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Belarusian authorities ramp up crackdown on opposition after mass protest
Belarusian authorities stepped up arrests of political opponents and strike leaders Monday, after Sunday saw the latest unprecedented demonstration against President Alexander Lukashenko’s disputed re-election.
Rescue teams search rubble of Indian building collapse
Rescue efforts continued overnight to save residents trapped in the rubble of a five-storey building that collapsed in Maharashtra, India. The building comprised of 47 apartments, and the cause of its collapse is not...
Fears for immunity as man catches coronavirus for second time
A 33-year-old Hong Kong man returning from a trip to Spain in August has tested positive for the coronavirus a second time, having caught a different strain of the disease four months earlier. The case is the first ever...
US election 2020: Trump against postal ballots – BBC News
US President Donald Trump has suggested that postal ballots could lead to fraud in the upcoming election. Addressing delegates at a scale-back party convention in North Carolina, he said: “This is the greatest...
The protesters beaten and tortured in Belarus
Sky News has uncovered evidence of beatings and torture inflicted on pro-democracy demonstrators at the hands of the Belarusian Government. Europe’s last dictator – Alexander Lukashenko – remains in...
Merkel tells Russia to investigate ‘probable’ poisoning of Putin critic Navalny
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has called on Russia to investigate and hold perpetrators accountable after tests indicated Putin critic Alexei Navalny was poisoned. The tests by German doctors were conducted multiple...