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Taliban, Afghan officials say reach pact to reduce violence

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The agreement was struck during protracted negotiations between US and Taliban representatives that began in Qatar in 2018, and could lead to a withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan, they said...

As China fights the coronavirus, some say it has gone too far

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Business leaders and economists in China are increasingly saying, Enough. While China must stop the outbreak, they argue, some of its methods are hurting the lives and livelihoods of millions of people while contributing little to the containment effort...

China's count of new coronavirus cases drops, deaths exceed 2,200

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Containment of the illness has been a struggle far from the epicenter in central China. South Korea's capital banned street rallies and the government sent help to a city where cases have surged. Hong Kong reported a new infection in a police officer...

Jurors in Harvey Weinstein trial focus on 'Sopranos' actress Sciorra

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Deliberating for a 3rd day, the jury at Harvey Weinstein's trial continued to focus a lot of attention on actress Annabella Sciorra's linchpin allegation that the Hollywood mogul raped and sexually assaulted her in the mid-1990s. Jurors were looking at emails that Weinstein sent regarding Sciorra, including ones to the private Israeli spy agency...

Amid virus crackdown, Uighurs hope Chinese 'waking up' to their plight

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Chinese suffering under harsh measures used to fight the deadly new coronavirus should recognise that similar methods have been deployed against China's minorities for years, an exiled Uighur rights activist said this week...

Coronavirus hotspots emerge in Chinese prisons

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Hubei, the hard-hit central province where the virus emerged late last year, said Friday that 271 cases were reported by its prisons on Thursday, including 220 that had previously not been known to provincial authorities...

China reports 118 more Coronavirus deaths

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The death toll in China from the coronavirus epidemic rose to 2,236 on Friday after 118 more people died, most of them in the hard-hit epicentre province of Hubei. The National Health Commission also said in its daily update that China had confirmed 889 new cases...

China tests its soft power in Southeast Asia amid coronavirus outbreak

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China reports drop in coronavirus cases

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China's central Hubei province had 349 new confirmed cases on Wednesday, down from 1,693 a day earlier and lowest since January 25. The death toll rose by 108, down from 132 the previous day, bringing to total in China to over 2,100 deaths and 74,000 cases...

China expels Wall Street Journal reporters for 'Sick Man' headline

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Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said the Journal editorial -- which was titled "China is the Real Sick Man of Asia" -- had a "racially discriminatory" and "sensational" headline, and slammed the newspaper for not issuing an official apology...

Hong Kong reports second coronavirus fatality

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Macau casinos to reopen after virus ban lifted

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The former Portuguese colony took the unprecedented step of shutting down almost all of its lucrative entertainment sector earlier in the month, including casinos, nightclubs and many bars...

'Don't be kidnapped by China': Taiwan tells WHO in bid for separate virus tally

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Woman with two vaginas gives birth to twins

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Lauren Cotter had suffered from agonising menstrual cramps since she was 15 and was convinced she had polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). But an ultrasound scan a year later revealed she actually had uterus didelphys, where a woman is born with two uteruses, two cervixes and, and in her case, two vaginas...

Troopers: Teen arrested for taking control of Alaska flight

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The flight between the two remote communities usually takes about four minutes. The teen grabbed the aircraft controls shortly after takeoff, causing the "plane to enter a steep climb and then a dive toward the ground," Alaska State Troopers said...

US intel chief replaced as casualties of Donald Trump purge mount

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Donald Trump replaced his intelligence chief as reports emerged that the US president was furious with the official over a briefing given to lawmakers about Russian interference in the 2020 election campaign. Trump erupted in anger at acting director of national intelligence Joseph Maguire when he learned of the February 13 session with the House Intelligence Committee...

UK home secy Priti Patel accused of ‘bullying’ staff

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Zuckerberg gets staff to blowdry his armpits before speeches, claims book

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UK's Boris Johnson under fire for flood response as more rain due

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Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn planned to tour parts of south Wales that were inundated when last-weekend's Storm Dennis dumped up to 6 inches (150 mm) of rain. The UK Meteorological Office said more heavy rain is forecast in already flooded areas of Wales and central England over the next 48 hours...

Prince Harry, Meghan Markle fix March 31 for royal exit

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Harry and Meghan, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, will no longer have an office at Buckingham Palace in London as they stop carrying out formal royal duties for Queen Elizabeth II from April 1, with the formal arrangements of the split to be assessed after 12 months. They are expected to settle down in Canada and spend some time in the UK 'regularly,' a spokesperson said...

CAA enacted to create religious test of citizenship, says new US commission factsheet

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Indian businesses and students welcome new UK points-based immigration system

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The new streamlined visa system, inspired by Australia’s points-based immigration system, will take effect from January 1, 2021. The cap on the numbers of skilled workers is being scrapped and a small number of highly skilled workers will be allowed to enter without a job offer. The new single global system for workers will treat EU and non-EU citizens equally...

Priti Patel launches UK's 'historic' points-based visa system

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The new system will come into force from January 1, 2021 at the end of the transition period after the UK's exit from the European Union (EU) on January 31, which will formally end free movement of people within the economic bloc for the UK as a non-member...

Most of APPGK are either Pakistani or PoK heritage, not one PIO among them, all are anti-India

yesterday

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Whilst the All-Party Parliamentary Kashmir Group (APPGK) claims to “support the right to self-determination of the Kashmiri people through dialogue” and “to highlight the abuses of human rights in Kashmir, and to seek justice for the people there”, not one of its members is of Indian heritage...

Indian mission confirms UK MP denied India entry for invalid visa

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UK parents lose court appeal to keep baby on life support

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Son-in-law of Infosys’s Murthy named UK finance minister

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Mallya's appeal in UK court against extradition to India enters final day

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Liquor tycoon Vijay Mallya arrived at the Royal Courts of Justice here on Thursday for the final day of his appeal against being extradited to India, during which the prosecution will conclude its arguments to establish "overwhelming evidence of dishonesty” on the part of the former Kingfisher Airlines boss...

Donald Trump 'offered pardon' to Assange if he denied Russia leak, court hears

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US President Donald Trump promised to pardon WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange if he denied Russia leaked emails of his 2016 election rival's campaign, a London court was told on Wednesday. Assange's lawyer Jennifer Robinson said in a document that Trump relayed the offer through former US Congressman Dana Rohrabacher, the UK's domestic Press Association news agency reported...

Two Iranians die after testing positive for coronavirus: Official

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Thai businessman convicted of selling fake bomb detectors

yesterday

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Many millions of dollars of the devices were sold to the Thai army and other security forces around the world. A court in Thailand has convicted a local businessman of fraud for selling fake bomb detectors to the Thai government, five years after a court in the United Kingdom sentenced the British head of the company that supplied them to seven years in prison in a scandal that was worldwide in scale..

Possible MH370 debris from Mozambique brought to Australia

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Two pieces of plane debris found in Mozambique have been brought to Australia, where experts will determine whether they are from the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 that disappeared mysteriously over two years ago over the Indian Ocean...

Boat capsizes off Malaysia, 13 Indonesian migrants drowned

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Malaysian police said 13 bodies, believed to be of Indonesian illegal immigrants, were found washed ashore after their boat capsized in bad sea conditions..

China gives Pak 2 ships for CPEC sea route security

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China is expected to provide two more ships to the Pakistan navy. Pakistan has already raised a new division of the army to ensure security along the CPEC route and in and around the Gwadar port...

Mike Bloomberg would sell business interests if elected US president

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Man soars 6,000-ft above Dubai, ‘Iron Man’ style

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Reffet and his collaborators, known as “Jetmen”, have literally scaled new heights with the help of jetpacks and carbon-fire wings, staging a series of aerial displays that send them tearing through the skies at breakneck speed...

US, Taliban on verge of withdrawal deal: Sources

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Mysterious toxic gas kills 14 people in Pakistan's Karachi

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The source of a toxic gas leak remained unclear on Tuesday. Officials said 14 people have been killed so far. Ziauddin hospital spokesperson Amir Shehzad told the newspaper that nine deaths took place at the hospital's Keamari Campus over the course of the past two days. Dozens of others have been hospitalised in various medical facilities across the city...

Harvey Weinstein rape case may turn on history of prior 'bad acts'

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'Tiger widows' shunned as bad luck in rural Bangladesh

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Harvey Weinstein jury to begin deliberations

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Harvey Weinstein, the disgraced movie mogul, 67, faces life in prison if the jury of seven men and five women convict him of predatory sexual assault charges in New York. More than 80 women have accused Weinstein of sexual misconduct...

'Infected': Data shows how China criminalised Muslim faith

3 days ago

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A newly revealed database exposes in detail the main reasons for the detentions of Memtimin Emer, an Uighur imam, his three sons, and hundreds of others in Karakax County, China: their religion and their family ties. Reasons listed for internment include "minor religious infection," "disturbs other persons by visiting them without reasons," among others...

Amid pressure on New Delhi to open its milk market, Indian-American protester turns focus on US dairy industry

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Gunmen kill 24 in attack near church in Burkina Faso

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Both Christians and Muslims were killed before the church was set on fire, said a government security official in Dori who spoke on condition of anonymity because they weren't authorized to speak to the media. Attacks have targeted religious leaders in the area in the past. Last week, also in Yagha province, a retired pastor was killed and another pastor was abducted by gunmen, according to an internal security report for aid workers seen by The Associated Press...

China may postpone annual parliament session as it battles coronavirus

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China's ruling council will "deliberate a draft decision" over postponing the ten-day National People's Congress (NPC), said official news agency Xinhua, ahead of the meeting due to start on March 5...

Here’s what it’s like to survive the coronavirus in Wuhan

4 days ago

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More than 1,000 people have died from the new coronavirus in Hubei, the Chinese province that Wuhan is the capital of, as a severe shortage of hospital beds, testing kits and other equipment mean many have to stand in line for hours to get diagnosed, and some die before even seeing a doctor. The economy has also been severely affected with Hubei under quarantine...

US evacuates from Japan virus ship as China death toll climbs

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After homophobic jibes, Buttigieg says US has 'moved on'

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The gay presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg insisted his sexuality would not damage his electoral prospects, saying the US had "moved on" as a country, after homophobic jibes by allies of Donald Trump. The 38-year-old Democrat said he would not take lectures from supporters of a man who has faced accusations ranging from rape to sleeping with a porn star...

Evacuation of US passengers from quarantined ship begins

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Malaysia insists virus diagnosis from cruise passenger is correct

4 days ago

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Cambodia -- a staunch ally of Beijing -- allowed the ship to dock Thursday in Sihanoukville, administering health tests before passengers disembarked in waves for homeward-bound flights. But jubilation dimmed late Saturday, as one of the passengers was stopped by authorities in Malaysia when she was detected with a fever and was later diagnosed with the virus...

Police: 1 dead, 4 wounded in Connecticut club shooting

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UN chief arrives in Pakistan on four-day visit

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UN chief Antonio Guterres arrived in Islamabad on Sunday on a 4-day visit to Pakistan during which he will attend the international conference on Afghan refugees, hold parleys with the top Pakistani leadership and visit the Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Kartarpur. During these meetings, Pakistan will share its perspective on the Kashmir issue, Radio Pakistan said...

Sri Lanka govt, opposition slam US' travel ban on Army chief

5 days ago

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The US last week imposed travel restrictions on Lt Gen Silva and his immediate family members over alleged gross violations of human rights during the final phase of the island nation's Civil War in 2009...

New Chinese coronavirus cases show slight fall; Chinese tourist dies in France

5 days ago

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The coronavirus, thought to have emerged at a wildlife market in the central Chinese province of Hubei, has presented the ruling Communist Party with the huge challenge of halting its spread while at the same time minimising damage to the world's second-largest economy...

Drugs against covid-19 under trials: Official

5 days ago

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The death toll in China's novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak has risen to 1,523 with 143 new fatalities reported mostly from the worst-affected Hubei province while the confirmed cases have jumped to over 66,000, health officials said on Saturday...

Over 6,000 bodies found in Burundi's mass graves

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Burundi’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission has found more than 6,000 bodies in six mass graves in Karusi Province, the largest finding since the government launched a nationwide excavation in January. The commission chairman Pierre Claver Ndayicariye said remains of 6,032 victims and thousands of bullets were recovered. Some victims were identified...

Mike Pompeo rejects claims that US has quit global role

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US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday rejected European pessimism about Washington's retreat from the global stage, saying the death of the transatlantic bond is "grossly overexaggerated"...

France 'impatient' over lack of German drive to reform EU: Macron

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President Emmanuel Macron said Saturday France was growing "impatient" with the lack of German response to its push to strengthen the European Union after Brexit...

Man runs marathon in apartment as China fights virus

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China is at the centre of an outbreak of a new coronavirus, leaving more than 1,500 dead and sparking global alarm, but it is also in the grip of a health drive because the government is aggressively encouraging people to exercise to fight the disease...

Making efforts to disembark Indians from cruise ship after quarantine period ends: Indian Embassy

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US, Taliban reach violence reduction pact

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The United States has reached agreement with the Taliban on a weeklong reduction of violence that could lead to a US troop withdrawal from Afghanistan, asenior administration official said on Friday, while cautioning that the insurgents must honour commitments for the accord to stick. The deal was struck in protracted negotiations in the Qatari capital Doha...

China coronavirus death toll surges past 1,500, new cases fall

6 days ago

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More than 66,000 people have now been infected in China from a virus that emerged in central Hubei province in December before spreading across the country a month later and causing global panic...

Hunt on for 'patient zero' who spread coronavirus globally from Singapore

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With virus, shops in China suffer a star-crossed Valentines

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First passengers exit quarantined Japan ship

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The first passengers began leaving a quarantined cruise ship off Japan's coast on Friday to finish their isolation in government-designated lodging after testing negative for the new coronavirus...

Dying a desperate death: A Wuhan family's coronavirus ordeal

7 days ago

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Love in the time of coronavirus: A quiet Valentine's Day in China

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What's going on with China's coronavirus case and death numbers?

7 days ago

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On Friday, China lowered the country-wide death toll by more than 100 and the infected case count by more than 1,000 due to "double-counting" in Hubei, the province at the epicenter of the outbreak. The lowering came a day after a shock 45% surge in new cases of nearly 15,000 was reported by Hubei due to inclusion of a revised method to diagnose infections...

Coronavirus: As toll hits 1,367, China's Xi goes for purge, shields himself

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Please banks, take your money, says Vijay Mallya

7 days ago

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Pelosi says Trump's comments on Stone case are 'an abuse of power'

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US announces 15th virus case, this one in Texas evacuee

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Iran candidates start campaigns for parliamentary elections

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Thousands of Iranian candidates approved to run in parliamentary elections kicked off their campaigns Thursday ahead of next week's vote, even after authorities barred thousands of others from running, mainly reformists and moderates. The February 21 parliamentary elections come amid some of the highest tensions between Tehran and Washington in the past four decades...

British finance minister quits in reshuffle

7 days ago

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Britain's finance minister, Sajid Javid, resigned on Thursday, just weeks after Brexit and a month before he was due to deliver the government's annual budget...

Novel coronavirus cannot pass from mother to child late in pregnancy: Lancet Study

8 days ago

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The small observational study analysed women from Wuhan, China, who were in the third trimester of pregnancy, and had pneumonia caused by COVID-19. There were two cases of foetal distress in the study, but all nine pregnancies resulted in livebirths, the researchers said. They also found that symptoms from COVID-19 infection in pregnant women were similar to those reported in non-pregnant adults, and no women in the study developed severe pneumonia or died...

Conviction of Hafiz Saeed an important step towards holding LeT accountable: US

8 days ago

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Welcoming the conviction of the 26/11 Mumbai attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed, the United States called it as an important step towards holding the Lashkar-a-Taiba (LeT) accountable...

Sanders wins New Hampshire primary, Biden sidelined

8 days ago

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Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, a self-professed Democratic socialist, narrowly won primary elections in New Hampshire in the inner-party polls on Tuesday, coming ahead of moderate Pete Buttigieg. But the headline development was the dismal fifth-place finish of former vice-president Joe Biden, the establishment favorite...

Pak Air Force aircraft crashes during routine training mission

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Chinese Communist Party to act to curb virus spread: State broadcaster

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China's Communist Party faces its biggest crisis since SARS

8 days ago

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The party was already facing criticism of its heavy-handed censorship, on display during the outbreak, and other social controls under President Xi Jinping, who took power in 2012 and has accrued more political power than any Chinese leader since Mao Zedong...

China’s cities lock up residents to prevent spread of coronavirus

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Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump win New Hampshire primary

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Sanders takes lead in New Hampshire Democratic primary

9 days ago

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Progressive Senator Bernie Sanders led in New Hampshire's Democratic presidential primary on Tuesday, and former front-runner Joe Biden trailed badly in fifth place in the second nominating contest to find a challenger for President Donald Trump in November...

WHO names coronavirus as 'COVID-19'

9 days ago

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The new coronavirus that has killed over 1,000 people in China and sickened more than 43,000 others globally has been named 'COVID-19', the World Health Organisation said on Tuesday. "We had to find a name that did not refer to a geographical location, an animal, an individual or group of people, and which is also pronounceable and related to the disease,” WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus was quoted by the official Chinese media as saying at a media conference in Geneva on Tuesday...

First new virus case found among evacuatees from China to US

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China virus death toll passes 1,000, WHO warns of 'very grave' global threat

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Nepal prepares to evacuate its citizens from virus-hit Wuhan city in China

9 days ago

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Nepal government is preparing to bring back Nepalese nationals currently residing in Wuhan city of China through a chartered flight of Nepal Airlines in a few days, official sources said. The government is preparing to send the aircraft to China around mid-Feb to rescue 180 Nepalese nationals stuck in Wuhan city where around 1,000 people have died in the epidemic...

Iran remembers 1979 Islamic Revolution amid high US tension

10 days ago

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Hundreds of thousands across Iran marked the anniversary of its 1979 Islamic Revolution on Tuesday amid some of the highest tensions ever between Tehran and the US in the past four decades...

Suicide bombing near military academy in Kabul kills 6

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14 Rohingya refugees die on boat off Bangladesh: Official

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From Singapore to UK via the Alps: how one man spread coronavirus

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A British man managed to pass on the coronavirus to at least 11 other people without ever setting foot in the epicentre of the outbreak in China. The adult British citizen, who has not been named publicly, caught the virus while attending a conference in Singapore and then passed it on to several compatriots while on holiday in the French Alps, before finally being diagnosed back in the UK...