A selection of news stories that happened overnight, Aug 24, 2020.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Defying army, tens of thousands protest in Belarus to demand Lukashenko’s resignation Tens of thousands of protesters demanding Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko step down defied a warning from the military on Sunday and flooded into Minsk, briefly gathering near the president’s residence, before dispersing peacefully.
Minsk’s streets turned red and white as demonstrators carried flags symbolising their opposition to Lukashenko and chanted for him to leave power and for new elections to be held.The US Food & Drug Administration on Sunday said it authorised the use of blood plasma from patients who have recovered from Covid-19 as a treatment for the disease, a day after US President Donald Trump blamed the agency for impeding the rollout of coronavirus vaccines and therapeutics for political reasons.
US President Donald Trump's top homeland security official said on Sunday that his department does not have the authority to send law enforcement to polling sites during the November election despite Trump's suggestion that federal officers could be deployed to guard against election fraud. "He has not been tested," Kate Bedingfield, deputy manager for Biden's presidential campaign, said on ABC's This Week."We have put the strictest protocols in place, and moving forward, should he need to be tested, he certainly would be."
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