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3 Americans dead after firefighting water bomber crashes in rural Australia
Date: 2020-01-23 09:41:49 GMT - Australia - World - SN:18 - ID:8281279
CANBERRA, Jan 23 (MENA) - Three American crew members have died in Australia after an air tanker crashed in the state of New South Wales, where fires continue to burn out of control, CNN reported Thursday. The water-bombing tanker had been ....
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Korean Air to suspend flights to Wuhan by end-January
Date: 2020-01-23 09:18:02 GMT - south korea - World - SN:17 - ID:8281287
SEOUL, Jan 23 (MENA) - Korean Air Lines Co., South Korea's national flag carrier, said Thursday it will suspend its flights to Wuhan, the Chinese city at the epicenter of a new SARS-like virus, by the end of this month, Yonhap news agency reported. ....
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S. Korean unit in Hormuz Strait ready for any circumstances: defense ministry
Date: 2020-01-23 08:36:14 GMT - south korea - World - SN:10 - ID:8281162
SEOUL, Jan 23 (MENA) - The South Korean military unit dispatched to the Strait of Hormuz maintains a full readiness posture to deal with any situations in accordance with its operation guidelines, Yonhap reported Wednesday quoting the defense ....
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Britons told not to go to Coronavirus-hit China's Wuhan
Date: 2020-01-23 08:35:48 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:9 - ID:8281104
LONDON, Jan 23 (MENA) - UK's Foreign Office has advised Britons against all but essential travel to the Chinese city of Wuhan after a new virus killed 17 and infected hundreds, Sky News reported on Thursday. Wuhan's local transport networks, ....
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New Zealand's White Island volcano disaster death toll rises to 20
Date: 2020-01-23 08:35:07 GMT - New Zealand - World - SN:8 - ID:8281105
WELLINGTON, Jan 23 (MENA) - The death toll from New Zealand's White Island volcano eruption has risen to 20, as two people still considered missing were officially confirmed dead, ABC News reported Thursday. The two individuals were 40-year-old ....
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China coronavirus deaths rise to 17
Date: 2020-01-23 08:27:35 GMT - China - World - SN:6 - ID:8281101
BEIJING, Jan 23 (MENA) - Deaths from China’s new virus rose to 17 with more than 540 cases confirmed, increasing fears of contagion from an infection suspected to originate from illegally-traded wildlife, according to CNBC. The previously ....
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Trump to add new countries to travel ban
Date: 2020-01-22 15:16:09 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:42 - ID:8280378
DAVOS, Jan 22 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump said Wednesday his administration is preparing to announce the addition of several countries to a travel ban that bars people from certain countries from entering the United States, Voice of America ....
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Pakistani FM confirms Trump's visit to Pakistan soon
Date: 2020-01-22 15:15:00 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:41 - ID:8280211
ISLAMABAD, Jan 22 (MENA) - Pakistani Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi Wednesday said that US President Donald Trump had assured that he would soon visit Pakistan. In a statement carried by the Associated Press of Pakistan, the ....
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Top judge elected as Greece's first female president
Date: 2020-01-22 10:59:57 GMT - Greece - World - SN:21 - ID:8279945
ATHENS, Jan 22 (MENA) - High court judge Katerina Sakellaropoulou has been elected as Greece's first female president with an overwhelming majority in a parliamentary vote. Lawmakers on Wednesday voted 261-33 to give the 63-year-old ....
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US urges Turkey to halt drilling in waters off Cyprus
Date: 2020-01-22 10:07:37 GMT - Greece - World - SN:16 - ID:8279741
ATHENS, Jan 22 (MENA) - The US Department has said it remains “deeply concerned” by reports of Turkey’s drilling operations in the waters off Cyprus and has urged the Turkish authorities to halt them, In-Cyprus reported Wednesday. A State ....
