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One killed, 5 injured in mass shooting in Seattle
SEATTLE: A mass shooting in the centre of Seattle, United States has left one person dead and five more injured. Sputnik news agency, citing a news item from The Seattle Times newspaper, reported that on yesterday, the city police said
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Coronavirus virus: WHO to decide today if it’s a global health emergency
The World Health Organization (WHO) said it will decide today on whether to declare a global emergency over the outbreak of a new flu-like virus spreading in and beyond China. If it does so it will be only the sixth
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World Court to rule on emergency measures in Rohingya genocide case
THE HAGUE: The International Court of Justice today will rule on a request for emergency measures by Gambia, which has filed a case against Myanmar accusing it of genocide against the Muslim minority Rohingya population. The small West African country
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Democrats to Republicans: The world is watching us!
WASHINGTON: Democrats accused President Donald Trump at his impeachment trial yesterday of a corrupt scheme to pressure Ukraine to help him get re-elected and warned that America’s global prestige would suffer if the US Senate acquits him. The Republican Trump
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Trump dismisses climate change at Davos, as Thunberg looks on
US President Donald Trump touted the success of the US economy in Davos yesterday, dismissing “perennial prophets of doom” on climate change to an audience that included Greta Thunberg. With his impeachment trial set to begin in Washington, Trump largely
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China virus spreads to US, curbing travel plans and spooking markets
The toll from the Wuhan coronavirus in China rose to six deaths yesterday and the first case was reported in the US, sending markets tumbling on fears of economic damage as tourists cancelled travel plans and airports stepped up screening.
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‘Nobody likes him’ – Hillary Clinton bashes Bernie Sanders
WASHINGTON: Hillary Clinton criticised the campaign of her former Democratic presidential rival Bernie Sanders in a new documentary in which she says he was an ineffective US senator who accomplished little because “nobody liked him.” Clinton also weighed in on
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US Senate blocks bids for documents in Trump impeachment trial
WASHINGTON: The Republican-controlled US Senate rejected three Democratic efforts yesterday to obtain documents and evidence in President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial, an early sign the proceeding could advance along lines favourable to Trump. As the third impeachment trial in US
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Iran seeks help reading plane’s black boxes amid pressure to hand them over
DUBAI: Iran has asked the US and French authorities for equipment to download information from black boxes on a downed Ukrainian airliner, a request that will add to international frustration at Tehran’s failure to send the recorders abroad for analysis.
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After SARS, the world is now under threat from another outbreak
Almost 20 years ago, a relatively unknown disease called Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) infected a person in Guangdong, south of China. Soon enough, the disease spread to more than two dozen countries such as North America, parts of South
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