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Heavy rains cause severe flooding in France, Italy

PARIS, Oct 04(BBC): At least two people have died and at least 25 are missing after a powerful storm hit southern France and north-western Italy.Named Alex, it brought fierce winds and torrential rains causing severe floods.A number of villages suffered serious damage around the southern city of Nice. Its mayor...

S Arabia allows Umrah

MECCA, Oct 04 (Reuters): Mecca slowly stirred from a seven-month hibernation on Sunday as pilgrims trickled in after Saudi Arabian authorities partially lifted a coronavirus ban on performing umrah - a pilgrimage to Islam's two holiest sites that is undertaken at any time of year.Millions of Muslims from around the...

Trump's virus symptoms 'very concerning'

NEW YORK, Oct 04 (New York Times): President Donald Trump's vital signs Saturday were concerning as doctors mounted an aggressive effort to treat him and he was not out of danger, a person close to the situation said, even as the coronavirus infected an ever-widening swath of the president's aides...

Major cities hit as heavy fighting continues in Nagorno-Karabakh

KARABAKH, Oct 04 (BBC): Azerbaijan's second-largest city, Ganja, has been shelled by Armenian forces, as heavy clashes continue over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region.The enclave is officially part of Azerbaijan but run by ethnic Armenians.The self-proclaimed authorities there say they hit Ganja's military airport after Azerbaijani forces shelled the region's capital,...

Germany's far right group gets reunified

BERLIN, Oct 04 (New York Times): They called him the "Führer of Berlin."Ingo Hasselbach had been a clandestine neo-Nazi in communist East Berlin, but the fall of the Berlin Wall brought him out of the shadows. He connected with western extremists in the unified city, organized far-right workshops, fought street...

Cuban scientists make progress in COVID vaccine development

HAVANA, Oct 04 (Xinhua): Cuban scientists are making advances in developing two vaccines against COVID-19, Soberana 1 and Soberana 2, which are currently in the clinical trial phase, local press reported on Saturday.The general director of the Havana-based Finlay Institute of Vaccines, Vicente Verez, said progress is being made in...

Rwanda nabs 19 Burundian rebels for illegal entry

KIGALI, Oct 04 (Xinhua): The Rwandan military said Saturday it had captured 19 armed persons of a Burundian rebel group, Red Tabara, on the Rwandan territory for illegal entry.The arrested rebels armed with guns crossed from Burundi to neighboring Rwanda on Sept. 29, and were apprehended in Nyungwe forest in...

Arab-Israel ties divide Sudanese leaders

CAIRO, Oct 04 (AP): Sudan's fragile interim government is sharply divided over normalizing relations with Israel, as it finds itself under intense pressure from the Trump administration to become the third Arab country to do so in short order - after the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain.Washington's push for Sudan-Israel...