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Afghan president, US envoy discuss deal with Taliban
Date: 2020-02-20 08:06:58 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:15 - ID:8319703
KABUL, Feb 20 (MENA) - US special envoy Zalmay Khalilzad and Afghan President Ashraf Ghani discussed a US deal with Taliban militants on a weeklong reduction in violence, US News reported. The Afghan presidential palace in a statement quoted ....
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German police find body of suspected Hanau attacker
Date: 2020-02-20 08:00:49 GMT - Germany - World - SN:14 - ID:8319694
BERLIN, Feb 20 (MENA) - German Police say a person suspected of killing nine people and injuring several others near Frankfurt in Germany has been found dead in his home, according to ABC News. According to a police tweet early on Thursday ....
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Indonesia wants to evacuate citizens on board Diamond Princess
Date: 2020-02-20 07:41:33 GMT - Indonesia - World - SN:13 - ID:8319701
JAKARTA, Feb 20 (MENA) - Indonesia will help evacuate its citizens on board the Diamond Princess cruise ship, the country’s chief development minister Muhadjir Effendy told reporters, according to CNBC. The coronavirus-stricken cruise ship is ....
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China launches 4 new technology experiment satellites
Date: 2020-02-20 07:41:19 GMT - China - World - SN:12 - ID:8319692
BEIJING, Feb 20 (MENA) - China sent four new technology experiment satellites into planned orbit from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province Thursday, according to the official Xinhua news agency. The ....
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Two more Russians from Diamond Princess Cruise ship diagnosed with Coronavirus - embassy
Date: 2020-02-20 07:37:49 GMT - Russia - World - SN:10 - ID:8319716
MOSCOW, Feb 20 (MENA) - The Russian Embassy to Japan told reporters Thursday that Japanese doctors diagnosed coronavirus infection in two Russian nationals from the Diamond Princess cruise ship, Sputnik news agency reported. "As a result of a ....
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800 SK hynix workers in self-quarantine over new coronavirus
Date: 2020-02-20 07:12:45 GMT - south korea - World - SN:7 - ID:8319689
SEOUL, Feb 20 (MENA) - SK hynix Inc., the world's No. 2 memory chipmaker, said Thursday that about 800 workers at its South Korean headquarters have been self-quarantined as a precautionary measure to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus, ....
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S. Korea's virus cases soar to 82 amid fears of community spread
Date: 2020-02-20 06:32:23 GMT - south korea - World - SN:6 - ID:8319630
SEOUL, Feb 20 (MENA) - South Korea reported 31 new cases of the new coronavirus Thursday, bringing the total number of infections here to 82, with most new cases centered on the southeastern city of Daegu, Yonhap news agency reported. This ....
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2 elderly passengers of virus-hit ship die in Japan
Date: 2020-02-20 06:29:30 GMT - Japan - World - SN:5 - ID:8319634
TOKYO, Feb 20 (MENA) - Two elderly Japanese passengers from the Diamond Princess, a coronavirus-hit cruise ship docked in Yokohama, have died, Kyodo reported Thursday. The two were an 87-year-old man and an 84-year-old woman who both had ....
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China reports 394 new confirmed cases of coronavirus infection, 114 new deaths
Date: 2020-02-20 05:43:18 GMT - China - World - SN:3 - ID:8319593
BEIJING, Feb 20 (MENA) - Chinese health authority Thursday said it received reports of 394 new confirmed cases of novel coronavirus infection and 114 deaths on Wednesday from 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction ....
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Iran confirms first two coronavirus deaths
Date: 2020-02-19 19:33:08 GMT - Iran - World - SN:70 - ID:8319393
TEHRAN, Feb 19 (MENA) - The Iranian Health Ministry confirmed on Wednesday that two persons diagnosed with the coronavirus outbreak have died, The Tehran Times reported. Both cases were in the city of Qom and the patients had been put into ....
