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Meghan Markle’s latest photos suggest she is pregnant with baby number 2


October 10, 2020

Duchess of Sussex, Meghan Markle is reportedly expecting her second child with the Duke of Sussex, Prince Harry and the former actress is hiding her baby bump, the new paparazzi photos show. Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, who stepped down as senior royals and are living in California with their 16-month-old son Archie, are said to be ready for their …

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Clashes in Kyrgyzstan as president says he’s ready to quit


October 10, 2020

BISHKEK: Two large crowds supporting rival politicians clashed in Kyrgyzstan’s capital Bishkek on Friday as a power vacuum persisted and President Sooronbay Jeenbekov said he was ready to resign. The new clashes broke out after Jeenbekov imposed a state of emergency in the capital and said he would resign to end post-vote chaos. A disputed parliamentary election sparked a fresh …

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Lockdown in Madrid as Europe tries to contain Covid-19 surge


October 10, 2020

MADRID: Spain’s government declared a state of emergency and a new partial lockdown for the virus-hit Madrid area on Friday after seeing its previous measures struck down in court, with the wrangling emblematic of the difficulties faced by governments around Europe. While drastic restrictions imposed on citizens during lockdowns in March and April were largely accepted, governments are facing increased …

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Microsoft to let employees work from home permanently


October 10, 2020

WASHINGTON: Software giant Microsoft will let employees work from home permanently if they choose to, US media reported on Friday, becoming the latest employer to expand work-from-home provisions prompted by the Covid-19 pandemic. The Verge said most Microsoft employees are still at home as the health crisis drags on, and the company doesn’t expect to reopen its US offices until January …

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British govt bolsters salary support for those hit by lockdowns


October 10, 2020

LONDON: The British government said on Friday it will pay two- thirds of the salaries of workers in companies that have to close as a result of new coronavirus restrictions widely expected to come into effect next week. In a change of policy, Treasury chief Rishi Sunak has responded to calls from businesses, local leaders and unions to provide a …

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French aid worker freed by captors returns home from Mali


October 10, 2020

PARIS: French aid worker Sophie Petronin was reunited with her family on home soil on Friday, a day after being freed by insurgents in Mali who abducted the 75-year-old on Christmas eve nearly four years ago. President Emmanuel Macron and other officials greeted Petronin, France’s last known citizen to be held hostage anywhere in the world, as she stepped off …

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Singaporean jailed for 14 months in US for spying for China


October 10, 2020

WASHINGTON: A Singa­porean academic who recruited US officials to provide classified political and defence information to China was sentenced to 14 months in prison by a US court on Friday. Working with Chinese intelligence since 2015, Jun Wei Yeo, also called Dickson Yeo, set up a political consultancy in Washington which he used to identify Americans with high-level security clearances …

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