At the same time, Yuri Karayev specifically highlighted that «there are truly peaceful people» and there are «those who masquerading as peaceful population»

The Palestinian leadership rejected the UAE move, blasting it as a step towards "destruction of the Arab Peace Initiative

There were up to 300 people in front of the embassy at the height of the protests

Advocates, arguing before virtual courts from the comfort of homes and farmhouses, do not seem to be able not to a sip of tea or coffee, so intrinsic to the Indian way of life, while on the job. With many advocates seen in video-conference proceedings of the Supreme Court and high courts taking cups to their lips, a storm brewed on the court decorum front.

Former President Pranab Mukherjee is slowly responding to medical treatment and all his vital parameters are stable though he remains deeply comatose. Sources said his pupils had started responding to light. He was admitted to the Army's Research and Referral Hospital in New Delhi on August 10 and was operated upon to remove a clot in the brain. He also tested positive for Covid-19.

Data of over 150 million Indians shared with the Aarogya Setu app runs a “significant risk of theft or abuse”, a security audit firm working with the ambitious contact-tracing programme has alleged, claiming that it was not heard when it warned the government on the potential weaknesses.

The University Grants Commission told the Supreme Court on Thursday that the decision of the Maharashtra and Delhi governments to cancel final year college exams due to Covid was void ab initio (invalid at the outset) and could not override its order to universities to hold the exams by September 30 through online or offline modes, reports Dhananjay Mahapatra.

Ontario Education Minister Stephen Lecce also announced an additional $50 million for upgrades to ventilation systems and $18 million for online learning amid concerns over student safety during the COVID-19 pandemic.

With focus on greater connectivity, India on Thursday announced several developmental projects in the Maldives, including a $ 500 million Greater Malé Connectivity Project (GMCP), billed as the largest ever infrastructure project in the country.

A Chinese national and three of his Indian associates have been arrested in a crackdown on an illegal online gambling racket being run by a China-based company, the police said on Thursday. The Chinese national and his associates were arrested by the Hyderabad police from Delhi on Wednesday and brought to Hyderabad on Thursday.

An unprecedented surge in the Covid-19 pandemic in India on Thursday saw the number of fresh cases as well as deaths from the virus touch record highs. New infections during the day went past 66,000 while fatalities touched 1,008.

Police have registered two separate FIRs against 19 men — most of them are members of Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) — for their “direct involvement” in Tuesday night’s violence in east Bengaluru. All the 19 accused belonging to a particular minority community have been identified in the FIRs.

The Union government told the Supreme Court on Thursday that there was no legal sanctity in the recording of statements of 56 people by Mumbai police in the suicide of actor Sushant Singh Rajput as the state police had not registered an FIR that empowers police to legally investigate a crime.

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has urged all Americans to ‘mask up’ outdoors for the next three months - at the same time as health officials warned disobeying their Covid-19 orders will cause unprecedented suffering. Read Full Article at RT.com

A Department of Justice investigation has found that Yale University is discriminating against white and Asian applicants, in violation of federal civil rights law, but the school calls the accusation “meritless.” Read Full Article at RT.com

President Donald Trump rejected his rival Joe Biden’s call for a nationwide face mask mandate, saying he trusted elected governors to make science-based decisions about the Covid-19 pandemic that best fit their states. Read Full Article at RT.com

More users in the United States downloaded chat app WeChat and its encrypted alternative Signal, after President Donald Trump threatened to ban WeChat, owned by Chinese company Tencent, according to Sensor Tower data shared with Reuters on Thursday. 

Former UFC heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier intends to reclaim the belt he lost to Stipe Miocic when the two face off again in Las Vegas on Saturday, but regardless of the result, the 41-year-old says that this time he's retiring for good.

RB Leipzig pulled themselves into the Champions League semi-finals for the first time in their short history with an unlikely 2-1 win over the highly experienced Atletico Madrid in Lisbon on Friday.

Russia’s well-known writer and documentary filmmaker, the nephew of famous filmmaker Andrei Tarkovsky, fell in love with the taiga and the Yenisei River to the extent of moving there, having founded in the northern Krasnoyarsk Region a museum, where visitors may learn how locals live

On Thursday, US President Donald Trump said that Israel and the UAE reached an agreement on full normalization of the bilateral relations

According to Yuri Karayev, he «is always against any violence against reporters»

Somali National Army (SNA) on Wednesday killed 16 al-Shabab extremists and injured 20 others in a fierce fight in Ba'adweyn town in the central region of Mudug, a military officer confirmed on Thursday.

Read Full Article at RT.com

A vintage clothing store in Savannah, Georgia has backed down from a plan to charge only white customers a $20 fee to book appointments to shop, saying it had been slammed with both negative feedback and threats of lawsuits. Read Full Article at RT.com

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has urged all Americans to ‘mask up’ outdoors for the next three months - at the same time as health officials warned disobeying their Covid-19 orders will cause unprecedented suffering. Read Full Article at RT.com

University admissions service Ucas said 358,860 people from across the UK have been accepted so far this year - a 2.9 per cent increase compared to results day 2019.

The Department of Health today increased the total number of those who have died within 28 days of being diagnosed with coronavirus in the UK to 41,347.

Авторы обращения призывают власти Белоруссии освободить всех задержанных участников акций протеста и отказаться от новых арестов, а также немедленно начать диалог с представителями оппозиции. Для этого лидеры четырех стран считают необходимым создать "круглый стол" по национальному примирению.

Voici les événements prévus en septembre à la Maison de la Culture. Le programme est susceptible d'être modifié. 

August 13, 2020 (KHARTOUM) - The United States on Thursday imposed visa restrictions on former Sudanese officials and others who work to undermine the efforts of Hamdok government to achieve a democratic transition in the country. The Secretary of State is implementing visa restrictions on individuals residing both inside and outside Sudan "responsible for or complicit in, or to have engaged, directly or indirectly, in undermining Sudan's civilian-led transitional government's efforts to (...) - News / FRONT_PAGE_DISPLAY, United States (US)

Serena Williams survived another scare to beat older sister Venus 3-6 6-3 6-4 on Thursday in the latest instalment of their reluctant on-court sibling rivalry to reach the quarter-finals of the inaugural Top Seed Open in Lexington, Kentucky.

Plant-based burger maker Impossible Foods said on Thursday it secured US$200 million in funding, less than six months after it raised the largest investment ever for a food tech startup, bringing total funds raised since its founding in 2011 to US$1.5 billion.