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Interpol issues 'red notice' for Thai Red Bull heir over fatal hit and run

After charges against him were dropped in July, a probe conducted by the office of PM Prayuth Chan-ocha concluded the entire investigation had been "compromised"

Global economy is facing its worst crisis in 100 years: G-20 biz leaders

CEOs from around the world call for urgent policy reforms

Amazon vs Flipkart festival sale war: Discounts, offers; all we know so far

Amazon, Snapdeal are yet to announce dates, but Flipkart has revealed about the format and likely offers

Floods hit France and Italy; at least 2 dead, over 20 still missing

A number of villages north of Nice in France suffered serious damage from floods and landslides, with roads, bridges and homes destroyed

Govt breakup of Instagram, WhatsApp would be 'complete nonstarter': FB

Probes of other technology companies such as Alphabet's Google, Amazon.com and Apple are also ongoing

'Next year for sure': Elon Musk indicates date for Tesla's India entry

Tesla Inc chief executive Elon Musk indicated on Friday that the U.S. electric carmaker will make a foray into India in 2021

Donald Trump, wife Melania test Covid positive, Modi wishes speedy recovery

Trump announced about putting himself in quarantine in a tweet late Thursday night after his close aide Hope Hicks was tested positive with Covid-19

Farmers block rail tracks, threaten to intensify stir as prices drop

Social media was agog with reports that a farmer in Maharashtra has complained of being fleeced by a trader to whom he sold cotton outside the mandi.

US Senate committee votes to subpoena Facebook, Google, Twitter CEOs

Washington Sen. Maria Cantwell, the top Democrat on the committee, initially opposed the subpoena introduced by Chairman Roger Wicker, R-Miss.

Swedish govt promises $12 billion to kick-start economy in 2021 budget

The Social Democrat and Green coalition said the budget would focus would be on boosting jobs among others.

'Schitt's Creek', 'Succession' and 'Watchmen' top winners at Emmys 2020

Jimmy Kimmel, who was returning as the emcee for third time after 2012 and 2016 gigs, welcomed the audiences joining in from their homes to "Pand-Emmys"

Mic broken, book thrown at Chair: Farm Bills clear Rajya Sabha test

Rajnath Singh, Cabinet colleagues hold press meet, say such conduct not expected in a healthy democracy

Ahead of FATF meet, Pak continues to treat 21 dreaded terrorists as VIPs

Sources said that the international community is concerned about the hypocrisy of Pakistan which is pretending to take action against terrorists but is funding them

EU seeks new powers to penalise big technology firms, says report

The proposed plan includes forcing tech giants to break up or sell some of their European operations if their market dominance is deemed to threaten the interests of customers and smaller rivals

Trump vows to nominate a woman for US supreme court vacancy within a week

Justice Ginsburg, a history-making jurist, feminist icon and a champion of women's rights and social justice, died of cancer on Friday. She was 87

Trump clears TikTok deal 'in concept', ByteDance seeks $60 bn in valuation

TikTok to give $5 billion to fund the education of American youths; ban delayed till September 27

Remembering US supreme court justice, a liberal icon: Ruth Ginsburg

Her death less than two months before the election gives US President Donald Trump a chance to try to shift the already conservative court further to the right

US to ban app downloads of TikTok WeChat tomorrow over security threat

ByteDance plans to launch TikTok IPO in US and accept new Treasury terms

Israel goes into lockdown; UK fears another as Covid-19 cases mount

In the UK, the Boris Johnson government extended Covid restrictions across northern England and the Midlands, as ministers refused to rule out a short national lockdown

Twice in 24 hours, PM Narendra Modi assures farmers MSP will be protected

This, even as states rushed to guard their turf and nullify the impact of the Bills