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UN's World Food Programme wins 2020 Nobel Peace prize for combating hunger

The announcement was made Friday in Oslo by Berit Reiss-Andersen, the chair of the Nobel Committee

Google must open payment talks with publishers, says French court

The Paris Court of Appeal sided with France's competition authority, which had ordered the US tech company to discuss compensation with publishers and news agencies

Mumbai Police names Republic TV in TRP racket, Goswami threatens defamation

Those responsible, Mumbai Police Commissioner said, would be arrested, be it a director, promoter or any other employee of the channel

Union minister Ram Vilas Paswan dies days after heart surgery in Delhi

Chirag Paswan, son of the veteran Bihar leader, wrote about his father's death on Twitter

American poet Louise Glück wins 2020 Nobel prize for literature

The prize was announced Thursday in Stockholm by Mats Malm, the permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy

Trump, recovering after Covid infection, rejects virtual debate with Biden

The Commission on Presidential Debates had announced moments earlier that the second debate between Trump and Biden will take place virtually because of the president's diagnosis of Covid-19

Eddie Van Halen: The musician who remade the guitar and made it the star

"He was the best father I could ask for," Van Halen's son Wolfgang wrote in a social media po

Former N Korean ambassador to Italy living in South Korea, claims lawmaker

South Korea's spy agency earlier told lawmakers that Jo had left his official residence in Rome with his wife in November 2018

Kuwait's National Guard minister picked as next crown prince: Report

The nomination makes Sheikh Meshal Al Ahmed Al Jaber Al Sabah the possible heir apparent to the new emir

Messi, Neymar aim for World Cup qualifying amid Covid-19 pandemic

Ten teams are battling for four direct berths. Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay and Colombia, in that order, start as favorites for those spots.

Nobel Prize in chemistry awarded to Emmanuelle Charpentier, Jennifer Doudna

The recipients were announced Wednesday in Stockholm by Goran Hansson, Secretary General of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences

Italy prepares to make masks outdoors mandatory to fight coronavirus

It is necessary to return to restrictions that were gradually loosened over the spring and summer months after Italy's strict nearly three-month lockdown, said the health minister

UK govt plans to invest millions on wind power, says PM Boris Johnson

The continuing crisis has pushed other initiatives off the agenda, but green issues remain part of Johnson's plans.

Global economy facing long climb to recover: IMF head Kristalina Georgieva

While there has been some improvement, downside risks remain high, Georgieva said in a video-conference speech to the London School of Economics.

Three scientists share Nobel physics prize for discoveries in cosmology

It is common for several scientists who worked in related fields to share the prize

Donald Trump court nomination hangs over Senate shuttered by virus

Trump's nomination of Barrett in a Rose Garden ceremony apparently became ground zero for the infections now gripping the president, his White House and its Senate allies

FB, Twitter, Google CEOs to testify before US Senate Committee on Oct 28

The hearing "must be constructive and focused on what matters most to the American people: how we work together to protect elections," Twitter said in a tweet in its policy channel

Pat Toomey says he won't run for another Senate term or governor

Democrats also have an advantage in recent history. Democrats have won four out of the last five races for governor.

WHO: 10% of world's population may have been infected by coronavirus

Experts have long said that the number of confirmed cases greatly underestimates the true figure

Three win 2020 Nobel medicine award for discovering Hepatitis C virus

The World Health Organization estimates there are over 70 million cases of hepatitis worldwide and 400,000 deaths each year