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Boris Johnson appoints UK's first ever female ambassador to US
Date: 2020-02-07 13:50:44 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:23 - ID:8301889
LONDON, Feb 7 (MENA) - UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has appointed the UK’s first ever female ambassador to the United State, The Independent reported on Friday. Dame Karen Pierce, currently ambassador to the United Nations, will succeed Sir ....
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Heavy rain, floods lash eastern Australia, help with fires
Date: 2020-02-07 10:03:16 GMT - Australia - World - SN:12 - ID:8301460
CANBERRA, Feb 7 (MENA) - Heavy rains lashed parts of eastern Australian on Friday, causing some flooding in Sydney and bringing relief to firefighters still dealing with dozens of bush fires in parts of New South Wales state, ABC News ....
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Xi talks with Trump over phone on novel coronavirus as China reports 1,540 recovery cases; rise of death toll to 636
Date: 2020-02-07 08:00:27 GMT - China - World - SN:6 - ID:8301452
BEIJING, Feb 7 (MENA) - Chinese President Xi Jinping spoke over phone with U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday morning, asserting to him that since the outbreak of the novel coronavirus epidemic, the Chinese government and people have been making ....
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Second Canadian plane to evacuate citizens from Wuhan next week
Date: 2020-02-06 21:09:00 GMT - Canada - World - SN:84 - ID:8301281
OTTAWA, Feb 6 (MENA) - The Canadian federal government has chartered a second flight to bring Canadians home from the centre of the global novel coronavirus outbreak next week, the Canadian Press reported. Foreign Affairs Minister ....
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S. Korea reports 4 more cases of novel coronavirus
Date: 2020-02-06 21:01:29 GMT - south korea - World - SN:83 - ID:8301270
SEOUL, Feb 6 (MENA) – South Korea confirmed four more cases of novel coronavirus infections Thursday, bringing the total here to 23, with one case being a person who initially tested negative for the illness but was found to be infected in the ....
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Trump hails acquittal, lashes out at opponents
Date: 2020-02-06 19:51:02 GMT - USA - World - SN:80 - ID:8301204
WASHINGTON, Feb 6 (MENA) – US President Donald Trump on Thursday denounced the “evil” and “corrupt” Democrats who impeached him as he claimed vindication following his acquittal in a Senate trial and expressed deep resentment at the investigations ....
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North Korea bars new foreign diplomats to block virus
Date: 2020-02-06 19:18:03 GMT - North Korea - World - SN:78 - ID:8301173
PYONGYANG, Feb 6 (MENA) – North Korea barred new foreign diplomats from entering the country as it intensified efforts to contain the coronavirus, VOA reported Thursday. Pyongyang informed foreign embassies of the measure in a diplomatic letter, ....
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WHO: 250,000 test samples sent to 70 laboratories around the world to speed up nCoV detection
Date: 2020-02-06 18:43:55 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:76 - ID:8301104
GENEVA, Feb 6 (MENA) - WHO Health Emergencies Programme Executive Director Dr Michael Ryan said the agency has also sent some 250,000 test samples to more than 70 laboratories around the world to speed up virus detection. This came in a press ....
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OIC celebrates Azerbaijan's Gabala as OIC City of Tourism 2020
Date: 2020-02-06 12:32:29 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - World - SN:38 - ID:8300426
RIYADH, Feb 6 (MENA) - The General Secretariat of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), in coordination with the Republic of Azerbaijan and the OIC institutions, is developing a program full of tourism, culture, arts, heritage festivals and ....
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Coronavirus death toll climbs to 564: China
Date: 2020-02-06 09:36:33 GMT - China - World - SN:21 - ID:8300058
BEIJING, Feb 6 (MENA) - The death toll and number of people infected by the novel coronavirus continues to grow, with no signs of slowing despite severe quarantine and population control methods put in place in central China, according to ....
