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US suspending all visa services due to coronavirus
WASHINGTON: US is suspending all routine visa services as of yesterday, in most countries worldwide due to the coronavirus outbreak, a spokeswoman for the State Department said, an unprecedented move that will potentially impact hundreds of thousands of people. The
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COVID-19: First human trial of vaccine begins in US
UNITED STATES: Supported by a global coalition founded by India and Norway, US has begun the phase one clinical trial of an investigational vaccine designed, to protect against the coronavirus disease which has claimed the lives of over 7,000 people
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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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‘Suspected shisha bar gunman published racist manifesto’
HANAU: A man suspected of shooting dead nine people in shisha bars in a German town before killing himself and his mother had posted a manifesto online including conspiracy theories and deeply racist views, prosecutors said yesterday. The presumed attacker,
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Germany identifies first case of deadly coronavirus
Germany has declared its first confirmed case of the deadly coronavirus that broke out in China. Bavaria’s health department said late yesterday that a man in the town of Starnberg, 30 kilometres (19 miles) southwest of Munich, has been confirmed
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Germany raids offices, homes of suspected China spies
Police have raided homes and offices in Brussels and across Germany in a case involving three people suspected of spying for China, prosecutors said yesterday. Der Spiegel magazine, which first reported the raids, said one of the three suspects was
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Germany to cut troop numbers in Iraq after Soleimani’s killing
Germany is moving some of its military personnel from Iraq to neighboring countries over security concerns, the government told lawmakers, days after the killing of a top Iranian military commander in a US drone strike. About 30 of the 120
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Missing boy for more than two years found in the closet of a child pornography suspect
PUCHONG: In a news report by CNN yesterday, a teenager who has been missing for two and half years has been found alive in a closet of a child pornography suspect in west Germany. According to the police, the 15-year old boy
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German city in “state of shock” after anti-Semitic killing
BERLIN: The eastern German city of Halle remained in a state of shock, a day after an anti-Semitic shooting which left two people dead, Xinhua news agency reported, quoting a German public broadcaster. Bernd Wiegand, mayor of Halle, said in
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HK activists advise Merkel before her China trip
BERLIN: Days before Angela Merkel leaves for a tricky visit to Beijing, prominent Hong Kong activists have written to the German Chancellor calling her to be guided by her memories of life in dictatorial East Germany in her dealings with
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