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COVID-19: Global economy affected due to coronavirus rise outside China
NEW YORK: The S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average suffered their biggest one-day percentage losses in two years after a surge in coronavirus cases outside China, fanning worries about the global economic impact of a potential pandemic, yesterday.
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Wisma Putra: Malaysians not affected by the Turkey-Iran earthquake
KUALA LUMPUR: There were no reports of any Malaysians affected by the earthquake in the region of Van Province in the Republic of Turkey and West Azerbaijan in the Islamic Republic of Iran, yesterday, according to Wisma Putra’s statement. The
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Democrat rivals to stem Sanders’ rise after his big win in Nevada
NORTH CHARLESTON, SC: As Bernie Sanders looked to cement his front-runner status in the US Democratic presidential race after his dominant win in Nevada, his rivals sought in rallies yesterday to blunt his momentum ahead of 15 nominating contests in
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Trump accuses Schiff of trying to sabotage Sanders
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump accused Representative Adam Schiff of leaking classified information on Russian interference in the 2020 US election, to hurt Democratic presidential front-runner Bernie Sanders, yesterday. Speaking to reporters as he left the White House for a
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Iran announces low poll turnout, blames coronavirus ‘propaganda’
DUBAI: Iran yesterday announced a 42% turnout in its parliamentary election, the lowest since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, while its top leader said Tehran’s enemies played up the new coronavirus threat to dissuade people from voting. With Iran facing growing
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US judge rejects Stone’s request she be kicked off his case
WASHINGTON: A US federal judge yesterday denied a request by Roger Stone’s lawyers that she be removed from the case in which she last week sentenced the long-time adviser to President Donald Trump to three years and four months in
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COVID-19: Concerns over the spread of coronavirus in South Korea, Italy and Iran
SEOUL/SHANGHAI: International concern about the spread of coronavirus outside China grew yesterday, with sharp rises infections in South Korea, Italy and Iran. The government in Seoul put the country on high alert after the number of infections surged over 600,
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Pope Francis pour cold water on Trump’s Mideast peace plan
BARI, Italy: Pope Francis warned against “inequitable solutions”, to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, saying they would only be a prelude to new crises, in an apparent reference to US President Donald Trump’s Middle East peace proposal, yesterday. Francis made his comments
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New COVID-19 cases fall in China, but WHO concerned by global spread
BEIJING: China reported a sharp fall in new deaths and cases of the coronavirus yesterday but world health officials warned it was too early to make predictions about the outbreak as new infections continued to rise in other countries. Chinese
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WHO: Results from clinical trials of therapeutics on COVID-19 due in three weeks
GENEVA: The World Health Organization (WHO) said that preliminary results from clinical trials of therapeutics against COVID-19 are expected in three weeks, reported Xinhua, yesterday. “We’re also looking forward to results from two clinical trials of therapeutics prioritised by the
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