News Archives for World - 2020-11-02

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World

Biden leads in polls going into Election Day but battlegrounds tight

Biden, the 77-year-old former vice president, has enjoyed a solid lead over Trump, 74, in the national polls for months, at times reaching double digits.

Published 02 Nov, 2020 11:38pm

World

Trump dismisses election eve polls, says 'really looking good' to win

"I watch these fake polls," he told a crowd in Fayetteville, North Carolina. "We're going to win anyway."

Published 02 Nov, 2020 11:33pm

Europe

Greece imposes lockdown on second largest city

Everything will remain closed, except for schools, and those wanting to leave their homes will have to seek permission via text message.

Published 02 Nov, 2020 07:52pm

USA

Threat of "unfamiliar violence" looms ahead of divisive Presidential Election, warns report

As political polarisation in the electorate has reached a fever pitch and the stakes are beyond existential, the U.S. Presidential Election is primed to be a drawn-out and protracted affair, increasingly at the risk of being derailed due to “violent actors”.

Updated 03 Nov, 2020 03:54pm

South Asia

At least 19 killed after gunmen storm Kabul University

Last week at least 24 people, mostly students, were killed in a suicide attack on an educational centre in western Kabul that was claimed by IS.

Published 02 Nov, 2020 07:08pm

Europe

Italy PM resists pressure to impose national lockdown

Infection rates have continued to soar to record levels -- now approaching 30,000 cases a day, higher that the UK but still lower than France.

Published 02 Nov, 2020 07:05pm

Europe

UK businesses face 'devastating' new lockdown: CBI

Britain has been among the worst-affected countries by the outbreak, with some 47,000 deaths from more than one million positive cases.

Published 02 Nov, 2020 07:03pm

Middle East

Israeli minister says normalisation deals need US president tough on Iran

Democratic presidential hopeful Joe Biden wants to rejoin the 2015 Iranian nuclear deal that the Republican incumbent quit, to the satisfaction of Israel and some Gulf Arabs.
Saudi Arabia, the Gulf powerhouse and Islam's birthplace, quietly acquiesced to the UAE and Bahrain deals with Israel, signed.

Updated 02 Nov, 2020 07:05pm

South Asia

China's tech independence, emissions drive could cut growth to 3pc: S&P Global

China flagged its aim to become technologically independent and achieve major breakthroughs in core technologies by 2035.
"If China succeeds in pursuing these strategies, the global economy will undergo a fundamental realignment, starting now".

Published 02 Nov, 2020 05:53pm

Middle East

Iran says will focus on 'actions' of new US administration

"More than the result of the election, we will pay attention to the actions" of whoever is president, ministry spokesman added.

Published 02 Nov, 2020 05:50pm

Europe

Europe imposes new virus curbs as anger and frustration swell

To curb the spike in Germany, Chancellor Angela Merkel has ordered a round of shutdowns from Monday until the end of the month.

Published 02 Nov, 2020 05:44pm

World

Global coronavirus death toll tops 1.2 million

More than 46,543,100 cases of coronavirus have been registered. Of these, at least 30,903,200 are now considered recovered.

Published 02 Nov, 2020 05:43pm

USA

Trump and Biden seek battleground state votes on last full day of campaign

The Republican Trump trails Biden in national opinion polls ahead of Tuesday's Election Day.
Trump will wrap up his campaign in Grand Rapids, Michigan, the same place he concluded his 2016 presidential run with a post-midnight rally on Election Day.

Published 02 Nov, 2020 05:42pm

South Asia

16 dead after Typhoon Goni batters Philippines

Ferocious winds and torrential rain toppled power lines, triggered flooding and sparked landslides that engulfed houses as Goni swept across the southern part of Luzon.

Published 02 Nov, 2020 05:40pm

South Asia

Gunmen kill at least 10 students in attack on Kabul university

Several attackers had entered the campus and were fighting with security forces, interior ministry spokesman Tariq Arian said.
An attack late last month on an education centre in Kabul killed 24 people, mostly students.

Published 02 Nov, 2020 05:26pm

South Asia

Iran reports record high COVID death toll as travel bans go into force

The government will make a decision on a complete, two-week lockdown in the capital. It did not elaborate.
The official death toll is only based on the number of registered patients.

Published 02 Nov, 2020 05:20pm

World

U.S. whistleblower Edward Snowden seeks Russian passport for sake of future son

Snowden, 37, fled the United States and was given asylum in Russia after leaking secret files in 2013 that revealed vast domestic and international surveillance operations carried out by the U.S. National Security Agency where he was a contractor

Published 02 Nov, 2020 04:02pm

World

New UK lockdown could last longer than a month: govt

The second lockdown was announced late Saturday.

Published 02 Nov, 2020 02:39pm

World

White House accuses top scientist of playing politics on COVID-19

Fauci said Biden was "taking it seriously from a public health perspective", while Trump was "looking at it from a different perspective… the economy and reopening the country".

Published 02 Nov, 2020 01:55pm

World

New Zealand appoints first Indigenous Female Foreign Minister

After her landmark electoral victory, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has appointed New Zealand's first indigenous female foreign minister, in what is shaping up to be one of the most diverse parliaments in the world.

Updated 02 Nov, 2020 05:12pm

USA

Trump campaign reported to declare victory even if total ballots are not counted

Over the past few weeks, President Trump has reportedly told his confidants in private that he aims to declare victory on Tuesday night, if the outcome of the electoral college hinges on large numbers of mail-in (or absentee) ballots in key states such as Pennsylvania and Ohio.

Updated 02 Nov, 2020 12:27pm

Exchange

Indian forces gun down top rebel commander in IIOJK

The dead commander was identified as Saifullah Mir who was the chief of operations of Hizbul Mujahideen in held valley

Updated 02 Nov, 2020 10:06am

World

China starts once-a-decade census of world’s largest population

SHANGHAI: Millions of census-takers began knocking on doors across China on Sunday for a once-a-decade head count of...