Top 10 news today: Massive fire breaks out at Beirut port and more
Smoke rises over Beirut's port area
A massive fire broke out atBeirutport engulfing a warehouse, a month after the massive blast in which over 180 people were killed and several hundred were injured. Read more
Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny has made progress towards recovery in hospital in Germany. Read more
After it "paused" its clinical trial over thevaccinethis week, AstraZeneca's CEO Pascal Soriot said today that a vaccine was still possible by the "end of this year, early next year". Read more
Formers critics of Thailand are inspiring youngsters to protest and take on KingMaha Vajiralongkorn. Read more
French President Emmanuel Macron called for the need for Europe to have a 'united and clear' voice on Turkey. Read more
We Charity, which is at the centre of a political firestorm in Canada due toscandal involving the country's Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, saidon Thursday that it willno longer operate in the country.
Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga was being expected to turn out people's favourite in the upcoming elections to replace former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, and the opinion polls are now supporting that assumption. Read more
At least six people died in the western United States as states such as Washington and Oregon apart from California are scrambling to control the rapidly spreading flames. Read more
International donors have raised $700 million - less than half the target - to purchase future coronavirus vaccines for poor countries in a global initiative to ensure eventual vaccines do not go only to rich countries, a World Health Organization official said on Thursday. Read more
ByteDance is likely to miss the deadline imposed by the Trump administration for the sale of TikTok's US assets as new Chinese regulations have complicated deal talks with bidders Microsoft Corp and Oracle Corp. Read more