Top 10 world news today: Xi Jinping invokes Chinese military, Pak to remain on FATF grey list and more
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Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday took a thinly-veiled swipe at the United States after he invoked the People's Liberation Army saying they should be ''determined to defeat invaders''. Read more
A 19-year-old man with a van full of guns and explosives has been charged by feds for plotting theassassination ofDemocratic presidential candidate Joe Biden. Read more
Belarus' interior ministry said on Thursday the opposition protests in the country were developing into a terrorist threat. Belarus has been roiled in protests for more than two months now. Read more
Poland's Constitutional Tribunal ruled on Thursday that abortion due to foetal defects was unconstitutional, banning the most common of the few legal grounds for pregnancy termination in the predominantly Catholic country. Read more
The release of Fukushima's contaminated water can damage human DNA, according to the latest report by a non-governmental organisationGreenpeace. Read more
Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin will ask the king to declare a state of emergency on Friday, two sources with direct knowledge of the matter said, a move that opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim denounced as an attempt to cling to power. Read more
The US Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved Gilead Sciences Inc's antiviral drug remdesivir for treating patients hospitalized with COVID-19, making it the first and only drug approved for the disease in the United States. Read more
Pakistan will remain on the FATF grey list, reports said on Friday. Read more
At least 25 people have died including a 17-year-old boy afterSouth Koreanauthorities began their seasonal influenza inoculation effort on October 13. Read more
Britain and Japan are set to sign a trade deal on Friday at a ceremony in Tokyo, marking London's first major post-Brexit agreement as it holds an intense round of negotiations with the European Union. Read more