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WASHINGTON – Global coronavirus cases rose by more than 400,000 for the first time on Saturday (Oct 17), a record one-day increase as much of Europe enacts new restrictions to curb the outbreak. Europe, which successfully tamped down the…
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WASHINGTON – Thousands of protesters marched in Washington and elsewhere in the United States on Saturday (Oct 17) to protest Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee and to call for his defeat in the November 3 election. The rallies, which…
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LOS ANGELES – Former Vice-President Joe Biden won a TV ratings battle with President Donald Trump as the two held competing town halls with voters just weeks ahead of the Nov 3 election, according to Nielsen ratings data released on Friday…
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OTTAWA – A top Chinese diplomat warned Canada on Thursday (Oct 15) against granting asylum to Hong Kong democracy protesters, adding that doing so could jeopardise the “health and safety” of Canadians living in the southern Chinese…
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STEPANAKERT, AZERBAIJAN – In the basement of a hospital in Nagorno-Karabakh, nurses take off the jacket of a young soldier with a bandaged hand, his gaze empty. Nearby, another lies on a bed, his foot dressed in a bloody gauze. Dusty…
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The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is deeply concerned by the Israeli military’s planned demolition of a European-funded Palestinian primary school in Ras At-Tin herding community in the central West Bank. “These are some of the most…
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Tomorrow, the Israeli parliament will be voting on the agreement to normalise relations with the United Arab Emirates. A large majority will approve a hugely favourable step towards the Israeli government’s goals: perpetuating its…
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MOSCOW – Authorities in Moscow said a QR-code system would be introduced at late-night entertainment venues from Oct 19 in an effort to contain the spread of the coronavirus as deaths in Russia hit a record daily high on Thursday (Oct 15).…
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SYDNEY – Former US defence secretary James Mattis refused to endorse his former boss Donald Trump on Thursday (Oct 15), urging voters to look for leaders who show “competence and compassion”. “I will decline your offer to endorse a…
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ROME – Italy on Wednesday (Oct 14) reported a record number of new coronavirus cases, as the spread of the contagion surpassed levels reached at the peak of last spring’s outbreak. New cases jumped to 7,332, higher than the 6,557 infections…
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