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Eight children killed, injured in Afghan Kunduz explosion
Date: 2020-02-14 10:07:30 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:14 - ID:8311622
KABUL, Feb 14 (MENA) - At least five children were killed and three others wounded in an explosion in the northern province of Kunduz, Tolo news channel reported, quoting the Afghan Interior Ministry as saying. In a statement, the ministry said ....
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Official says avalanches in Afghanistan kill 21 people
Date: 2020-02-14 09:21:55 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:8 - ID:8311486
KABUL, Feb 14 (MENA) - A series of avalanches struck a central province in Afghanistan killing at least 21 people, authorities said Friday. ABC News channel quoted spokesman for the ministry of disaster management Ahmad Tameem Azimi as saying ....
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US Senate passes bipartisan resolution to curb Trump's war authority on Iran
Date: 2020-02-13 21:59:32 GMT - USA - World - SN:78 - ID:8311209
WASHINGTON, Feb 13 (MENA) - The US Senate passed a bipartisan war powers resolution on Thursday aimed at reining in US President Donald Trump’s ability to use military action against Iran without prior Congressional approval, ABC News reported. ....
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Japan confirms 1st coronavirus death as more infections reported
Date: 2020-02-13 19:18:53 GMT - Japan - World - SN:71 - ID:8311078
TOKYO, Feb 13 (MENA) - A woman in her 80s infected with the new coronavirus died Thursday, becoming Japan's first confirmed fatality, the Japanese health minister said, as more cases of infection were reported besides the hundreds on a quarantined ....
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WHO: No significant shift in mortality or severity of coronavirus cases
Date: 2020-02-13 19:13:10 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:70 - ID:8311077
GENEVA, Feb 13 (MENA) – The latest figures from China do not show a “significant shift in the pattern of mortality or severity” of the coronavirus, the World Health Organization’s Dr Michael Ryan has said. He explained that while China reported ....
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European Union could consider border closings if coronavirus escalates: Croatian minister
Date: 2020-02-13 17:38:17 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:65 - ID:8311037
BRUSSELS, Feb 13 (MENA) - A Croatian health official said closing borders across the European Union is an option if the coronavirus outbreak escalates — but global officials say that step is not necessary yet, CNN reported Thursday. Vili Beroš, ....
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Hong Kong extends school closures until March 16
Date: 2020-02-13 10:51:51 GMT - China - World - SN:15 - ID:8309937
BEIJING, Feb 13 (MENA) - Hong Kong schools will remain closed until March 16 at the earliest and an important exam for primary school pupils has been cancelled, the education minister said on Thursday, as the city battles to contain the spread of ....
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China asks for earnest implementation of outcome of Berlin conf. on Libya
Date: 2020-02-13 10:05:22 GMT - China - World - SN:12 - ID:8309940
BEIJING, Feb 13 (MENA) - A Chinese envoy asked for the earnest implementation of the outcome of last month's Berlin Conference on Libya after the UN Security Council endorsed it, Xinhua news agency reported Thursday. The UN Security Council ....
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1st coronavirus case confirmed in London
Date: 2020-02-13 06:10:48 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:1 - ID:8309816
LONDON, Feb 13 (MENA) - The first coronavirus case has been confirmed in London on Thursday, The Sun reported. The woman contracted the virus in China and flew to the UK where she tested positive at a hospital in central London this ....
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WHO says new coronavirus cases in China have stabilized, but warns that could change
Date: 2020-02-12 21:26:15 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:82 - ID:8309689
GENEVA, Feb 12 (MENA) - New coronavirus cases in China appear to have stabilized in recent days, but world health officials cautioned the public against reading too much into those numbers, CNBC reported. The outbreak could still get worse, ....
