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Thai protesters challenge monarchy

BANGKOK, Sept 20 (BBC): Anti-government protesters have installed a plaque declaring Thailand "belongs to the people", in a bold show of opposition to the monarchy.The plaque was laid near Bangkok's Grand Palace in the latest challenge to Thai King Maha Vajiralongkorn.Student-led protests calling for reform of the country's monarchy and...

Opposition icon, hundreds of protesters detained in Minsk

MINSK, Sept 20 (BBC): Belarus police have detained hundreds of women in the capital Minsk who had joined a march demanding that longtime President Alexander Lukashenko resign.Men in green uniforms and black balaclavas encircled female protesters who shouted, "Only cowards beat women!"Among the detained was Nina Bahinskaya, a 73-year-old great-grandmother...

Australia virus cases 'set to be lowest’

SYDNEY, Sept 20 (BBC): Australia looks set to record its lowest daily coronavirus increase for three months, with just 18 new cases reported so far.The state of Victoria - the epicentre of the country's Covid-19 outbreak - recorded 14 new infections to Sunday morning, down from 21 the day before.New...

Lost World War II submarine found

PHUKET, Sept 20 (New York Times): In the murky waters of the Strait of Malacca, about 90 miles south of Phuket, Thailand, four divers discovered a World War II submarine that was scuttled 77 years ago, now teeming with marine life.The wreckage, believed to be the USS Grenadier, was located...

Indian police nab journalist alleging spying for China

NEW DELHI, Sept 20 (Reuters): Police in India's capital city on Saturday said they had arrested a local freelance journalist on allegations he was passing "sensitive information" to Chinese intelligence officers.In a statement, the Delhi Police said 61-year-old Rajeev Sharma was arrested earlier this week and officers had seized some...

France's daily virus infections hit new record of 13,498

PARIS, Sept 20 (Xinhua): France's Public Health Agency on Saturday reported 13,498 new coronavirus cases in a 24-hour span, a new daily record of confirmed cases since the start of the epidemic.The country's previous highest daily of new cases was at 13,215 reported on Friday. Saturday's figure brought the cumulative...

Two soldiers die in drive against militants in NW Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, Sept 20 (Xinhua): Two soldiers were killed when the Pakistani military conducted an operation against militants in the country's northwest tribal district of North Waziristan, an army statement said on Saturday night.Without mentioning the time of the operation, the statement by the military's media wing, the Inter-Services Public Relations...

Greek flooding leaves 2 dead, one missing

ATHENS, Sept 20 (AP): A storm pounded parts of central Greece, creating flooding Saturday that killed two people, left 1 missing and forced emergency workers to rescue more than 600 people.Authorities identified the two victims as an elderly woman found dead in her flooded home in the region of Thessaly...

Jailed Iranian rights lawyer hospitalised

TEHRAN, Sept 20 (AP): leading Iranian human rights lawyer has been hospitalized a month after launching a hunger strike seeking better prison conditions and the release of political prisoners amid the pandemic, her husband said Saturday.Reza Khandan said that healthcare professionals decided to hospitalize his wife, Nasrin Sotoudeh, because of...

Beijing tops Nature Index global science city rankings

BEIJING, Sept 20 (Xinhua): Beijing has once again become the top science city globally, followed by New York, Boston, the San Francisco-San Hose region, and Shanghai, according to the Nature Index global science city 2020 rankings, released on Saturday at the ongoing 2020 Zhongguancun Forum.Besides Beijing and Shanghai, four other...