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Sao Paulo state stops professional sports as COVID-19 rages

Pogba tests positive for COVID-19, out of France squad

7:13 pm August 27, 2020

Paris: France midfielder Paul Pogba has been left out of their squad for next month’s Nations League matches after testing positive for COVID-19, manager Didier Deschamps said on Thursday. Rennes midfielder Eduardo Camavinga was called up as a late replacement for Manchester United’s Pogba. “I had to make a last-minute change to this list because […]

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

Europe is going back to school despite recent virus surge

3:24 pm August 27, 2020

Paris: A mother and her three children scanned the school supplies in a Paris supermarket, plucking out multicolored fountain pens, crisp notebooks – and plenty of masks. Despite resurgent coronavirus infections, similar scenes are unfolding across Europe as a new school year dawns. Virus or no virus, European authorities are determined to put children back […]

UN watchdog: Iran to allow access to 2 suspected nuke sites

9:25 pm August 26, 2020

Berlin: Iran has agreed to allow inspectors in to two sites where the country is suspected of having stored or used undeclared nuclear material, the UN atomic watchdog agency said Wednesday. The International Atomic Energy Agency said Iran was “voluntarily providing the IAEA with access to the two locations specified by the IAEA and facilitating the IAEA verification activities to resolve […]

Melania Trump taking Rose Garden turn to pitch her husband

1:49 pm August 25, 2020

Washington: When Melania Trump addresses the Republican convention from the White House, it will be the most that many Americans have seen of their first lady since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic that has come to define her husband’s administration. Out of the public view for much of the year, Mrs Trump will step into the spotlight Tuesday night to argue […]

Indian satellite AstroSat makes rare discovery

11:07 am August 25, 2020

Pune: AstroSat, India’s first multi- wavelength satellite, has detected an extreme ultraviolet (UV) light from a galaxy which is 9.3 billion light-years away from Earth, the Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA) said on Monday. A release from the Pune-based Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics said a global team led by IUCAA scientists […]