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World’s rivers ‘awash with dangerous levels of antibiotics’ – News from TheGuardian.com
Ranked: The Ten Countries With The Most Endangered Species In The World – News from Forbes.com
Japan PM Abe says determined to show world strong alliance with US – News from ChannelNewsAsia.com
Russia launches world’s largest nuclear-powered icebreaker to open up Arctic shipping routes – News from Independent.co.uk
The world’s most lucrative match is worth at least $215 million – News from CNN.com

Beirut explosion: at least 78 dead and 4,000 wounded, says Lebanon health ministry – live updates

Interior minister says ammonium nitrate likely caused at least one explosion amid reports hospitals too damaged to treat patientsFull report: huge explosion in BeirutCrisis upon crisis: blast rocks a Lebanon already on its kneesAmmonium nitrate: what is the chemical blamed for blast in Lebanese capital?‘We’re cursed’: shock and despair as explosion devastates cityBeirut explosion – […]

Crisis upon crisis: blast rocks a Lebanon already on its knees

Deadly explosion at Beirut’s port comes amid coronavirus pandemic and economic meltdownBeirut explosion: latest updatesFull report: Huge blast rocks Lebanese capital‘We’re cursed’: shock and despair in Beirut as explosion devastates cityLebanon has been crippled by a number of long-running, seemingly intractable crises for decades. The country endured a devastating 15-year civil war and has often […]

Coronavirus live news: US health secretary Azar to visit Taiwan as Europe faces second wave

Alex Azar praises ‘transparent’ handling of pandemic in veiled attack on China; Trump flounders in interview; France could lose control ‘any time’. Follow all the developmentsUS: Biden tells Trump to ‘step up and do your job’‘We’re fighting a ghost’: six months on victories over virus remain fragileUS: Trump on the ropes over Covid-19 figures in […]

How the world is coping with coronavirus, six months on – podcast

From Portugal to Pakistan, the Guardian’s international correspondent Michael Safi looks at the different ways countries have been affected by the virus and the impact that is having on the lives of people thereIt’s six months since Covid-19 was registered as an urgent threat, and although the panic at the scenarios that filled imaginations in […]

South Korea floods and landslides kill 14 after 42 days of rain

Three New Zealanders among dead after avalanche hits Gapyeong holiday cottagesFourteen people have been killed and more than 1,000 forced from their homes as 42 consecutive days of rain, South Korea’s longest monsoon in seven years, triggered floods and landslides.Heavy rain, which has also battered China, Thailand, Myanmar and India, inundated farmland and flooded parts […]

Biden says 'do your job' as Trump continues campaign of misinformation – as it happened

Negotiations on bailout package stuck as parties disputeBiden: coronavirus is failing to ‘just disappear’Join us for an online event with Eric Holder to discuss voter suppression in the 2020 election, Thursday at 5pm ET. Register nowSign up to our First Thing newsletter 1.10am BST From me and Tom McCarthy: 12.41am BST From Guardian staff and […]