US to slash troop levels in Iraq, Afghanistan

Nov 18,2020
The US will slash troop levels in Afghanistan and Iraq to their lowest levels in nearly 20 years of war after President Donald Trump pledged to end conflicts abroad, the Pentagon announced Tuesday.
UK to ban petrol, diesel cars from 2030 in green 'revolution'
Nov 18
Britain will ban petrol and diesel vehicle sales from 2030 as part of a 10-point plan for a "green industrial revolution" to be unveiled Wednesday by Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
100 pupils test positive for Covid at Zimbabwe school
Nov 18
A hundred students at a high school in northwestern Zimbabwe have tested positive for coronavirus, the government said Tuesday, raising fears of a new wave of the respiratory infection.
US approves first rapid home Covid-19 test
Nov 18
The US issued an emergency use authorization for the first self-administered rapid coronavirus test Tuesday, as more parts of the country increase restrictions in an attempt to halt a Covid-19 surge.
South Australia announces six-day 'circuit-breaker' lockdown
Nov 18
The state of South Australia announced a six-day "circuit-breaker" lockdown for its nearly two million people on Wednesday to contain a sudden coronavirus cluster in its capital city that ended a months-long streak of no infections.
10 die in road accident in India's Gujarat state 
Nov 18
At least ten people died and 15 were injured when two vehicles collided in India's western state of Gujarat on Wednesday, confirmed a local cop to Xinhua over phone.
Brazil's Sao Paulo extends lockdown until mid-December 
Nov 18
Brazil's southeast state of Sao Paulo, the most populous and hardest hit by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), decided to extend lockdown until Dec. 16, due to a rise in hospitalizations, according to a decree published Tuesday in the Government Gazette.