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Virus-hit China set to postpone parliament for first time in decades
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Tycoon and a tea-seller's son: Trump, Modi forge bonhomie
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France, EU partners to discuss virus situation, says health minister
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Conservatives claim victory in Iran polls after record low turnout
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Democratic rivals aim to slow Sanders' momentum after his big win in Nevada
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Merkel's party punished by voters in Hamburg state election
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Israeli warplanes hit Gaza after Palestinian rocket barrage
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Doctor, parents face trial in Egypt for girl's death after genital cutting
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Earthquake in Turkey-Iran border region kills 9, injures more than 100
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Al-Qaeda group confirms death of leader, appoints successor, reports SITE
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UK venue owners must plan for militant attacks, says government
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Disgruntled Haitian police attack army hq
PORT-AU-PRINCE — Haitian police demanding better working conditions shot up the army headquarters yesterday, killing a serviceman and wounding another, the defence ministry...
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Togo President Gnassingbe wins re-election in landslide, preliminary results show
LOME, Feb 24 — Togo's President Faure Gnassingbe has won re-election with 72 per cent of the vote, according to preliminary results from the electoral commission today,...
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Trump says Russia leak meant to hurt Sanders, calls for probe
WASHINGTON, Feb 23 — President Donald Trump on Sunday called for an investigation into an apparent leak of classified intelligence on Russian interference in the 2020 US...
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Banned Thai opposition party says junta helped 1MDB cover-up
BANGKOK, Feb 23 — A banned Thai opposition party on Sunday accused the former military junta of helping cover up Malaysia’s multi-billion-dollar 1MDB scandal, urging Thais to...
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Covid-19: No new cases in Singapore, two more discharged
SINGAPORE, Feb 23 — No new cases of Covid-19 infections were reported as of 12pm on Sunday while two more patients have been discharged, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said. In...
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Jordan bars travellers from China, Iran, S. Korea over virus
AMMAN, Feb 23 — Jordan said on Sunday it would bar entry to citizens of China, Iran and South Korea and other foreigners travelling from those countries in response to the...
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Xi: Coronavirus is communist China’s ‘biggest health emergency’
BEIJING, Feb 23 — The coronavirus epidemic that has killed over 2,400 people is communist China’s “largest public health emergency” since its founding in 1949, said...
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Italy towns wake to quarantine, queue for food in coronavirus outbreak
CODOGNO, Feb 23 — Tens of thousands of Italians prepared for a weeks-long quarantine in the country’s north on Sunday as nerves began to fray among the locals faced with new...
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France prepares in case of coronavirus epidemic, says health minister
PARIS, Feb 23 — French Health Minister Olivier Veran said on Sunday new cases of coronavirus were “very likely” in France and health authorities were ready in case of an...
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Third passenger from Japan cruise ship dies, reports health ministry
TOKYO, Feb 23 — A third person who became ill on board a coronavirus-stricken cruise ship quarantined off the coast of Japan has died, the country’s health ministry said...
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Iran says 43 infected with coronavirus, eight dead
DUBAI, Feb 23 — Iran has confirmed 15 new cases of the new coronavirus, taking the total to 43 with a death toll of eight. Most of the infections have been in the...
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Italy coronavirus cases rise to more than 100, says regional chief
MILAN, Feb 23 — The number of cases of coronavirus in Italy continued to rise on Sunday after the government passed a series of emergency measures to limit the spread of the...
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Army: Israeli forces kill Palestinian near Gaza fence
JERUSALEM, Feb 23 — Israeli forces on Sunday shot dead a Palestinian suspected of placing a bomb near the Gaza border, before extracting his body with a bulldozer, the army...
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Israel quarantines pupils who met S. Korean tourists over virus fears
JERUSALEM, Feb 23 — Nearly 200 Israeli pupils were ordered to begin a two-week quarantine from Sunday after having come into contact with South Korean tourists who contracted...
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Quake in Iran kills nine in neighbouring Turkey
ISTANBUL, Feb 23 — A magnitude 5.7 earthquake in northwestern Iran on Sunday killed at least nine people in neighbouring Turkey and injured dozens more on both sides of the...
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Japan minister apologises after woman who left virus-stricken ship tests positive
TOKYO, Feb 23 — Japan’s health minister has apologised after a woman who was allowed to leave a coronavirus-infected cruise ship docked near Tokyo tested positive for the...
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Iran accuses ‘enemies’ of using virus to sabotage vote
TEHRAN, Feb 23 — Iran’s supreme leader accused foreign media of trying to use a deadly coronavirus outbreak to sabotage a general election, as authorities scrambled on Sunday...
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President: S. Korea raises coronavirus alert level to ‘highest’
SEOUL, Feb 23 — South Korea raised its alert on the coronavirus to the highest level Sunday after reporting three more deaths and 169 new infections. The country has seen a...
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China reports fewer coronavirus cases outside epicentre, cases surge in S. Korea
SHANGHAI, Feb 23 — China reported another fall in new coronavirus infections outside of its epicentre today, but world health officials warned it was too early to make...