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The US has reported more cases of coronavirus than anywhere else in the world [File: Jae C. Hong/AP Photo]

US passes 25m COVID cases, over a quarter of world’s infections

Mounting caseload comes as Joe Biden’s chief of staff accuses previous administration of failure on vaccine rollout plan

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Talks starting Monday are informal and non-binding, but could eventually produce a formal process of negotiation resulting in a treaty [File: AFP]

Greece, Turkey launch Mediterranean crisis talks after 5 years

Resumption of exploratory talks after five-year hiatus comes after year of tensions in the Eastern Mediterranean.

A general view of the northeastern Indian state of Sikkim bordering China [File: Agnes Bun/AFP]
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India, China troops in new clash along contested border: Reports

Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said his symptoms are mild and he is receiving medical treatment [File: Mexican Presidency/ Handout via AFP]

Mexico’s president tests positive for COVID-19

Paramedics transport a person from Roberta Place, a long-term elderly care facility in Barrie, Ontario, on January 18 [Carlos Osorio/Reuters]

As COVID surges in Canada, workers ‘can’t afford to get sick’

The coronavirus pandemic has hurt people living in poverty far harder than the rich, UK-based charity Oxfam says in its latest report [File: Agustin Marcarian/Reuters]

COVID has worsened inequality even as the rich thrive: Oxfam

The 13th National Congress of the ruling Communist Party of Vietnam, is due to get under way in Hanoi on Monday [Kham/Reuters]

Vietnam’s Communist Party meets to pick new leaders, set strategy

Farmers participate in an earlier 'tractor rally' on a highway on the outskirts of New Delhi [File: Adnan Abidi/Reuters]

Indian police to let farmers hold ‘tractor rally’ on Republic Day

The number of North Koreans defecting to the South has dropped sharply as a result of increasingly strict measures against COVID-19 [File: Kim Won Jin/AFP]

Senior North Korean diplomat defects to South: Reports

People wearing face masks depart from a train station in Auckland, New Zealand, August 31, 2020 [File: Fiona Goodall/ Reuters]

New Zealand’s new COVID case is the South African variant


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Talks starting Monday are informal and non-binding, but could eventually produce a formal process of negotiation resulting in a treaty [File: AFP]

Greece, Turkey launch Mediterranean crisis talks after 5 years

A general view of the northeastern Indian state of Sikkim bordering China [File: Agnes Bun/AFP]
DEVELOPING STORY

India, China troops in new clash along contested border: Reports

Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said his symptoms are mild and he is receiving medical treatment [File: Mexican Presidency/ Handout via AFP]

Mexico’s president tests positive for COVID-19

Paramedics transport a person from Roberta Place, a long-term elderly care facility in Barrie, Ontario, on January 18 [Carlos Osorio/Reuters]

As COVID surges in Canada, workers ‘can’t afford to get sick’

The coronavirus pandemic has hurt people living in poverty far harder than the rich, UK-based charity Oxfam says in its latest report [File: Agustin Marcarian/Reuters]

COVID has worsened inequality even as the rich thrive: Oxfam

The 13th National Congress of the ruling Communist Party of Vietnam, is due to get under way in Hanoi on Monday [Kham/Reuters]

Vietnam’s Communist Party meets to pick new leaders, set strategy

Farmers participate in an earlier 'tractor rally' on a highway on the outskirts of New Delhi [File: Adnan Abidi/Reuters]

Indian police to let farmers hold ‘tractor rally’ on Republic Day

The number of North Koreans defecting to the South has dropped sharply as a result of increasingly strict measures against COVID-19 [File: Kim Won Jin/AFP]

Senior North Korean diplomat defects to South: Reports

People wearing face masks depart from a train station in Auckland, New Zealand, August 31, 2020 [File: Fiona Goodall/ Reuters]

New Zealand’s new COVID case is the South African variant

Russia accuses US of meddling, but says open to dialogue

Spokesman for Vladimir Putin says Russian president open to talking to Joe Biden after US slams crackdown on protesters.

Law enforcement officers clash with participants during a rally in support of jailed Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny in Moscow [Maxim Shemetov/Reuters]

US support for Taiwan ‘rock-solid’ as China again sends warplanes

Washington pledges to deepen ties with Taiwan after China sends large number of warplanes into island’s airspace.

A Taiwanese soldier waves a Taiwan national flag during a military exercise in Hsinchu County, northern Taiwan, on January 19, 2021 [Sam Yeh/AFP]

Israel ‘closes skies’ to air travel as COVID variants found

Flights will be banned for a week, as government tries to curb spread of variants, protect vaccination campaign.

Israel is further restricting travel in a bid to curb the spread of COVID-19 and the new variants that have emerged [Jack Guez/AFP]

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Biden reinstates US COVID travel restrictions, adds South Africa

New US president takes tougher approach to COVID-19 with more than 25 million Americans now confirmed with virus.

The US is tightening restrictions on international arrivals as it tries to tackle new variants of the virus [File: Jae C Hong/AP Photo]

Portugal President Rebelo de Sousa re-elected, abstentions surge

Centre-right incumbent known for his easy-going manner has won a second and final five-year term.

Portugal's President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa addresses the media after being returned for a second term in office [Pedro Nunes/Reuters]

CAR hands Seleka commander accused of war crimes to ICC

ICC arrests alleged commander of Seleka militia on charges of war crimes committed during violence in Bangui in 2013.

A Seleka fighter holds his machine gun near the town of Kuango, close to the border with Democratic Republic of the Congo June 9, 2014 [File: Goran Tomasevic/ Reuters]

Oman bars expatriates from certain jobs as pandemic bites

Various jobs in insurance companies including finance and administrative positions will be ‘limited to Omanis only’.

In April 2020, Oman ordered state-owned companies to accelerate the process of replacing foreign staff with Omani nationals [File: Mohammed Mahjoub/AFP]

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