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European Parliament approves deal for UK to leave the European Union
Date: 2020-01-29 18:45:42 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:64 - ID:8290346
BRUSSELS, Jan 29 (MENA) – The European Parliament has backed the Brexit deal by 621 to 49 votes, paving the way for the UK to leave the European Union on Friday (31 January), Euronews reported. The deal will now go to the European Council, which ....
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WHO officials say coronavirus spread outside of China is of ‘grave concern’
Date: 2020-01-29 18:44:18 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:63 - ID:8290309
GENEVA, Jan 29 (MENA) – The spread of a fast-moving virus outside of China is of “grave concern” and has prompted the World Health Organization to reconvene an emergency meeting this week to decide whether it’s become a global health emergency, CNBC ....
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British Airways halts flights to mainland China
Date: 2020-01-29 07:48:12 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:15 - ID:8289187
LONDON, Jan 29 (MENA) - British Airways has suspended all flights to mainland China as the number of coronavirus cases in the country surpassed the SARS epidemic, Sky News reported Wednesday. The airline has also suspended bookings on its website ....
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China reports 132 deaths of coronavirus
Date: 2020-01-29 05:42:51 GMT - China - World - SN:5 - ID:8289099
BEIJING, Jan 29 (MENA) - Chinese health authorities announced Wednesday that 5,974 confirmed cases of pneumonia caused by the novel coronavirus had been reported in 31 provincial-level regions by the end of Tuesday. A total of 132 people have ....
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Trump announces Middle East peace proposal 2 last Washington
Date: 2020-01-28 19:29:08 GMT - USA - World - SN:83 - ID:8288973
"Jerusalem will remain Israel's undivided, very important, undivided capital," Trump stressed. But the plan would also provide the Palestinians with a capital in occupied East Jerusalem, he said, while indicating that the West Bank would not be ....
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Trump announces Middle East peace proposal
Date: 2020-01-28 18:20:24 GMT - USA - World - SN:80 - ID:8288894
WASHINGTON, Jan 28 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump announced basic elements of a proposal for Middle East peace as he stood next to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House East Room on Tuesday, CBS News reported. The plan ....
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WHO chief confident in China's epidemic prevention, control ability
Date: 2020-01-28 13:10:50 GMT - China - World - SN:52 - ID:8288262
BEIJING, Jan 28 (MENA) - The chief of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tuesday said the WHO speaks highly of the decisive measures the Chinese government has taken and is confident in China's epidemic prevention and control ability. WHO ....
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8 killed as fire erupts in Lahore’s hair spray factory
Date: 2020-01-28 06:51:15 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:11 - ID:8287614
ISLAMABAD, Jan 28 (MENA) - Eight people were killed after a fire erupted in a hair spray factory in Lahore’s Ferozewala early Tuesday, SAMAA TV reported. The deceased include four laborers and a family of four that was living in an apartment ....
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China virus death toll jumps to 106; confirmed cases climb to over 4,500
Date: 2020-01-28 06:37:34 GMT - China - World - SN:10 - ID:8287599
BEIJING, Jan 28 (MENA) - Chinese health authorities announced Tuesday that 4,515 confirmed cases of pneumonia caused by the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) had been reported in the country, Xinhua reported Tuesday. A total of 106 people died of ....
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Germany confirms first case of coronavirus
Date: 2020-01-28 06:25:11 GMT - Germany - World - SN:7 - ID:8287584
BERLIN, Jan 28 (MENA) - The first case of the coronavirus was confirmed in Germany, DW reported Tuesday quoting a spokesman for the Bavarian Health Ministry. The man who contracted the virus is from Starnberg, 30 kilometers (18 miles) south of ....
