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$Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny on his instagram account, shows himself, centre, and his wife Yulia, right, daughter Daria, and son Zakhar, top left, posing for a photo in a hospital in Berlin, Germany. Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has posted the picture of himself in a hospital in Germany and says hes breathing on his own. He posted on Instagram Tuesday Sept. 15, 2020: \Hi, this is Navalny. I have been missing you. I still cant do much, but yesterday I managed to breathe on my own for the entire day.\ (Navalny instagram via AP)$ World

-'Poisoned-' Putin critic Navalny shares hospital photo of himself

Navalnyâ€™s spokeswoman said that once he has recovered, the opposition activist plans to return to Russia

16 Sept 2020 9:37 AM IST

Britains Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves Downing Street to attend the weekly session of Prime Ministers Questions in Parliament in London. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has strongly defended his controversial plan to override sections of the Brexit deal that he negotiated with the European Union, arguing that the bloc has an extreme interpretation of the treaty that could jeopardize the future of the U.K. (AP)

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UK-'s Johnson faces rebellion within party over plan to break Brexit...

The EU has ramped up preparations for a no-deal Brexit, which would be chaotic for business, markets and nearly $1...

14 Sept 2020 3:55 PM IST

Russian opposition activist Alexei Navalny. The German government says specialist labs in France and Sweden have confirmed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was poisoned with the Soviet-era nerve agent Novichok. (AP File)

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French, Swedish labs also confirm Navalnyâ€™s Novichok poisoning:...

The poisoning has brought tensions between Russia and Germany to new heights, fuelling calls for the Nord Stream 2...

14 Sept 2020 3:18 PM IST

Ksenia Fadeyeva, 28, the head of Alexei Navalnys Tomsk headquarters and the city council candidate in September 13 regional elections, distributes campaign leaflets in the Siberian city of Tomsk on September 7, 2020. (AFP)

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Two Navalny allies win vote in Russian city where he was poisoned

Navalny had been in Tomsk to promote his -'smart voting-' campaign when he was poisoned with what Germany says was a...

14 Sept 2020 2:14 PM IST

People enjoying the autumn sunshine on Primrose Hill, London, Sunday, Sept. 13, 2020. From Monday, social gatherings of more than six people will be banned in England both indoors and outdoors and Boris Johnson hinted that such restrictions will potentially remain in place until or through Christmas. (AP)

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COVID infections in Europe to spike in Oct, Nov: WHO

The number of cases in Europe has risen sharply in recent weeks, especially in Spain and France

14 Sept 2020 12:14 PM IST

Russian opposition activist Alexei Navalny casting his vote at a polling station during to the Moscow city Duma election in Moscow. - Tests carried out on Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny provide clear proof that he was poisoned by a chemical nerve agent, the German government said Wednesday, September 2, 2020, demanding explanations from Moscow. (AFP File)

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Russiaâ€™s local elections will test public discontent over Navalny...

Navalny had hoped to undermine United Russiaâ€™s grip on regional power through the election before he fell gravely ill

13 Sept 2020 12:41 PM IST

Laboratory technicians handles capped vials as part of filling and packaging tests for the large-scale production and supply of the University of Oxfords COVID-19 vaccine candidate, AZD1222, conducted on a high-performance aseptic vial filling line on September 11, 2020 at the Italian biologics manufacturing facility of multinational corporation Catalent in Anagni, southeast of Rome, during the COVID-19 infection, caused by the novel coronavirus. (AFP)

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Oxford and AstraZeneca resume COVID-19 vaccine trial

The university confirmed the restart across all of its UK trial sites after regulators gave the go-ahead following the...

13 Sept 2020 9:40 AM IST

A migrant woman and children react after police threw tear gas during clashes near the city Mytilene on the Greek island of Lesbos, on September 12, 2020, a few days after a fire destroyed the Moria refugee camp. - Police on the Greek island of Lesbos fired tear gas at migrants on September 12 who threw stones during a protest to demand shelter after the local camp of Moria burned down, an AFP photographer said. (AFP)

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Police fire teargas as Moria migrants protest on Greek island of...

Thousands of asylum seekers have been sleeping rough on roads since Wednesday when the Moria camp was destroyed in...

12 Sept 2020 4:37 PM IST

$The woman, Julija Adlesic, was detained early last year for allegedly cutting off her hand at the wrist with a circular saw to get nearly 400,000 euros ($470,000) in insurance compensation. (Image: Twitter\\ @English14755403)$ World