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Image copyright EPA Image caption Masks were made compulsory in France’s second city Marseille and Paris is now likely to have the same rule French Prime Minister Jean Castex has responded to a steep increase in infections with a series of measures including increased testing and plans for compulsory face-coverings in Paris. The number of […]
Image copyright Reuters Image caption Hong Kong’s police commissioner, Chris Tang, said he was seeking more information about the boat interception Chinese authorities have arrested at least 10 people after intercepting a boat believed to be heading to Taiwan from Hong Kong, local reports say. China’s coastguard said the arrests were made on Sunday morning […]
Image copyright Rossiya 1tv Image caption Vladimir Putin was interviewed on Russian state television Russian President Vladimir Putin says he has formed a police reserve force to intervene in Belarus if necessary, but that point has not yet been reached. Speaking on Russian state TV, he said Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko “asked me to set […]
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionThe US police shooting of Jacob Blake sparks protests in Wisconsin After a black man was shot seven times in the back by a police officer in Kenosha, Wisconsin, on Sunday, 23 August, people angry about police violence began protesting. On the third night of demonstrations, a […]
image copyrightEpic Games image captionFortnite’s latest update has a high-profile Marvel superheroes event – but not on Apple machines People who play Fortnite on Apple Macs, iPhones and iPads are to be excluded from the game’s latest update. It follows the weeks-long escalating row between the two companies, which resulted in Fortnite being pulled from […]
Hurricane Laura made landfall shortly after midnight local time (05:00 GMT) near the district of Cameron, in Louisiana. Laura has strengthened rapidly from category three to category four, gaining 70% in power in just 24 hours. It is now close to becoming a category five storm. Source link
Related Topics Syrian civil war image copyrightRusvesna.su/youtube image captionA clip of the incident was broadcast by Russian website Rusvesna.su The Russian and US governments have blamed each other for a collision between Russian and US armoured vehicles in north-eastern Syria in which several US troops were injured. Video of the collision was broadcast by a […]
Image copyright Mathewson Family Image caption West Mathewson had known the lionesses since they were cubs A well-known South African conservationist has died after he was mauled by two white lions as he was taking them for a walk. The wife of West Mathewson, who followed in a car tried to distract the lions, but […]
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom got engaged last year Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom have announced the birth of their first child – a daughter named Daisy Dove Bloom. The couple said they were “floating with love and wonder” after their daughter’s “safe and healthy arrival”. The pair also […]
image copyrightAFP image captionThe two Indian stars wed at a resort in Tuscany in 2017 Bollywood actress Anushka Sharma and her husband, Indian cricket captain Virat Kohli, have announced that they are expecting a baby. The couple shared the news on Twitter, where an amalgamation of their names – Viruskha – started trending right after. […]
Image copyright Reuters Image caption Parts of Louisiana have already seen flooding Hurricane Laura has struck the coast of Louisiana, with extreme winds causing flash flooding in the US state, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) says. The category four hurricane is expected to cause an “unsurvivable” storm surge as it moves inland with wind speeds […]
Image copyright Getty Images TikTok chief executive Kevin Mayer has quit after just two months in the job ahead of an impending ban by US President Donald Trump. The Chinese-owned firm has been accused of being a threat to US national security by the Trump administration. Mr Mayer joined TikTok in June after leaving his […]