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Australia readies for more bushfires with temperatures set to soar
SYDNEY: Australian officials today warned communities in hard-hit eastern states to strengthen bushfire defences as soaring temperatures and strong winds were set to return, threatening to reignite some blazes and start fresh ones. Since September, Australia has been battling bushfires
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Republicans in Trump impeachment face new pressure after Bolton expose
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump’s fellow Republicans in the US Senate came under renewed pressure yesterday to allow witnesses in his impeachment trial, while his defence team ignored new disclosures from a former top White House adviser. The elephant in
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Former NBA star Kobe Bryant, daughter killed in helicopter crash near L.A
CALABASAS, Calif.: Kobe Bryant, one of the NBA’s all-time greatest players whose international stardom transcended basketball, was killed at age 41 yesterday in a helicopter crash near Los Angeles along with his 13-year-old daughter and seven others on board, officials
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Claims of 2019 novel coronavirus created in a lab are bogus
KUALA LUMPUR: Claims by some netizens that the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) was made in laboratories with its vaccine readily available, was not accurate, said Factcheck.org, a non-profit organisation working with Facebook to debunk misinformation. In fact, it said, there
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US says 34 troops diagnosed with traumatic brain injury after Iran strike
WASHINGTON: The Pentagon said yesterday that 34 service members had been diagnosed with traumatic brain injury following missile strikes by Iran on a base in Iraq earlier this month, a number higher than the military had previously announced. President Donald
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Adam Schiff is becoming Exhibit A in president’s defence
WASHINGTON: The lawmaker walking US senators methodically through the case for removing President Donald Trump from office is also becoming Exhibit A in efforts by the president’s allies to defend him. Over the first three days of Trump’s impeachment trial,
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US health officials confirm second case of Wuhan coronavirus
The US Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) yesterday confirmed a second US case of the new coronavirus from China in a Chicago woman, and said as many as 63 potential cases were being investigated as the sometimes deadly
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Australia declares first confirmed case of coronavirus
Australia confirmed its first case of the new coronavirus today in the state of Victoria, while the national government urged people not to travel to Hubei province in China, the epicentre of the outbreak. A Chinese national in his 50s,
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Powerful earthquake jolts eastern Turkey, killing 18
A powerful earthquake struck eastern Turkey yesterday, killing at least 18 people and collapsing buildings in affected towns near the centre of the tremor, which was felt in several neighbouring countries. The magnitude 6.8 quake shook Elazig province, about 550km
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Bushfires: Australia yet to respond to help offer – DPM
PUTRAJAYA: Australia has yet to respond to Malaysia’s offer of assistance in dealing with the continent’s worst ever bushfire crisis, Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail said. She said with the current situation in Australia, the
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