World Football's Champions League resumes tonight with knockout tournament It's the biggest club level prize in European football. Here's what you need to know. 12/08/2020
USA Kamala Harris: What does Biden's choice mean for the White House race? The Democrats hope the entry into the 2020 presidential race of the first black woman and Asian American increases their chances of beating Donald Trump. 12/08/2020
China Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai released on bail The media mogul, who owns pro-democracy tabloid newspaper the Apple Daily, was arrested earlier this week under China's new national security law. 12/08/2020
Australia Queen Elizabeth approves top military honour for Australian war hero Edward "Teddy" Sheean sacrificed his life for his shipmates more than quarter of a century ago — and will now be posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross. 12/08/2020
Belarus What is Nexta — the Telegram channel reporting on Belarus' protests? The online organisation, which is not state-run, has an encrypted Telegram channel that has over 1.3 million subscribers. 12/08/2020
United Kingdom Coronavirus: UK economy falls into 'largest recession on record' The UK's economy fell a record 20.4% between April and June amid the height of the coronavirus lockdown, according to the Office for National Statistics. 12/08/2020
Iran US revises UN resolution on Iran to extend arms embargo indefinitely The draft revision could be put to a vote as early as Friday. 12/08/2020
Belgium Row as Belgium beach towns ban day trippers amid heatwave The mayor of Knokke-Heist said he did not want quantity, but that "quality [of visitors] is perfect." 12/08/2020
Belarus Belarus: Second protester dies and 6,000 arrested in demonstrations Police in Minsk continued to detain people on Tuesday night to quell unrest following the disputed re-election of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko. 11/08/2020
Germany German COVID-19 study recruits thousands of volunteers for test gig Researchers at the University of Halle want to simulate different ways of safely getting large groups of people together. 11/08/2020
USA Joe Biden selects California Senator Kamala Harris as running mate Joe Biden selects California Senator Kamala Harris as running mate 11/08/2020
Lebanon A week after Lebanon blast, Beirut pauses to remember victims Thousands of people marched near the devastated port, remembering those who died in the most destructive single blast to hit the country. 11/08/2020
Belarus EU foreign minister: Belarus elections were 'neither free nor fair' The EU’s foreign minister Josep Borrell has slammed the violence against protesters in the wake of the presidential election in Belarus, calling the vote “neither free nor fair”. 11/08/2020
Russia Russia's COVID-19 vaccine 'more of a Molotov cocktail at this point' Former FDA Associate Commissioner Peter Pitts says there are many questions behind the announcement by Vladimir Putin. 11/08/2020
no comment Violent protests continue after disputed Belarus election One man has died in protests in Belarus as demonstrators clashed with police for a second night after a disputed election handed a sixth term to strongman Alexander Lukashenko. 11/08/2020
no comment Scuba volunteers dive for trash in Stockholm’s waters A small number of scuba volunteers dive into the waters in central Stockholm, searching for waste to clean up the city’s waterways. 11/08/2020
World Shooting stars set to rain down in annual meteor shower spectacle Skywatchers will be treated to one of the year’s biggest cosmic light shows overnight, with the Perseid meteor shower about to reach its peak. 11/08/2020
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