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VanVleet scores career-best 36, Raptors top Heat 107-103
Fred VanVleet scored a careerhigh 36 points and made seven 3pointers, and the defending NBA champion Toronto Raptors added to their strong restart with a 107103 victory over the Miami Heat on Monday.
Elections provide U.S. and Iran a brief window to lower tensions: think tank
The United States and Iran will have a brief window between their upcoming presidential elections in which to ease dangerous tensions, according to a new report from a Washington think tank that proposes pathways for resuming talks on Iran’s nuclear progr...
Public anger over corruption hits support for Bulgarian government
Weeks of antigovernment protests in Bulgaria have eroded public support for the centreright GERB government of Prime Minister Boyko Borissov, with opinion polls showing deepening political fragmentation amid concerns over corruption.
Ex Pope Benedict's condition 'not particularly worrying': Vatican
The Vatican, responding to a German newspaper report that former Pope Benedict XVI was seriously ill, said on Monday his condition was "not particularly worrying" and that he was overcoming a painful but not grave ailment.
White House, Congress Talks on Coronavirus Bill to Resume Monday Afternoon
Congressional Democrats and Trump administration officials will resume talks aimed at hammering out a coronavirus relief bill on Monday afternoon, after missing a vital deadline to extend relief benefits to tens of millions of jobless Americans.
Philippine economy fears as coronavirus curbs reintroduced
The Philippines stock market tumbled on Monday after the government reimposed coronavirus lockdown measures in and around Manila in response to fresh outbreaks, dashing hopes of a swifter economic recovery.
Vietnam PM says early Aug 'decisive time' to avert large-scale virus spread
Vietnam's Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said on Monday that early August would a decisive period for preventing a largescale spread of the coronavirus, state broadcaster VTV reported, after a reemergence of the virus after more than three months.
In milestone year, A-bomb survivor keeps up fight for nuclear disarmament
Terumi Tanaka was 13 when a U.S. warplane dropped a plutonium bomb on the southern Japanese city of Nagasaki, on Aug. 9, 1945.
Israeli army says hits squad placing explosives along Syria frontier
The Israeli army on Monday said it had fired at and hit a group of militants placing explosives along the border fence with Syria on the Golan Heights.
'Rise and shine, dad': NASA astronauts on overnight trip home in SpaceX capsule
U.S. astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley, who flew to the International Space Station in SpaceX's new Crew Dragon, were riding the capsule home for a splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico on Sunday after a twomonth voyage that was NASA's first crewed missio...
Australia's Victoria imposes curfew, state of disaster to contain COVID-19
A state of disaster was declared in Australia's Victoria on Sunday, with the local government implementing a night curfew as part of its harshest movement restrictions to date to contain the coronavirus.
Nepal Govt to Send Contentious Revised Map to India, UN Agencies & Google, Says Minister
The government will be sending the updated map including Kalapani, Lipulekh and Limpiyadhura to various UN agencies and the international community including India.
South Africa's COVID-19 cases surpass half a million
South Africa's confirmed cases of COVID19 have crossed half a million, its health ministry said on Saturday, while cases in Africa as a whole approached a million.
Bipartisan Support in US Grows for India Against Chinese Aggression
The situation deteriorated after the June 15 Galwan Valley clashes in which 20 Indian Army personnel were killed and an unconfirmed number of Chinese soldiers.
Portland protesters put out fires as feds withdraw
Portland had its first day without tear gas in weeks after state police took over from federal agents guarding a courthouse that had become a battleground for agitators and tactical units.
