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Trump set to announce Supreme Court pick, Republicans eye quick confirmation

Trump has a chance to tilt the nation's highest court to the right for decades to come.

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Britain to impose new virus curbs as WHO issues grim warning

1,998,897 infections were reported last week, "the highest number of reported cases in a single week since the beginning of the epidemic".

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Umrah to resume from Oct 4

Capacity will eventually be raised to 20,000 pilgrims per day

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House votes to ban Xinjiang imports over forced labour

Bill passed despite opposition from US businesses

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Pandemic panners: Indonesians hunt for gold in desperate times

Because of the pandemic, consumers and investors around the world have been snapping up gold, sending its price to a record above US$2,000 an ounce last month.

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China 'must back off', says Taiwan

China considers Taiwan part of its territory, to be absorbed into the mainland, by force if necessary, even though it has been self-ruled for more than seven de...

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American left galvanised by death of RBG

Ginsburg spent her 27-year tenure defending LGBT rights, and immigrants, establishing herself unequivocally as a champion of the American left

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Empty UN summit for world in crisis

Each delegation can send a single masked diplomat to the General Assembly

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Death toll from India building collapse jumps to 20

20 survivors – including two boys aged four and seven – have been pulled from the rubble

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Bears on thin ice

Arctic ice melt doesn't boost sea levels, so do we care?

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US closes in on 200,000 virus deaths

Figures come in weeks before the elections

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Alarm for Macron as party No. 2 steps down

Local elections earlier this year were a disaster for Macron's party, with the party failing to take control of a single major city hall

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Coronavirus-themed China drama faces sexism backlash

One controversial scene set in the virus ground-zero city of Wuhan showed female bus drivers being reluctant to volunteer for a delivery team due to family comm...