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Angry mom blasts daycare teacher for writing note on son’s stomach
Being a single mother with a fulltime job has its own set of challenges. Not being able to keep a regular track on the notes sent by teachers is one of them. A Florida woman named Heather Chisum was guilty
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Iranian factory makes U.S. and Israeli flags to burn
KHOMEIN: Business is booming at Iran’s largest flag factory which makes U.S., British and Israeli flags for Iranian protesters to burn. At the factory in the town of Khomein, southwest of the capital Tehran, young men and women print the
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Mali plans to increase the size of its army to rein in jihadists
BAMAKO: Mali will increase the size of its army by about 50% in a recruitment drive this year aimed at uprooting jihadist groups, Prime Minister Boubou Cisse said on Wednesday. The plan is to hire 10,000 new soldiers in the
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Virus anxiety weighs on Asian stocks, boosts safe-haven bid
SINGAPORE: Asian stocks slipped while gold and bonds were in demand on Thursday as worries about the spread of a new virus from China sent investors heading for safety. The Federal Reserve kept interest rates unchanged on Wednesday, as expected,
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More Japanese evacuated from China virus epicenter as death toll climbs
TOKYO/SHANGHAI: A plane of Japanese evacuees from the virus-hit Chinese city of Wuhan arrived in Tokyo on Thursday as the total number of confirmed deaths from the newly identified pathogen in the country rose by 38 to 170 and infections
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Australia scientists claim first re-creation of coronavirus outside China
SYDNEY: A team of scientists in Australia said today that they have successfully developed a lab-grown version of coronavirus, the first to be recreated outside of China, in a breakthrough that could help combat the global spread of the illness.
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Breaking: Strong quake hits Carribean
KUALA LUMPUR: A strong earthquake with a magnitude of 7.0 on the Richter scale occurred in the Caribbean at 3.10 am today (Malaysian time). The Malaysian Meteorological Department, in a statement, said the quake occurred at a depth of 10
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Trump leaps into Middle East fray with peace plan that Palestinians denounce
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump yesterday proposed creating a Palestinian state as part of a Middle East peace plan, drawing Palestinian condemnation for imposing strict conditions and agreeing to let Israel maintain control of long-contested West Bank settlements. Trump announced
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US says 50 troops now diagnosed with traumatic brain injury after Iran strike
WASHINGTON: The Pentagon said yesterday 50 US service members were now diagnosed with traumatic brain injury after missile strikes by Iran on a base in Iraq earlier this month, 16 more than the military had previously announced. President Donald Trump
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China virus death toll passes 100, US and Canada issue travel advisory
SHANGHAI: The US warned against travel to China yesterday and Canada issued a more narrow travel warning as the death toll from the spreading coronavirus passed 100, with tens of millions stranded during the biggest holiday of the year and
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