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World Radio Day celebrates radio & diversity
Date: 2020-02-11 12:21:09 GMT - France - World - SN:43 - ID:8307089
PARIS, Feb 11 (MENA) - Under the theme "radio and diversity," UNESCO’s 2020 edition of World Radio Day will focus on radio’s responsibility as "a platform for democratic discourse." The international organization is encouraging radio stations ....
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WHO urges scientists to join hands in face of coronavirus
Date: 2020-02-11 12:13:29 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:42 - ID:8307224
GENEVA, Feb 11 (MENA) - World Health Organization (WHO) Secretary General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus urged scientists to join hands in the face of the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV). Scientists from around the world are reviewing how the ....
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Coronavirus cases soar to 342 in Beijing
Date: 2020-02-11 10:45:30 GMT - China - World - SN:34 - ID:8307086
BEIJING, Feb 11 (MENA) - Beijing reported five new confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus, bringing the number of infections in the capital to 342, the official Xinhua news agency quoted Beijing Municipal Health Commission as saying on ....
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Trump travels to Dover to receive remains of service members killed in Afghanistan
Date: 2020-02-11 09:09:19 GMT - USA - World - SN:24 - ID:8306882
WASHINGTON, Feb 11 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump traveled to Dover Air Force Base in Delaware where he participated in a ceremony honoring the return of the remains of two US service members killed in Afghanistan, The Hill reported Tuesday. ....
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Chinese amb. calls US senator's coronavirus weapons research comment "absolutely crazy"
Date: 2020-02-11 07:39:12 GMT - China - World - SN:17 - ID:8306747
BEIJING, Feb 11 (MENA) - A US senator's claim that the novel coronavirus is linked to biological weapons research is "absolutely crazy," Xinhua news agency quoted Chinese Ambassador in Washington Cui Tiankai as having said. He warned that such ....
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Death toll of coronavirus reached 1,017
Date: 2020-02-11 07:08:30 GMT - China - World - SN:13 - ID:8306726
BEIJING, Feb 11 (MENA) - China's National Health Commission said on Tuesday death toll of the novel coronavirus rose to 1,017 and the number of confirmed infection cases reached 42,708. Provincial-level regions on the Chinese mainland as well as ....
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N. Korea deploys 500 workers to border with China as anti-coronavirus measure
Date: 2020-02-11 06:50:12 GMT - south korea - World - SN:12 - ID:8306695
SEOUL, Feb 11 (MENA) - North Korea has dispatched around 500 workers to the country's border with China in the latest move to prevent an outbreak of the highly contagious new coronavirus on its soil, Yonhap news agency quoted a Red Cross report as ....
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14 Rohingya die, dozens unaccounted for as boat sinks off Bangladesh
Date: 2020-02-11 06:26:33 GMT - Bangladesh - World - SN:11 - ID:8306677
DHAKA, Feb 11 (MENA) - At least 14 people drowned and dozens more were unaccounted for after a boat carrying Rohingya refugees sank off southern Bangladesh early Tuesday, France 24 quoted officials as saying. Some 130 people were packed on the ....
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Afghan Defense Ministry: 11 people killed, injured in suicide attack in Kabul
Date: 2020-02-11 06:25:06 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:10 - ID:8306690
KABUL, Feb 11 (MENA) - Afghan Defense Ministry confirmed on Tuesday that a suicide bombing in Kabul left at least four military personnel and one civilian killed, while five other military personnel and at least one civilian were injured. The ....
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Pentagon: 109 US troops diagnosed with brain injuries after Iran missile attack
Date: 2020-02-11 05:59:59 GMT - USA - World - SN:9 - ID:8306652
WASHINGTON, Feb 11 (MENA) - The Pentagon says 109 US service members have been diagnosed with traumatic brain injuries following Iran's missile attack on a base in Iraq last month, ABC news reported on Tuesday. Iran launched at least a dozen ....
