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China calls on India to return missing soldier

BEIJING, Oct 20 (AP): China's military says it hopes India will make good on its pledge to swiftly return a Chinese soldier found lost along their mountainous border where the sides have been locked in a tense standoff.The defense ministry issued a statement late Monday saying the soldier had been...

Ireland imposes toughest Covid curbs

DUBLIN, Oct 20 (Reuters): Ireland announced some of Europe's toughest COVID-19 constraints on Monday, shutting non-essential retail, limiting restaurants and pubs to take away service and telling people not to travel more than five kilometres (3 miles) from their home.Ireland imposed one of Europe's longest lockdowns during the first surge...

Trump attacks polls, press and Fauci

TUCSON, Oct 20 (AP): An angry President Donald Trump came out swinging Monday against Dr. Anthony Fauci, the press and polls that show him trailing Democrat Joe Biden in key battleground states in a disjointed closing message two weeks out from Election Day.On the third day of a western campaign...

Six soldiers, 8 militants die in Afghan clashes

KUNDUZ, Oct 20 (Xinhua): Six Afghan army soldiers and eight Taliban militants were killed and four soldiers wounded in fresh clashes in Afghanistan's northern Kunduz province on Monday night, a district chief said Tuesday."Militants armed with guns and rocket propelled grenades attacked a security checkpoint in Ismahil Qeshlaq locality of...

India's Covid death toll at 115,197

NEW DELHI, Oct 20 (Xinhua): India's COVID-19 tally reached 7,597,063 with 46,790 new confirmed cases recorded in the past 24 hours, showed the data released by the federal health ministry on Tuesday.The total death toll rose to 115,197, including 587 newly reported.This is the first time in nearly four months...

UK plans to be first to run human challenge Covid trials

LONDON, Oct 20 (BBC): The UK is pushing ahead to be the first nation to carry out "human challenge" studies where up to 90 healthy people will be deliberately exposed to Covid.The trials, which could begin in January, aim to speed up the race to get a Covid-19 vaccine.The government...

Duterte says he can be held responsible for drug killings

MANILA, Oct 20 (AP): The Philippine president has said he has no problem with being held responsible for the many killings under his anti-drugs crackdown, adding that he was ready to face charges that could land him in jail, though not charges of crimes against humanity.President Rodrigo Duterte's televised remarks...

Four pupils held over beheading of French teacher

PARIS, Oct 20 (BBC): Four school students are among 15 people who have been taken into custody in France following the beheading of teacher Samuel Paty, who showed controversial cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad to his pupils.The other detainees include four family members of the killer, a father at the...