Russia says at least 49,389 people died from COVID-19 in Aug

Libya’s eastern forces say plan agreed to withdraw mercenaries

ICC judges ask U.N. for help identifying who represents Afghanistan

Singapore reports highest-ever single-day rise in COVID-19 cases

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UK records 127 COVID-19 deaths, 36,060 new cases

Moderna aims to deliver 1 billion more vaccine doses to low-income countries in 2022

Lawmakers: FTC must ensure tech companies uphold youth online privacy

Turkish court opens re-trial in merged Gezi protest cases

China PC maker Lenovo withdraws application for $1.6 billion Shanghai listing

Norway’s Labour, Centre agree to form minority government

Nobel Prize shines light in ‘dark time’ for Philippines’ Ressa

Czech billionaire PM Babis seeks second term in tight election race

Russian editor Muratov dedicates Nobel Prize to staff murdered for their work

Poland says Belarusian services fired towards its troops

EU questions Microsoft rivals over Teams integration in Office

Tata regains control of troubled Air India with $2.4 billion bid

ECB governors expect friction with governments as end of support looms

Moscow Exchange sues owner of rival SPB for not sharing market data

Better data needed for reform of EU trading rules: official

Hindus fearful in Indian Kashmir after wave of assassinations

China digs in on coal, oil gains as energy crisis deepens

UN declares access to a clean environment a human right

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Congo’s $6 billion China mining deal ‘unconscionable’, says draft report

South Africa’s NUMSA considers new offer to end engineering strike

Philippines’ registration for president closes without Duterte’s daughter

U.N. ends Yemen war crimes probe in defeat for Western states