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South Africa's COVID lockdown may have created 'herd immunity'

Leading scientists in South Africa believe the country has established a form of collective or herd immunity to COVID-19 after the number of infections unexpectedly… ...

Clashes in Philadelphia over black man shot dead by police 'after family had called for ambulance'

A second night of unrest has unfolded in Philadelphia after a black man was shot dead by police officers. ...

Flares, grenades and tear gas thrown as Rome's anti-lockdown protests continue

Violence broke out in Rome as anti-lockdown protesters threw flares and flash grenades at police, who fought back with tear gas and water cannons. ...

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. ...

Poland abortion ruling sparks 'women's strike'

Anger over a court's near-total ban continues as the ruling party says there is no turning back. ...

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

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Hundreds stranded in the cold waiting for buses in chaotic post-Trump rally scene

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Voters break down which candidate they're voting for

As Election Day nears, CNN's Alisyn Camerota speaks to a panel of voters about which candidate they plan on voting for and why. ...

Donald Trump's Campaign Website Briefly Hacked, Defaced

US President Donald Trump's campaign website was briefly hacked on Tuesday, just a week before the presidential elections. ...

He Waited 512 Days Behind Bars For His Day In Court. It Never Came

From his jail cell, Chinedu Efoagui sent a plea. "I'm innocent," he wrote his lawyer. "Have all the charges dropped." ...

Twitter Down; Users Unable To Refresh Feed On Website, App

Over a thousand users of Twitter on Wednesday reported outages on the social networking site from several parts of the world, including India. ...

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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… ...

Taiwan kauft neue amerikanische Waffen – Peking droht Sanktionen gegen die Lieferanten an

Taiwan wird immer mehr in den amerikanisch-chinesischen Konflikt hineingezogen. Abermalige amerikanische Waffenverkäufe an Taipeh erzürnen die Machthaber in Peking, die prompt mit Sanktionen gegen amerikanische… ...

Ein Überraschungssieg in Wisconsin verhalf Donald Trump 2016 ins Weisse Haus. Nun buhlen beide Kandidaten um die Frauen in den Suburbs

Donald Trump will seinen Sieg in Wisconsin wiederholen, indem er gezielt weisse Frauen in den Vorstädten umgarnt. Doch viele Wählerinnen haben genug vom Präsidenten. ...

Constitutional Court disqualifies Move Forward MP over media shares

The Constitutional Court has disqualified an opposition lawmaker from parliament, boosting the government’s majority. ...

Azerbaijan says 21 dead in Armenia missile attack

BAKU: Azerbaijan accused Armenia of killing 21 people and wounding dozens in a missile strike near Nagorno-Karabakh on Wednesday, the deadliest reported attack on civilians… ...

Suu Kyi and old guard frustrate young Myanmar politicians

Once celebrated as democracy champions, a tight elite of elderly former political prisoners at the helm of Myanmar's ruling party now stand accused of oppression,… ...

China’s Stance on Homosexuality Has Changed. Its Textbooks Haven’t.

A lawsuit brought by a student is part of an effort to get schools, editors and publishers to recognize that being gay is not a… ...

After 12 Years, Arrest in Abduction of Former Times Journalist David Rohde

A former Taliban commander was arrested in the November 2008 kidnapping of Mr. Rohde and two others in Afghanistan. He was brought to the United… ...

Qatar 'Regrets' Strip-Searches Over Abandoned Baby

Women were pulled from multiple flights and strip-searched, the Australian government said, after a newborn baby was found in an airport restroom. ...

US-Aussenpolitik im Vergleich: China, Europa, Schweiz – macht es Trump oder Biden besser?

Die Welt wartet gespannt auf den Ausgang der US-Wahl: Wir sagen schon mal, wer welche Aussenpolitik macht. ...

Trump vs. Biden: So eng wird die US-Wahl in den Swing States

Biden führt gemäss Umfragen, aber das Rennen ums Weisse Haus wird in den umkämpften Bundesstaaten entschieden. Unsere Übersicht zeigt, wie es dort aktuell aussieht. ...

Coronavirus weltweit: +++ Rekord bei Neuinfektionen in Deutschland und Schweden +++ Frankreich erwägt einmonatigen Lockdown

Staatschef Emmanuel Macron wird sich am Mittwochabend im TV an seine Landsleute wenden. 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 ...

Testing lunar 4G operations

Image: Testing lunar 4G operations ...

Positive signs for Europe as ESA goes forward to the Moon

ESA Director General Jan Wörner and NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to take Europe to the Moon. ...

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. ...

BT signs 5G deal with Ericsson to help ditch Huawei

The move means its EE mobile network will be powered by both Ericsson and Nokia's products. ...

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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