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  Last update: 12:55 GMT 30.10.2020

  12:55 GMT 30.10.2020

  World

  Suspect in Nice Attack Was Arrested in 2016 for Violence, Using Knife in Dispute - Tunisian Official

  On Thursday, at least three people were killed in a terrorist attack at and near the Notre Dame Basilica, located in the French city of Nice.

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  Last update: 13:26 GMT 30.10.2020

  13:26 GMT 30.10.2020

  Business

  Potential Lifeline? US Okays Chip Supplies to Huawei for Non-5G Businesses, Report Says

  In mid-July, Huawei reported significant growth in the first half of this year despite tightening US sanctions on the Chinese tech giant, including restrictions to limit the company's access to semiconductors manufactured with American equipment.

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  Last update: 13:09 GMT 30.10.2020

  13:09 GMT 30.10.2020

  Opinion

  Terrorist Groups Are Exploiting COVID-19 Pandemic to 'Widen' Their Reach Online, Expert Says

  British security services and counter-terrorism policing units are "working as hard as ever" to prevent politically motivated attacks, a former police officer and expert in terrorism and security explains to Sputnik.

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  Last update: 10:59 GMT 30.10.2020

  10:59 GMT 30.10.2020

  Middle East

  Israel-Hezbollah Conflict: Both Sides 'Fully Prepared' for Large-Scale War

  Tensions between Israel and Lebanon escalated in late August when the Jewish state's military launched airstrikes against Hezbollah observation posts, in response to the Lebanon-based Shia militant group firing two shots from across the border aimed at Israeli troops.

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  Last update: 13:08 GMT 30.10.2020

  13:08 GMT 30.10.2020

  Tech

  European Space Agency Spots Bizarre Triplet of Craters on the Surface of Mars

  The craters are located on the Red Planet's southern hemisphere, in an area called Noachis Terra. During the Noachian era this region was constantly hit by asteroids and comets. Scientists say these craters are like a time-machine that allows them to travel back to the past and study Mars.

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  Last update: 11:12 GMT 30.10.2020

  11:12 GMT 30.10.2020

  Tech

  Extraterrestrial Compounds Were Found in Meteorite That Landed on Earth in 2018, Claims New Study

  The fragments of celestial rock, which scientists say is 12 million-years-old, landed on a frozen lake in Hamburg Township, Michigan in 2018. Scientists managed to swiftly collect the meteorite preventing its contamination by earthly microbes.

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  Last update: 05:05 GMT 30.10.2020

  05:05 GMT 30.10.2020

  World

  Live Updates: Nagorno-Karabakh Army Claims It Has Captured Syrian Mercenary Fighting for Azerbaijan

  Armenia and Azerbaijan have agreed to three ceasefire deals over the past month (two mediated by Russia, and one by the United States), but all of them fell through, as Baku and Yerevan accused each other of violating the agreements and continuing the attacks in Karabakh mere hours after the truces entered into force.

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  Last update: 04:34 GMT 30.10.2020

  04:34 GMT 30.10.2020

  World

  Live Updates: Germany Reports Record 18,681 New Coronavrius Cases

  Paris and Berlin introduced severe measures earlier this week, including a nationwide lockdown in France and "partial lockdown" in Germany, as the countries are trying to curb the COVID-19 pandemic.