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Next round of India-Asean trade agreement review talks in November

Asean members include Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam

Severe drought returns to Amazon. And it's happening earlier than expected

There were around 25,000 fires in Amaozon from January until late July the highest number for this period in almost two decades

UN goal of hunger-free world by 2030 unlikely to be achieved: Official

The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development -- adopted by all United Nations Member States in 2015 -- provides a shared blueprint for peace and prosperity for people and the planet

Vietnam prez to be new Communist Party chief, country's most powerful role

In his first speech as the Communist Party chief, Lam said that him taking the reigns was because of an urgent need to ensure the leadership of the party

World's richest lose $134 billion in stock slump, led by Amazon's Bezos

His wealth also derives from space-exploration company Blue Origin and the Washington Post

US defence secretary overrides plea agreement for accused 9/11 mastermind

Letters sent to families of the nearly 3,000 people killed in the al-Qaida attacks said the plea agreement stipulated the three would serve life sentences at most

Kamala became Democratic nominee in least democratic way: Trump campaign

The remarks by the Trump Campaign were made on Friday, hours after the Indian American leader was elected as the Democratic Party's candidate for the November 5th general elections

Taiwan's defence ministry reports 18 Chinese aircraft, 13 vessels in waters

On July 30, Taiwan President Lai Ching-te accused the Chinese government of misinterpreting a United Nations resolution to justify its military activities against Taiwan

Nicolas Maduro accuses Venezuela opposition of planning armed attack

The US has said it's clear the opposition won the most votes, a position shared by several countries

Venezuela election dispute traps travellers trying to leave country

The lack of options is stranding Venezuelans who live abroad but returned to vote in the July 28 election

Kamala Harris to interview 6 potential vice president picks this weekend

Her deadline for picking a running mate is effectively Tuesday, when Harris will launch a tour of seven key battleground states, starting in Philadelphia

US Secret Service accepts responsibility for failure to protect Trump

The main role of Secret Service is to protect the President, the former presidents and their family members. Presidential nominees also get protection of the secret service

Trump slams Google over claims it was censoring news related to him

Early this week, Trump alleged that it was virtually impossible to find pictures or anything about the failed assassination bid on him on July 13 on Google. Google, however, denied those allegations

Hunter Biden to be sentenced on gun charges in Nov, may face 25 yrs jail

Hunter Biden is also facing another trial on tax charges in California set to begin in September. He's charged in that case with failing to pay $1.4 million in taxes

Joe Biden, First Lady Jill Biden extend condolences over Wayanad landslides

As per the officials, 210 bodies and 134 body parts have been recovered till now which includes 96 males, 85 females and 29 children

US Justice Dept sues TikTok, accusing it of illegally collecting kids' data

TikTok said it disagreed with the allegations, many of which relate to past events and practices that are factually inaccurate or have been addressed

Oil prices settle at 8-month low after disappointing US job numbers

US job growth slowed more than expected in July and unemployment increased to 4.3 per cent, pointing to raising fears of a possible recession

US Vice President Kamala Harris becomes Democratic presidential nominee

Harris, 59, would face Republican presidential candidate and former president Donald Trump, 78, in the general elections scheduled to be held on November 5

Trump undecided on debate with Kamala Harris as presidential race heats up

''Well, I want to. And we're leading in the polls it seems by quite a bit still...She's (Harris) better than he (Joe Biden) is, but I think ultimately she'll be worse than him,'' Trump told Fox News

US sues TikTok, parent company ByteDance over children privacy violations

In March, a source told Reuters the FTC could resolve a probe into TikTok over allegedly faulty privacy and data security practices by either filing suit or reaching a settlement