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Republicans due to kick off Donald Trump re-election bid

The Republican Party convention kick-off will look a lot different this year.

24/08/2020

USA

Donald Trump announces emergency COVID-19 plasma treatment

The treatment involves using blood from recovered COVID-19 patients who have built antibodies against the virus and infuse it into people with coronavirus.

23/08/2020

USA

WeChat users and TikTok sue Trump over app bans

Trump announced the ban on the Chinese apps earlier in August. It's set to take effect on September 20.

23/08/2020

USA

Humans burn through the Earth's natural resources for 2020

It's called "Overshoot Day", the moment each year when we humans have used up more natural resources than the Earth can renew in 12 months.

22/08/2020

Europe Decoded

Trump asks Supreme Court to let him block Twitter critics

The White House is asking the Supreme Court to reverse a 2019 ruling which said that the US President could not block users as it is a violation of the First Amendment.

21/08/2020

Green News

Michigan agrees to pay $600m to victims of the Flint water crisis

It has been called one of the worst human-caused environmental disasters in American history.

21/08/2020

USA

Heat and lightning strikes to blame for wildfires in California

The blazes have been caused by lightning strikes, the authorities say, and come amid a heatwave in the U.S. state.

21/08/2020

USA

EU rejects US motion to restore UN sanctions against Iran

The EU argues that as the US withdrew from the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran, it cannot demand a snapback of sanctions.

20/08/2020

USA

Steve Bannon: Trump's former advisor pleads not guilty to fraud charge

Bannon and three other leaders of the "We Built the Wall" online fundraising campaign were charged with defrauding hundreds of thousands of donors.

20/08/2020

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Massive blaze tears through California forcing thousands to flee

Firefighters have warned that the blaze is 'zero per cent contained'

20/08/2020

USA

Apple becomes first US company to be valued at $2 trillion

Apple has become the first US company to hit the milestone as tech companies continue to thrive thanks to the global pandemic.

19/08/2020

USA

Kamala Harris with official VP nomination

Harris has been tipped as a future standard-bearer for the Democratic Party as she prepares to make her acceptance speech as the first woman of colour to be nominated to a party's presidential election ticket.

19/08/2020

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Watch: Baby sea turtles heading out for their first swim in Guatemala

The small turtles that instinctively walk to sea hours after hatching.

19/08/2020

Living

Human organs can absorb microplastics, say scientists

Evidence of plastic contamination was detected in every sample tested at Arizona State University.

19/08/2020

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Dog surfing competition cancelled in California due to COVID-19

Contestants - or more likely their owners - are being asked to submit videos of their moves instead.

19/08/2020

USA

Democrats officially nominate Biden to take on Trump

“Donald Trump says we’re leading the world. Well, we are the only major industrial economy to have its unemployment rate triple,” former US President Bill Clinton said in a speech to endorse Joe Biden.

19/08/2020

USA

USPS halts changes amid fears it would disrupt presidential vote

Over 20 states had filed lawsuits to stop changes at the US postal agency.

18/08/2020

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Graffiti artists paint giant murals on tower blocks in Sao Paulo

Paola Delfin puts the finishing touches to a mural in the Brazillian city.

18/08/2020

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Firefighters battle raging wildfires in California amid heatwave

Fire crews have had to work around the clock to extinguish the blazes.

18/08/2020

USA

The Native American Memorial Set to Be Bigger than Mount Rushmore

Designed by Polish sculptor Korczak Ziolkowski in 1948, this ambitious mountain carving in South Dakota promises to dwarf Mount Rushmore. If completed, the Crazy Horse Memorial will stand at 195 metres wide and 172 metres high, making it the largest monument on earth.

18/08/2020

USA

Michelle Obama warns Trump is 'in over his head' at DNC

The president “has had more than enough time to prove that he can do the job, but he is clearly in over his head,” Michelle Obama said.

18/08/2020

Brazil

Fires in Brazilian Amazon on the rise

Photographs from Brazilian Amazon show large forest fires and deforestation

17/08/2020

USA

54.4°C temperature in California's Death Valley could be new record

If confirmed, this is the hottest temperature recorded since July 1931.

17/08/2020

Living

New documentary exposes 'subhuman' working conditions in LA sweatshops

‘Made In America’ takes you on a trip inside Los Angeles clothing factories, to hear the voices of garment workers.

17/08/2020

USA

What's going on with the US postal service and is it election-related?

As the coronavirus continues to wreck havoc on the US, many Americans are considering voting by mail in the upcoming election.

16/08/2020

USA

Donald Trump's younger brother Robert dies aged 71

The US president visited his brother at a New York City hospital on Friday after White House officials said he had become seriously ill.

16/08/2020