India recorded 83,883 coronavirus cases which is the highest single-day rise in COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours. The country also recorded 1,043 deaths on Thursday.

Is India becoming world's new Epicentre for Coronavirus?

Hong Kong pro-democracy media mogul Jimmy Lai, 71, was found not guilty of criminal intimidation by a court on Thursday. Lai had denied charge criminal intimidation over an incident involving Tiananmen massacre vigil in 2017.

Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai cleared in intimidation trial

German government on Wednesday said that based on the tests performed on Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, it is likely that he was poisoned with a Soviet-era nerve agent called “Novichok”.

Traces of novichok in Navalny's body, German seeks 'urgent' clarification from Russia

The United States said on Wednesday it would require senior Chinese diplomats to get State Department approval before visiting U.S. university campuses or holding cultural events with more than 50 people outside mission grounds.

US announces fresh restrictions on Chinese diplomats

Indian Army Chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane reached Ladakh on Thursday (September 3) to review the ongoing security situation along the Line of Actual Control in the region.

Indian Army Chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane to review preparedness at LAC

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has asked state public health officials to prepare to distribute a potential coronavirus vaccine to high-risk groups as soon as late October, documents published by the agency showed on Wednesday.

US: CDC asks states to prepare for COVID-19 vaccine distribution

Wineries are at risk of shutting down due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Grape harvest this season is better than last many years but still, there is gloom in vineyards.

Vineyards in Spain at risk of bankruptcy, demand for wine down by 80%

Millions of students will attend schools in the new academic year from September. Tens of millions of pupils returned to school in France, Poland and Russia on Tuesday, their rucksacks loaded with exercise books, geometry sets and, for many, face masks to protect them from a resurgent coronavirus pandemic.

Schools reopen in Europe amid concerns of second wave of COVID-19

French President Emmanuel Macron voiced support on Wednesday for a sovereign Iraq and said its main challenges are Islamic State militants and foreign interference in its affairs.

French President Emmanuel Macron says France will continue to support Iraq

India records highest single day surge with over 83,000 COVID-19 cases

Zimbabwe's wildlife agency said on Wednesday it had discovered more elephant carcasses near a major game park, bringing the number of dead animals suspected to have been killed by a bacterial infection to 22, double the initial figure.

Zimbabwe finds more elephant carcasses, Elephants die from suspected infection

The US President Donald Trump defied requests to stay away and visited Kenosha, Wisconsin, on Tuesday, not to urge racial healing after a white officer shot a Black man in the back but to express support for law enforcement in a city rocked by civil unrest.

Donald Trump visits Kenosha despite requests for reconsideration

India has said that China again engaged in "provocative action" even as their military talks were underway and termed the PLA bid a reflection of "complete disregard" to bilateral understandings. Indian External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Anurag Srivastava said that the Indian side was able to prevent these attempts to unilaterally alter the status quo due to the timely "defensive action".

India urges China to restore peace in border areas

Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will leave for Russia today to attend a meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), the ministry said on Tuesday. The Defence Minister will be on a three-day visit to Russia.

India's Defence Minister Rajnath Singh to leave for Russia

The trial of accessories to deadly attacks in January 2015 on French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo and other targets is set to open in Paris on September 2.

Trial in Charlie Hebdo killings to get underway on Wednesday

French President Emmanuel Macron said Lebanon's embattled leaders had pledged Tuesday to form a crisis cabinet within two weeks to push forward with key reforms, as he visited the disaster-hit country. Macron is in Beirut for a second time since an August 4 explosion there which killed more than 180 people, laid waste to entire city districts and fuelled popular rage against the country's political elite.

French President Emmanuel Macron: Ready to host second aid conference for Lebanon

China is expected to at least double the number of its nuclear warheads over the next decade from the low 200s now and is nearing the ability to launch nuclear strikes by land, air and sea, a capacity known as a triad, the Pentagon said on Tuesday.

China to double nuclear warheads in the next decade

India reported 78,357 new coronavirus cases and 1045 deaths in the last 24 hours taking the death toll to 66,333, the health ministry said. The number of coronavirus cases in the country has climbed to 37,69,524 which includes 8,01,282 active cases, the ministry added.

India records 78,357 COVID-19 cases in 24 hours

Tight security surrounded the justice tribunal in Paris on Wednesday (September 2), ahead of the trial on the Charlie Hebdo shootings.

Charlie Hebdo attack trial set to begin under tight security

India: China violated previously-reached understanding

Representatives of Iran and the world powers are working to save the nuclear deal with Tehran agreed Tuesday in Vienna to do everything possible to preserve the landmark 2015 agreement in their first meeting since the United States announced a bid to restore United Nations sanctions against the Islamic Republic.

China says United States is sabotaging Iran nuclear deal

Pakistan on Tuesday blocked access to Tinder and several other dating apps in a bid to control "immoral" and "indecent" content, just days after regulators threatened to shut down YouTube for similar reasons.

Pakistan blocks Tinder, other dating apps over 'immoral' content

Fed up with being confused for China amid the coronavirus pandemic and Beijing's stepped-up efforts to assert sovereignty, Taiwan said on Wednesday it would redesign its passport to give greater prominence to the island's name.

Taiwan to change passport, fed up with confusion with China

Sudan's power-sharing government signed a peace agreement with key rebel groups on Monday (August 31), a significant step towards resolving deep-rooted conflicts from the long rule of ousted leader Omar al-Bashir.

Sudan: Rebels groups agree to sign peace deal

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