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Kremlin critic Navalny 'stable' after landing in Berlin: German NGO

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is in a stable condition after arriving in Berlin by air ambulance on Saturday following a suspected poisoning, the German NGO that chartered the flight told AFP. "Navalny's condition is stable," said Jaka Bizilj, the head of the Cinema for Peace NGO after the flight touched down at Berlin's Tegel airport. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2YpF8Hx

Plane carrying comatose Russian dissident Alexei Navalny lands in Germany

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Trump struggles to use power of presidency to counter Biden

Traditionally, an incumbent would devote the week of his rival's convention to bolstering his own credentials as a leader. But rather than focusing on his command of the job or using its power, Trump hit the campaign trail, where he flouted his own administration's pandemic safety guidance and expressed gratitude for support from adherents to an extremist conspiracy theory, QAnon. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3hl3Gc3

Pakistan's Covid-19 cases reach 292,174

Sindh registered a total 127691 cases, Punjab 96,057, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa 35,602, Islamabad 15,472, Balochistan 12,473, Gilgit-Baltistan 2,638 and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir 2,241 cases. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3gkxkx1

Trump struggles to use power of presidency to counter Biden

Traditionally, an incumbent would devote the week of his rival's convention to bolstering his own credentials as a leader. But rather than focusing on his command of the job or using its power, Trump hit the campaign trail, where he flouted his own administration's pandemic safety guidance and expressed gratitude for support from adherents to an extremist conspiracy theory, QAnon. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, America Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3hl3Gc3

Trump holds a rare White House funeral for his younger brother, Robert

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Democrats see racism in GOP mispronunciations of 'Kamala'

When top Republicans - including President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence - mispronounce Democratic vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris' first name, it's not just disrespectful, it's racist. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/31gkXh5

Trump holds a rare White House funeral for his younger brother, Robert

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Democrats see racism in GOP mispronunciations of 'Kamala'

When top Republicans - including President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence - mispronounce Democratic vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris' first name, it's not just disrespectful, it's racist. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, America Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/31gkXh5

Washington zoo welcomes 'precious' new baby panda

Washington zoo officials heralded the arrival of "a precious giant panda cub" Friday, following the much-watched birth of panda Mei Xiang's latest baby, four years after her last pregnancy. The new mother was exhibiting typical panda mom behaviour like "nursing her cub and cuddling it close," the Zoo said on Twitter. Fans of the panda were able to follow her labour live. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, America Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3ggxrtr

West Nile virus outbreak claims two lives in Spain

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Trump's convention to ignite base with fireworks and culture war

Launching political grenades - and real fireworks - President Donald Trump's Republican party will use next week's convention to ignite its base ahead of the most divisive US election in decades. ​​As the Democrats demonstrated in their on-screen-only convention to nominate Joe Biden this week, the 2020 presidential election is already deep in untested territory. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, America Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3aOt1bP

California fires spread, fouling air and spurring evacuations

Thick smoke blanketed large areas of central and northern California on Friday as more people fled some of the biggest fires in the state's history which have raged largely uncontrolled through the week. One of the largest group of fires, dubbed the LNU Lightning Complex, has scorched nearly 220,000 acres burned nearly 500 structures and forced the evacuation of thousands. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, America Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3aTUusY

Joe Biden says he'd close country if experts said to

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Social media sites brace for attacks by Trump on US vote count

Trump has used Twitter in particular to stoke unsubstantiated doubts about mail-in voting, just months before Americans are expected to vote by mail in massive numbers due to the coronavirus pandemic. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, America Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3jg8EaT

WHO hopes pandemic over in two years as Europe battles rising cases

Western Europe has been enduring the kind of infection levels not seen in many months, particularly in Germany, France, Spain and Italy -- sparking fears of a full-fledged second wave. from Europe News Headlines, Latest Europe News and Live Updates - Times of India https://ift.tt/3hiALFy

Kremlin critic Navalny on flight from Russia to Germany in coma

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Kremlin critic Navalny on flight from Russia to Germany in coma

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Covid-19: South Korea mulls nationwide pandemic restrictions

South Korea is considering national restrictions to cope with a resurgence of coronavirus infections that has seen nine straight days of triple-digit increases in newly confirmed cases. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2FFEDm4

California fires spread, fouling air and spurring evacuations

Thick smoke blanketed large areas of central and northern California on Friday as more people fled some of the biggest fires in the state's history which have raged largely uncontrolled through the week.One of the largest group of fires, dubbed the LNU Lightning Complex, has scorched nearly 220,000 acres (89,000 hectares), burned nearly 500 structures and forced the evacuation of tens of thousands of people. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, America Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3j7ga7R

US 'Golden State Killer' jailed for life

A US former policeman dubbed the "Golden State Killer" was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole Friday, as he finally apologized to his victims for a brutal decade-long crime spree that terrorized California. Joseph James DeAngelo Jr had already confessed to 13 murders and dozens of rapes in the 1970s and 1980s under a deal to avoid the death penalty. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, America Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3gk4Lj1

US buildings closed in Portland after car-bomb threat

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