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Gunmen kill 32 at ceremony in Afghan capital
Date: 2020-03-07 00:17:45 GMT - Afghanistan - International - SN:7 - ID:8342750
At least 32 people were killed and dozens wounded when gunmen opened fire Friday at a ceremony in Afghanistan’s capital attended by prominent political leaders, ABC news reported. Daesh claimed responsibility for the attack in a statement on its ....
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US to begin taking DNA samples from immigrants who enter country illegally
Date: 2020-03-07 00:15:29 GMT - USA - International - SN:6 - ID:8342748
US border agents will soon begin a widespread program to gather DNA samples from immigrants who enter the country illegally and are in federal custody, two administration officials were quoted by NBC News as saying. The officials said the ....
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Second coronavirus case confirmed in NZ
Date: 2020-03-04 08:20:10 GMT - New Zealand - International - SN:3 - ID:8338476
A second case of coronavirus has been confirmed in New Zealand, Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield said as quoted by CNN. The patient is a woman in her 30s who recently returned to Auckland from northern Italy. She is a New Zealand ....
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China's COVID-19 death toll reaches 2,946 since disease outbreak
Date: 2020-03-03 07:12:31 GMT - China - International - SN:5 - ID:8336768
Chinese health authority said Tuesday it received reports of 125 new confirmed cases of novel coronavirus infection and 31 deaths on Monday on the Chinese mainland. All the deaths were in Hubei Province, according to the National Health ....
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China: Death toll of coronavirus rises to 2,915
Date: 2020-03-02 08:22:48 GMT - China - International - SN:3 - ID:8335090
A total of 202 new cases of the novel coronavirus were confirmed on the Chinese mainland and 42 new deaths were reported Sunday night, according to China's National Health Commission. The total number of confirmed cases on the Chinese mainland ....
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Trump urges US people to remain calm in face of coronavirus outbreak
Date: 2020-03-01 00:51:05 GMT - USA - International - SN:6 - ID:8333363
US President Donald Trump on Saturday urged the nation to remain calm in the face of the novel coronavirus outbreak, saying additional cases in United States were "likely" as his administration announced new travel restrictions aimed at limiting its ....
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WHO increases COVID-19 risk to 'very high', tells governments to 'wake up'
Date: 2020-02-28 23:02:54 GMT - Switzerland - International - SN:14 - ID:8332227
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday increased its coronavirus risk assessment to "very high" as cases outside of China continue to increase. But officials caution the virus can still be contained if the chain of transmission can be broken, ....
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No country should make 'fatal' mistake of ignoring COVID-19: Tedros
Date: 2020-02-28 17:09:34 GMT - Switzerland - International - SN:10 - ID:8332000
All countries should do more to prevent the spread of COVID-19 coronavirus and none should make the "fatal" mistake of assuming that it won’t be affected, said UN health agency chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Thursday. Outside China, there ....
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Lavrov calls for uniting all efforts to prevent further escalation in Syria
Date: 2020-02-28 12:39:44 GMT - Russia - International - SN:7 - ID:8331681
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said it is necessary to unite all efforts to prevent further escalation of tensions in Syria, Sputnik news agency reported Friday. "I would like to support the words of [Luxembourg's Foreign Minister] Jean ....
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Erdogan admits killing of Turkish servicemen in Libya
Date: 2020-02-25 11:16:23 GMT - Turkey - International - SN:5 - ID:8327005
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has admitted that several Turkish servicemen had been killed in Libya, in the battles against the Libyan National Army (LNA) led by Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar. “Several of our heroes were martyred in ....
