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Trump: Twitter 'Interfering' in 2020 Election by Fact-Checking His Voting Fraud Tweets

Democratic U.S. presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden is seen at War Memorial Plaza during Memorial Day, amid the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in New Castle, Delaware, U.S. May 25, 2020.

Biden Attacks Trump for Not Wearing Mask in Public: 'This Macho Stuff Is 'Stoking Deaths'

An F-35C Lightning II from the Rough Raiders of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 125 prepares to make an arrested cable landing on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70).

Close Call: US Navy Stealth Fighter Barely Claws its Way into Air After Leaving Deck - Video

An election worker places a mail-in ballot into an election box at a drive-through drop off location at the Registrar of Voters in San Diego, California, US, 5 November 2018

The Hidden Flaws of Voting by Mail: Why the GOP is Suing California Governor Newsom

Protesters gather at the scene where George Floyd, an unarmed black man, was pinned down by a police officer kneeling on his neck before later dying in hospital in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. May 26, 2020.

Police Use Tear Gas Against Protesters in Minnesota After Arrest Leaves Local Man Dead - Videos

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Last update: 05:26 GMT 27.05.2020
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Environment
'S*it Sandwich After S*it Sandwich': Sweden, Denmark Up in Arms Over 'Cloaca Gate' in Baltic Sea
The Danish plan to dump what corresponds to nearly 200 swimming pools of untreated sewage into the Øresund Strait has caused bad blood between the neighbours.
Last update: 05:13 GMT 27.05.2020
05:13 GMT 27.05.2020
Opinion
Banned Together: Iranian Ships in Venezuela Defy US Blockade
The arrival of the Iranian fuel vessels on the Venezuelan coast shows that there is an alternative to the US-imposed "world imperative", Venezuelan analyst Sergio Rodriguez Gelfenstein told Sputnik. The expert explained why the US should think hard before taking action against the Venezuelan-Iranian alliance.
Last update: 04:37 GMT 27.05.2020
04:37 GMT 27.05.2020
World
COVID-19 Live Updates: Number of Coronavirus Cases Worldwide Tops 5.5 Million
The global death toll from the coronavirus pandemic has topped 350,000; over 5.55 million cases of the infection have been detected, and over 2.28 million of those patients have recovered, according to Baltimore, Maryland's Johns Hopkins University, which tracks and compiles data from national and local authorities, the media and other sources.
Last update: 05:25 GMT 27.05.2020
05:25 GMT 27.05.2020
Viral
Watch Egyptian TV Host Get Attacked by Monkey
Egyptian TV presenter Lobna Asal escaped from a studio during an interview after she was attacked by a monkey. According to the local edition of El Watan, the incident occurred on air at Al Hayat, a TV channel.
Last update: 22:51 GMT 26.05.2020
22:51 GMT 26.05.2020
US
Irish National Extradited to US Appears in Court to Face Charges of Rhino Horn Trafficking
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – An Irish national charged in a conspiracy to traffic black rhinoceros horns made his first appearance before a judge in the US state of Texas following his extradition to the United States, the Justice Department said in a press release.
Last update: 06:00 GMT 27.05.2020
06:00 GMT 27.05.2020
Opinion
How Australia is Balancing Between Economic Reliance on China and Total Strategic Dependence on US
Following in the footsteps of Washington, Australia is ramping up tensions with Beijing despite its huge economic dependence on China, say Professor Alexander Gillespie and former Australian diplomat Tony Kevin, who explain why Canberra has opted to shoot itself in the foot.
Last update: 23:04 GMT 26.05.2020
23:04 GMT 26.05.2020
Asia & Pacific
Photos: China Dramatically Expanding Tibet Air Base Near Indian Border Where Clashes Occurred
Satellite photos of a Chinese air force base high in the Tibetan mountains show new construction in the last few months, allowing it to handle many more aircraft.
Last update: 21:44 GMT 26.05.2020
21:44 GMT 26.05.2020
US
Trump Slams Democrats for 'Total Double Standard' As Obama Captured Playing Golf Amid Pandemic
Major US media outlets have covered Trump's recent golf outing, criticising him harshly for recreation as the death toll from the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to rise in the United States.