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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. ...

Beatings and intimidation but Belarus demonstrators are still full of street spirit

There is an inevitability now to Sunday evenings in Minsk. ...

Pope Francis announces first African-American cardinal

Pope Francis has named 13 new cardinals, including Washington DC Archbishop Wilton Gregory. ...

Covid: Spain imposes national night-time curfew to curb infections

As well as a night-time curfew, travel between regions can be banned under the emergency measures. ...

US election 2020: Pence stays campaigning despite aide's Covid diagnosis

The US vice-president has tested negative himself and says he will not self-isolate. ...

France urges Arab nations to prevent boycotts over Macron's cartoons defence

President Macron's comments about "Islamist separatism" have angered some in the Muslim world. ...

9 days to go: Biden's lead over Trump is holding, while Clinton's was collapsing at this point

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CDC official sounded alarm on Covid-19 months ago. She was silenced

Sources tell CNN's Jake Tapper that Dr. Nancy Messonnier, a CDC official who sounded the alarm on the severity of the pandemic months ago, was… ...

British forces storm oil tanker that was 'subject to suspected hijacking' off Isle of Wight

British police officers are responding to an ongoing incident on board an oil tanker off the Isle of Wight, an island in the English Channel. ...

Pope Francis Names 13 New Cardinals, Putting His Stamp On Church's Future

Pope Francis, leaving his mark on the Roman Catholic Church into the future, named 13 cardinals from eight countries on Sunday, including nine who are… ...

US Insists On Need To Ban TikTok Due To National Security Concerns

US President Donald Trump's administration has insisted on the need to ban TikTok due to national security concerns in a new court filing ahead of… ...

Armenia, Azerbaijan Agree "Humanitarian Ceasefire": US

Armenia and Azerbaijan have again agreed to respect a "humanitarian ceasefire" in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict effective Monday, the US State Department announced, after previous attempts… ...

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Hunderttausend Demonstranten bekräftigen in Minsk das Ultimatum der Opposition gegen Lukaschenko – am Ende setzt die Polizei auf Gewalt

Die Oppositionsführerin Swetlana Tichanowskaja will das Regime in Weissrussland mit einem Generalstreik zu Fall bringen. Der Druck auf die Machthaber und ihre Gegner steigt. ...

Italien stoppt das Abendvergnügen – aber die Wirtschaft soll weiter funktionieren

In Neapel führt die Aussicht auf einen neuen Lockdown zuerst zu Protesten und dann zum Krawall. Die Camorra ist mit von der Partie. ...

Ex-BND-Chef Schindler: «Wer mit Holzgewehren gegen Kalaschnikows antreten will, hat keine Chance»

Der frühere Präsident des Bundesnachrichtendienstes plädiert für grössere Handlungsspielräume für den deutschen Auslandsdienst, eine nach Russland ausgestreckte Hand und Abgrenzung gegenüber China. In der Migrationsfrage… ...

Rights education key to resolving conflict

As Thailand faces a political crisis amid confrontations between anti-government protesters and pro-monarchy groups, the director-general of the Department of Rights and Liberties Protection under… ...

Somkiat warns crisis close to boiling point

Somkiat Tangkitvanich, president of the Thailand Development Research Institute (TDRI), has come up with a set of proposals to solve the political crisis, including the… ...

Schools told to prepare for second wave

Academics have stressed the need for schools to prepare for a second wave of Covid-19 infections if they are to avoid further disruptions to the… ...

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.” ...

Qatar Strip Search of Women on Flight Draws Shock and Anger

Women told officials they had been pulled from a Sydney-bound flight in Doha and medically examined to see if they had recently given birth after… ...

‘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… ...

Madrids Regionalpräsidentin: Bei Corona lässt sie sich nichts vorschreiben

Isabel Díaz Ayuso geht ihren eigenen Weg. Und ist in Spanien dafür populär. ...

Corona und Armut in Grossbritannien: Ein Fussballstar macht sich zum Anwalt der Kinder

Der britische Fussballer Marcus Rashford kämpft für Kinder, die auf kostenloses Schulessen angewiesen sind – auch in den Ferien. Im Sommer war seine Kampagne erfolgreich,… ...

Coronavirus weltweit: +++ USA melden wieder 80'000 neue Fälle +++ Corona-Ausbruch in Xinjiang

Madrid verhängt erneut einen nationalen Notstand. Im Westen Chinas schlagen die örtlichen Behörden Alarm. 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 ...

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… ...

Week in images: 19-23 October 2020

Week in images: 19-23 October 2020 Discover our week through the lens ...

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. ...

Climate change: Technology no silver bullet, experts tell PM

Boris Johnson's techno-optimism ignores the need for big societal changes, experts warn. ...

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