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Top 10 world news today: Huawei-China allegation, Nobel Prize in Literature and more

WION Web Team
New Delhi, Delhi, IndiaUpdated: Oct 08, 2020, 07:36 PM IST
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Xi Jinping and Huawei Photograph:(AFP)

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Here are the top 10 news that dominated the world arena

The next US presidential debate between President Trump and Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden will be "virtual", organizers said on Thursday.

The parliament committee has urged Prime Minister Boris Johnson to prepone the deadline set to remove all Huawei equipment from the United Kingdom.

Foreign ministers of Azerbaijan and Armenia are set to meet officials from Russia, US and France in a bid to halt the conflict which has put a severe strain on both countries.

'Literature Laureate Louise Glück made her debut in 1968 with "Firstborn" and was soon acclaimed as one of the most prominent poets in American contemporary literature,' the Noble Committee said.

Taking the top billing at the vice presidential debate, social media immediately pronounced the fly the winner of the event.

The United States national security adviser on on Wednesday cautioned China against any attempt to take Taiwan by force.

Facebook's decision to suspend all such posts is being read as an effort to curb President Trump's warning of not coooperating during the transition of power if he loses the elections.

According to Campaign for Uyghurs, the Beijing authorities level the charge of separatism against Uyghurs in the same way that corruption charges are leveled at Han Chinese officials who express any dissent with Xi Jinping`s administration.

The prize is supported by a coalition of individuals, organisations and businesses with the winners to be announced each year at a ceremony in a different city around the globe.

Spain's national health ministry had reported 23,480 new infections over the weekend with the total number of coronavirus cases rising to 813,412.