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US, Australia, India, Japan talk China's growing power

TOKYO, Oct 07 (AP): US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Tuesday that China's increasingly assertive actions across the region make it more critical than ever for four Indo-Pacific nations known as the Quad to cooperate to protect their partners and their people from Chinese "exploitation, corruption and coercion."Pompeo made...

Unrest brews in Kyrgyzstan

BISHEK, Oct 07 (AL Jazeera): Opposition groups took control of most of the government apparatus after storming buildings during post-election protests.Kyrgyzstan slid deeper into chaos as rival opposition factions made grabs for power on Wednesday, a day after they stormed government buildings, forcing the prime minister to quit and a...

White House aide tests virus positive

NEW YORK, Oct 07 (BBC): Covid-19 is spreading further among those around US President Donald Trump, with White House adviser Stephen Miller and a top military official infected.Mr Miller, who has been self-isolating for the past five days, confirmed on Tuesday that he had tested positive.Several military leaders are also...

Senegal holds festival that could draw millions

TOUBA, Oct 07 (New York Times): All roads to the holy city of Touba were bumper-to-bumper. Buses packed with pilgrims inched along, their roofs piled high with foam mattresses. Tollbooth attendants smiled in greeting and held out ungloved hands for change, all day long.Many people wore masks. Many did not.Huge...

Golden Dawn leaders guilty of running crime gang

ATHENS, Oct 07 (BBC): After a trial lasting more than five years, the leadership of Greece's neo-Nazi party has been convicted of running a criminal organisation.Big crowds gathered outside the court in Athens as the judges gave verdicts on 68 defendants.Golden Dawn won 18 MPs in 2012 as Greeks were...

China urges US to drop 'Cold War' mentality

BEIJING, Oct 07 (Reuters): China said on Wednesday that the United States should stop its unprovoked attacks and accusations against China, accusing US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo of maliciously creating political confrontation and smearing Beijing.Pompeo on Tuesday visited Japan and called for deeper cooperation with Australia, India and Japan...

Russia reports 11,115 new COVID-19 cases in single day

MOSCOW, Oct 07 (Xinhua): Russia registered 11,115 new COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, close to its all-time high of 11,656 recorded in May, the country's COVID-19 response center said Wednesday.Russia's cumulative number of coronavirus cases has grown to 1,248,619, including 21,865 deaths and 995,275 recoveries, the center said...

Two suicide bombers among nine killed in Afghan blast

KABUL, Oct 07 (Xinhua): Nine people, including two suicide bombers, were killed and five others wounded in separate explosions in Afghanistan during Tuesday night and early Wednesday, authorities said Wednesday.In eastern Kapisa province, three civilians, including one woman, were killed after a vehicle they were traveling touched off a Taliban...