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European Union sanctions on Belarus are being delayed by a separate dispute between Cyprus and Turkey over energy resources in the Eastern Mediterranean, four EU diplomats said, in the latest sign of paralysis in the bloc's foreign policy.

A Cambodian activist has been imprisoned for five years for plotting to overthrow the government, a court said on Thursday, bringing to 17 the number of administration opponents detained or convicted since late July.

China and the United States traded attacks about who best understands press freedom as Secretary of State Mike Pompeo criticised the official newspaper of China's ruling Communist Party for refusing to carry an oped by the U.S. ambassador.

Myanmar increased lockdown measures in its biggest city on Thursday after reporting another record daily rise in coronavirus cases, with 120 new infections taking its overall cases past the 2,000 mark.

France's daily new COVID19 infections rose by more than 8,500 for the third time in six days on Wednesday, with the disease spreading at its fastest pace since it emerged in the country.

The White House has denied manipulating intelligence to support Trump's policies and election, but also repeatedly condemns what it labels an alleged anti-Trump 'deep state' in the intelligence community.

The governor of Brazil's São Paulo state said on Wednesday that Phase 3 clinical trials of a potential COVID19 vaccine developed by China's Sinovac Biotech Ltd have shown promising results and it may be available to Brazilians as early as December.

The Chinese Foreign Ministry, however, refused to divulge if S Jaishankar and Wang Yi will hold bilateral talks.

Germanys top security official criticized the country's independent press watchdog Wednesday for ruling that a leftwing newspaper's column disparaging the police was covered by freedom of speech.

After surveying the typhoon damage suffered by his impoverished country, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un told party loyalists they would have to rethink plans for an economy already hobbled by sanctions and more recently coronavirus restrictions.

The United States expanded its sanctions related to Lebanon on Tuesday, blacklisting two former government ministers it accused of enabling Hezbollah and warning that more actions targeting the Iranbacked Shi'ite group were coming.

The Rose Garden has been a muddy mess and the South Lawn marred by brown patches since President Donald Trump used them as backdrops for last months Republican National Convention.

Top police leaders in Rochester are retiring en masse amid criticism of the city's handling of the the suffocation death of Daniel Prude, Mayor Lovely Warren said Tuesday.

An 8yearold girl shot in the back was among 10 people killed in gunfire over the Labor Day weekend, police said Tuesday, marking the latest deadly holiday weekend in Chicago.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu lashed out at the country's law enforcement system on Tuesday, continuing a crusade to discredit those who have pressed corruption cases against him ahead of the resumption of his trial early next year.