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  Last update: 11:59 GMT 29.10.2020

  11:59 GMT 29.10.2020

  Business

  Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates & Elon Musk Lose Billions in a Single Day, Media Says

  Virtually all of the top ten people listed in the Bloomberg Billionaires Index appeared to have sustained massive financial losses on the same day.

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  Last update: 11:49 GMT 29.10.2020

  11:49 GMT 29.10.2020

  Russia

  Russia Ready to Produce COVID-19 Vaccines Abroad, Putin Says

  There is no plan to introduce a nationwide lockdown despite a surge in coronavirus infections in Russia, as the government perfectly understands what steps need to be taken, President Vladimir Putin said at the Russia Calling investment forum.

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  Last update: 11:05 GMT 29.10.2020

  11:05 GMT 29.10.2020

  India

  Ex-IAF Chief: We Would've Wiped Out Pakistan's Forward Brigades If Our Pilot Hadn’t Been Released

  Though India claims its fighter jets crossed over into Pakistan on 26 February last year and destroyed terror bases belonging to jihadist group Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM), Islamabad has consistently denied any such raid having taken place.

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  Last update: 11:34 GMT 29.10.2020

  11:34 GMT 29.10.2020

  US

  Who Is Miles Taylor, Alleged Author of the Trump Tell-All Book ‘A Warning’?

  Miles Taylor revealed on Wednesday that he was the anonymous author of a New York Times essay in 2018 and a subsequent tell-all book titled “A Warning,” that slammed US President Donald Trump’s “erratic behaviour” and “amorality”.

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  Last update: 12:21 GMT 29.10.2020

  12:21 GMT 29.10.2020

  US

  James Comey's Wife Reportedly Tried to Stop Announcement of FBI Probe Into Clinton's Emails in 2016

  FBI Director Jim Comey's decision to re-open the probe into Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton’s email scandal 11 days before the 2016 election is perceived by many pundits as a turning point for her doomed campaign, which resulted in her Republican opponent Donald Trump’s victory.

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  Last update: 06:41 GMT 29.10.2020

  06:41 GMT 29.10.2020

  India

  Xiaomi Loses Top Spot in India's Smartphone Market to Samsung Amid 'Boycott Made in China' Drive

  In light of months of border tensions with China, public sentiment among Indians towards Beijing has turned sour, with many Indians calling for the boycott of Chinese goods in the country.

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  Last update: 05:03 GMT 29.10.2020

  05:03 GMT 29.10.2020

  World

  Nagorno-Karabakh Live Updates: Azerbaijani Defence Ministry Says Fighting Continued Overnight

  Earlier, the foreign ministers of Armenia and France emphasised the need for an immediate ceasefire in the unrecognised republic of Nagorno-Karabakh.

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  Last update: 04:31 GMT 29.10.2020

  04:31 GMT 29.10.2020

  World

  COVID-19 Live Updates: UK Minister Touts Local Lockdowns as 'the Best Approach'

  The global death toll from the coronavirus infection has topped 1.173 million; over 44.4 million cases have been detected, and almost 29.9 million of those 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.