Sithijirawattanakul in a renewed attempt by their lawyers. ...

China Aims to End Extreme Poverty, but Covid-19 Exposes Gaps

The pandemic has worsened longstanding conditions that have widened inequality, hindering Xi Jinping’s vow to “leave no one behind.” ...

Women on Qatar Airways Flight Say They Were Strip-Searched

Female passengers said they were pulled from a Sydney-bound flight in Doha and given a medically invasive exam to see if they had recently given… ...

‘An End to the Chapter of Dictatorship’: Chileans Vote to Draft a New Constitution

Voters overwhelmingly approved a bid to scrap the charter inherited from Gen. Augusto Pinochet’s dictatorship, a move that could set a new course for the… ...

Wladimir Putin und die US-Wahlen: Aus der grossen Freundschaft mit Trump ist nichts geworden

Erneut soll sich Russland an der Seite Donald Trumps in den US-Wahlkampf eingemischt haben. Doch ist er überhaupt noch Moskaus Mann? ...

US-Wahlen: Eine Mikrobe könnte Trump besiegen

Verliert Donald Trump die US-Wahl, wird ihn Covid-19 bezwungen haben. Sein Versagen in der Corona-Krise hätte ihn die Wiederwahl gekostet. ...

Coronavirus weltweit: +++ Erste Erfolge bei Impfstoff der Uni Oxford +++ Slowakei beendet Massentests

Der Impfstoff der Universität Oxford soll in der Testphase zu einer «robuste Immun-Reaktion» bei Risikopatienten geführt haben. Internationale Corona-News im Ticker. ...

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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… ...

Humans are born with brains 'prewired' to see words

Humans are born with a part of the brain that is prewired to be receptive to seeing words and letters, setting the stage at birth… ...

ALMA shows volcanic impact on Io's atmosphere

New radio images from ALMA show for the first time the direct effect of volcanic activity on the atmosphere of Jupiter's moon Io. ...

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 ...

This is ESA available in all Member State languages

This is ESA available in all Member State languages ...

ESA Masterclass full series: Leadership at Mission Control

The ESA Masterclass series brings leading figures in the Agency to the fore, from the cutting edge of space exploration. Join them as they share… ...

Mario Kart Live: Mixed-reality karts race around the home

Nintendo reveals a mixed-reality version of its top-selling game, but is it more than a gimmick? ...

iPhone 12 launch causes NHS Covid-19 app confusion

Some owners of Apple's new phones get an error message when trying to run the contact-tracing app. ...

Covid: Laptop allocation for deprived pupils cut at some schools

One head teacher says he was "flattened" when the 61 laptops he was expecting was cut to 13. ...

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