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Update: Lagos eases curfew, now between 6pm and 8am

The Lagos State Government has eased the 24-hour curfew which was earlier imposed on Tuesday, October 2020. The curfew will now run from 6 pm to 8 am while movement will be allowed between 8 am and 6 pm. This was disclosed by the Lagos State ...
Magnitude 3.5 earthquake strikes near Wellington, New Zealand

A magnitude 3.5 earthquake was reported 44 minutes ago by New Zealand's Earthquake Commission and Geological Survey (GeoNet), considered the main national agency that monitors seismic activity in this part of the world. The earthquake occurred at a ...
Fighting over Nagorno-Karabakh goes on despite US mediation

STEPANAKERT, Nagorno-Karabakh — Rocket and artillery barrage hit residential areas Saturday hours after the United States hosted top diplomats from Armenia and Azerbaijan for talks on settling their decades-long conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh.
Pakistan invasion in 1947 brought in its wake killing of thousands, plunder: Expert

ANI | Updated: Oct 24, 2020 15:54 IST. New Delhi [India], October 24 (ANI): Pakistan invaded Kashmir on October 22, 1947, and brought in its wake horrifying stories of mass plunder and vandalism, killing thousands of men, women, and children mercilessly, ...
Malaysia reports 1228 new coronavirus cases, biggest daily jump

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia reported 1,228 new coronavirus cases on Saturday, a record daily jump since the start of the pandemic, bringing the total number of cases to 25,742. The health ministry also said seven new deaths were recorded across ...
University of Limpopo student stabbed in fight between organisations

A student has been stabbed after fight broke out between two organisations at the University of Limpopo on Thursday. According to police spokesperson Colonel Moatshe Ngoepe, a 21-year-old student allegedly stabbed a 19-year-old student "with a sharp ...
BJP questions Cong''s silence at girl''s ''rape'', killing in Punjab, targets Tejashwi too

(Eds: With fresh inputs). New Delhi, Oct 24 (PTI) The BJP hit out at Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Saturday for their "selective outrage" in cases of atrocities against women as it questioned their "silence" over the alleged rape ...
Maharashtra: Independent MLA who pledged support to BJP joins Shiv Sena

Independent lawmaker Geeta Jain joined Maharashtra's ruling Shiv Sena on Saturday. A former mayor, Jain contested as an independent candidate after the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) denied her ticket for the 2019 assembly election. She defeated BJP's ...
Polish President Duda infected with coronavirus; Swiatek goes into quarantine

WARSAW (Reuters) - Polish President Andrzej Duda has tested positive for coronavirus and is subject to quarantine but is feeling good, officials announced on Saturday, as the country imposed fresh restrictions to try to stem a surge in the disease.
Rishi Sunak barred from local pub following free school meal snub

Rishi Sunak is one of four Conservative MPs who have been banned from a pub and restaurant in Teesside because of their “disgusting” position on free school meals. Marcus Rashford has been leading a campaign to pressure the government into ...