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YouTuber Ethan Peters aka ‘Ethan Is Supreme’ dead at 17


September 7, 2020

Beauty influencer and YouTuber, Ethan Peters  breathed his last at age 17, as reported on Sunday. The demise of the internet star, known as Ethan Is Supreme, was confirmed by his father on Fox News. Gerald Peters told the outlet that his son was found dead in his bedroom around 11am after what he believed was a drug overdose. His …

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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle redline Invictus fundraiser, sparking outrage


September 7, 2020

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle incurred the wrath of the public once more after they cancelled a scheduled fundraiser. The event for the Invictus Games Foundation to raise £1 million was cancelled by the Duke and Duchess of Sussex after they signed their contentious over nine figures deal with Netflix. The event, created by the prince for sickly or wounded …

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Germany threatens sanctions against Russia over Navalny’s poisoning


September 7, 2020

BERLIN: Tensions deepened between Germany and Russia over the alleged poisoning of opposition figure Alexei Navalny on Sunday, with Germany threatening sanctions and Russia accusing Berlin of delaying the investigation it demanded. Russian opposition leader and anti-corruption campaigner Navalny fell ill on a flight last month and was treated in a Siberian hospital before being evacuated to Berlin. Germany said last week …

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Tens of thousands join protest against Belarus strongman


September 7, 2020

MINSK: At least tens of thousands and possibly more Belarusian protesters staged a peaceful new march on Sunday, keeping the pressure on strongman Alexander Lukashenko who has refused to quit after his disputed re-election, turning instead to Russia for help to stay in power. Troops, water cannon, armoured personnel carriers and armoured reconnaissance vehicles were deployed to the centre of Minsk …

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Hezbollah, Hamas chiefs meet to discuss Israel-Arab ties


September 7, 2020

BEIRUT: Leaders of Lebanon’s Hezbollah movement and the Palestinian Hamas group, both sworn enemies of Israel, have met to discuss diplomatic normalisation between the Jewish state and Arab countries, the movement said. On Sunday, Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh was given a hero’s welcome at Ain al-Helweh, Lebanon’s largest Palestinian refugee camp. Hezbollah-run Al-Manar television reported earlier that Hassan Nasrallah, head of …

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Several boats sink at Trump parade on Texas lake


September 7, 2020

AUSTIN: A boat parade in support of US President Donald Trump crowded Lake Travis in Texas on Saturday, generating waves and choppy waters that led at least four boats to sink and others to crash into rocks, local officials said, adding that no one was hurt. “That was truly an exceptional number of boats,” said Kristen Dark, public information officer …

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90pc of China’s Sinovac employees, families took virus vaccine


September 7, 2020

BEIJING: About 90 percent of Sinovac Biotech Ltd employees and their families have taken an experimental coronavirus vaccine developed by the Chinese firm under the country’s emergency use programme, its chief executive said on Sunday. The extent of inoculations under the emergency programme, which China launched in July but has released few details about, points to how actively it is …

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Trump still a formidable candidate: polls


September 7, 2020

WASHINGTON: Predictions about the 2020 US presidential election became less certain this week as recent opinion surveys showed President Donald Trump remains a formidable opponent. Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden still has a lead in most polls, but surveys are also highlighting other factors that could influence the voters. A USA TODAY/Suffolk Poll shows — released on Sunday — predicted that …

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