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Meet Chris Wallace, the presidential debate moderator from Fox News - 09/30/2020

By Los Angeles (tca/dpa) - Fox News anchor Chris Wallace will be the moderator when President Donald Trump and his Democratic opponent, former Vice President Joe Biden, face off at Case Western...

US District court halts ban on TikTok downloads - 09/28/2020

Washington - A district court in Washington DC has halted a ban on downloads of media app TikTok set to go into effect late Sunday. A judge granted a preliminary injunction to TikTok on Sunday,...

In court filing, Trump administration defends TikTok ban - 09/26/2020

Washington (dpa) - The Trump administration has filed paperwork defending a rule prohibiting downloads of social media app TikTok ahead of its planned ban. The ban is set to go into effect late...

Thousands of illegal cannabis plants discovered in Sicily, Sardinia - 09/24/2020

Rome - Italian police said on Thursday they found thousands of cannabis plants in two separate raids targeting illegal plantations in Sicily and Sardinia. More than 1,200 plants, capable of...

Rescuers confirm 380 whales dead in Australia's worst stranding - 09/23/2020

Sydney - By Annika Burgess, - Three hundred and eighty pilot whales stranded on the west coast of Tasmania have died so far in what rescuers believe is the highest number of stranding-related deaths...

FinCEN Files: UAE central bank failed to prevent sanctions evasion - 09/21/2020

The United Arab Emirates' central bank failed to act on warnings about a local firm which was helping Iran to evade sanctions, the BBC has found. Leaked documents show Dubai-based Gunes General...

German minister condemns anti-gay discrimination in military - 09/17/2020

Berlin (dpa) – The German military is to distance itself from systematic anti-homosexual discrimination that lasted up until the year 2000, Defence Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer said on...

California fire caused by gender reveal party pyrotechnics - 09/07/2020

Washington - By Cristina Maza and Helen Corbett, - The El Dorado fire in California, which has burned more than 7,000 acres since it started on Saturday, was caused by pyrotechnics at a "gender...

Turkish lira sinks to new lows following inflation report - 09/03/2020

Istanbul - By Ergin Hava, - The Turkish lira sank to a new all-time low of 7.436 against the US dollar on Thursday following the release of data showing an upward trend in inflation in August. The...

First direct flight between Israel and UAE takes off - 08/31/2020

Tel Aviv - The first direct flight between Israel and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) took off on Monday morning, almost three weeks after the two countries sealed a historic diplomatic deal. The...
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