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China virus death toll jumps to 106; confirmed cases climb to over 4,500
Date: 2020-01-28 07:24:46 GMT - China - International - SN:3 - ID:8287652
Chinese health authorities announced Tuesday that 4,515 confirmed cases of pneumonia caused by the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) had been reported in the country, Xinhua reported Tuesday. A total of 106 people died of the disease, according to ....
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20 soldiers killed in Mali attack, government says
Date: 2020-01-27 00:18:05 GMT - Mauritania - International - SN:6 - ID:8285900
About 20 soldiers were killed in a pre-dawn attack on an army camp in central Mali on Sunday, The New York Times quoted the government as saying. The identity of the attackers was not immediately clear. In a statement, the government said ....
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Death toll from Turkey's earthquake climbs to 38
Date: 2020-01-27 00:13:21 GMT - Turkey - International - SN:3 - ID:8285897
Turkish authorities said the death toll rose to at least 38 people from the magnitude 6.8 earthquake that struck Friday night, ABC news reported Sunday. Turkish television showed Ayse Yildiz, 35, and her 2-year-old daughter Yusra being dragged ....
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Australia reports first coronavirus case
Date: 2020-01-25 07:15:00 GMT - Australia - International - SN:11 - ID:8283605
Australia on Saturday confirmed its first case of the Wuhan coronavirus in its second-largest city. The man, a patient in his 50s, had been in Wuhan before returning on January 19 to Melbourne, Health Minister Jenny Mikakos said in a press ....
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19 dead, 922 injured in eastern Turkey 6.8 earthquake
Date: 2020-01-25 06:24:00 GMT - Turkey - International - SN:10 - ID:8283567
A 6.8 earthquake in eastern Turkey has claimed at least 19 lives and caused multiple buildings to collapse, trapping many under rubble, Russian channel RT reported on Saturday. The quake was centered in the province of Elazig. The quake struck ....
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China deploys military medics to combat coronavirus outbreak
Date: 2020-01-25 00:49:09 GMT - China - International - SN:5 - ID:8283530
China has deployed its military medics to help to contain the coronavirus outbreak, which claimed 26 lives so far and led to the isolation of millions of people in the country, state media reported on Friday. As many as 40 military medical ....
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Bolivia suspends diplomatic relations with Cuba over FM’s 'inadmissible comments'
Date: 2020-01-25 00:47:16 GMT - Bolivia - International - SN:4 - ID:8283529
Bolivia has suspended its diplomatic relations with Cuba, the Foreign Ministry of Bolivia’s interim government said in a statement on Friday. The suspension was due to "recent inadmissible comments" by Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez ....
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Trump to decide release date for ME peace plan within days
Date: 2020-01-20 00:20:54 GMT - USA - International - SN:5 - ID:8276531
US President Donald Trump is expected to decide in the next several days whether to present the White House's Middle East peace plan before Israel's March 2 elections, Israeli and US sources revealed, according to Axios website on Sunday. The ....
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World's shortest man dies in Nepal at 27
Date: 2020-01-17 23:26:32 GMT - Nepal - International - SN:16 - ID:8274046
The world's shortest man who could walk, as verified by Guinness World Records, died Friday at a hospital in Nepal, his family said. Khagendra Thapa Magar, who measured 67.08 centimetres (2 feet 2.41 inches), died of pneumonia at a hospital in ....
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Thousands evacuated after 'English' bomb found in Düsseldorf, Germany
Date: 2020-01-17 23:25:10 GMT - Germany - International - SN:15 - ID:8274045
More than 11,000 people have been asked to leave their homes after an English bomb was found during construction work in the city of Düsseldorf, Euronews reported. The city administration and fire brigade told 11,650 to clear the area, after the ....
