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Saudi setback over EU push to downgrade G20 presence

A push to downgrade the EU's attendance at next month's G20 summit in Riyadh over human rights concerns marks another setback for Saudi plans to host a coming-out party on the world stage. The European Parliament passed a wide-ranging resolution on Thursday calling for the European Union...

Large study shows 45,000 new daily COVID infections in England

 There are as many as 45,000 new COVID infections in England each day, the largest study on prevalence of the coronavirus in the population said Friday, adding that a resurgence in the north of the country could be replicated elsewhere in weeks. Prime Minister Boris Johnson is battling...

In Yemen, children begin classes in the ruins of war

With its walls pounded by artillery, roofs torn open and concrete beams in shreds, Al-Wehdah school lies in ruins as students return for the first day of Yemen's school year. At the school near Taez, the third-biggest city in a country shattered by years of war between the government and...

India: COVID-19 cases near 7M, economy to shrink 9.5%

As the number of novel coronavirus cases in India nears 7 million, the country's Central Bank projected that the economy would contract by 9.5% this fiscal year. After a meeting of India's monetary policy committee on Friday morning, the governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI),...