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France: Sentences handed down in Charlie Hebdo attacks
PARIS: A French court handed down prison sentences ranging from four years to life Wednesday to 14 defendants considered accomplices in the Jan 7 to 9, 2015 attacks across the Ile-de-France region, including Paris, that left 17 people dead at the
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COVID-19: Hisham joins coalition of global scientists
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian Health Director-General Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah has joined a coalition of global scientists in their efforts to respond to COVID-19 pandemic in resource-poor settings. Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi) in a statement today said, Hisham
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COVID-19: South Korea reports more recoveries for first time
SEOUL: South Korea reported more recoveries from the coronavirus than new infections today for the first time, since its outbreak emerged in January, as a downward trend in daily cases raised hopes, that Asia’s biggest epidemic outside China may be
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Chinese tourist in France becomes first to die in Europe of coronavirus
SHANGHAI/PARIS: An 80-year-old Chinese tourist infected with the coronavirus has died in France, the first fatality in Europe and the fourth outside mainland China from an epidemic that has shut Chinese factories, curbed travel and disrupted global supply chains. The
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France ready to contribute to Ukrainian jet crash probe
France is available to contribute to the probe on a Ukrainian airliner that crashed on Wednesday in Iran, French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said today. “It is important that as much clarity as possible is made and as quickly
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France, US set two week target for resolving digital tax spat
France and the United States have given themselves two weeks to try and resolve a row over a French digital tax, Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said today. “I had a long talk with US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin. We
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Police arrest suspected mosque shooter
PARIS: French police have arrested a man suspected of firing shots at a mosque in Bayonne in the southwest of France on yesterday. Two people, aged 74 and 78, were seriously injured in the shooting at 2.20pm as they tried
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