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Parisians vote to elect mayor amid virus scare A person walks by metal panels intended for the posting of campaign posters for Frances March 2020 mayoral elections in Paris ahead of the first round of the mayoral elections in France on March 14, 2020. (Photo by AFP)
Paris votes in the first round of mayoral elections on Sunday but in a tight race,... |
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USAID chief to leave post amid worsening coronavirus pandemic USAID chief Mark Green (File photo)
The head of the US Agency for International Development plans to resign from his post at the end of this month amid the worsening coronavirus pandemic.
According to two people familiar with the move, former GOP Rep. Mark Green will submit his resignation to President... |
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Trump tested negative for the coronavirus: White House physician US President Donald Trump (AFP photo)
US President Donald Trump has tested negative for the coronavirus, White House physician Sean Conley has confirmed.
On Saturday, the president said he had taken the test the night before after being questioned about it during a Rose Garden address early on Friday.
He... |
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Coronavirus updates: Spain declares emergency state, some EU states block entry A South Korean tourists wearing a protective face mask walks near the El Prado museum in the Spanish capital of Madrid on March 12, 2020. (Photo by AFP)
The Spanish government has declared a state of emergency as the country - the hardest hit by the new coronavirus in Europe after Italy - struggles... |
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Australia supermarket shelves empty again due to virus panic Some shelves are empty in supermarkets in Sydney after panic buying.
Australian shoppers flocked to supermarkets across Sydney on Saturday (March 14) to stock up on supplies as the spread of coronavirus sparked more panic-buying.
To prevent shoppers around the country from further stripping supermarket... |
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50,000 children die every year in Yemen: Ansarullah A child suffering from malnutrition lies on a bed at a treatment center in al-Sabeen Maternal Hospital in the Yemeni capital Sanaa on June 22, 2019. (Photo by AFP)
Yemens Houthi Ansaruallh movement says the years-long Saudi-led war and blockade against the impoverished Arab country has increased infant... |
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Syria won war against terrorism, but Turkey pulled agonizingly: EX-CIA official Syrian army soldiers gather with vehicles in a square in the town of Saraqib in the northwestern Idlib Province on March 6, 2020, as government forces wrested control over it. (Photo by AFP)
The government of Syrian President Basher al-Assad has managed to score a victory in the nine-year war with the... |
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Kenya, Ethiopia join expanding list of African states with coronavirus Kenyan health workers wear protective suits during a demonstration for preparations for any potential cases of the new coronavirus dubbed COVID-19, at the Mbgathi District hospital in Nairobi on March 6, 2020. (Photo by AFP)
Kenya, Ethiopia, Sudan, Guinea and Mauritania all confirmed their first cases... |
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US House of Representatives passes coronavirus aid package bill Nurses wearing protective clothing handle a bag with a potentially infected coronavirus swab at the University of Washington Medical campus in Seattle, Washington, on March 13, 2020. (Getty Images)
The US House of Representatives has passed a coronavirus aid package that would provide free testing and... |
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Muslims still feel unsafe a year after New Zealand massacre A survivor of the Christchurch mosque attacks, Taj Mohammed Kamra (C) leaves after attending congregational Friday prayers, two days ahead of the first anniversary of the Christchurch mosque shootings, at Horncastle Arena in Christchurch on March 13, 2020. (Photo by AFP)
Aliya Danzeisen rises before... |
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EU chief slates moves to close blocs borders On Friday, as the coronavirus crisis continued to intensify, EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen held a press conference in Brussels at which she announced her administration is setting up a €37bn fund designed to ease the impact of the disease. She criticized moves by member states, Czech... |
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Trump biggest liar on earth: Nasrallah on US corona transparency Frame grab from a televised speech by the Lebanese resistance movement of Hezbollahs Secretary-General Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah
Secretary-general of the Lebanese resistance movement of Hezbollah strongly criticizes the USs avoiding transparency concerning the extent of the outbreak of the deadly new... |
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Trump declares national emergency over coronavirus US President Donald Trump takes questions from reporters at a news conference about COVID-19, known as the coronavirus, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC, March 13, 2020. (AFP photo)
US President Donald Trump has declared a national emergency over the fast-spreading coronavirus,... |
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Greece hands reins to first female president Newly elected Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou thanks the lawmakers during the swearing-in ceremony at the parliament in Athens, Greece March 13, 2020. (Photo by Reuters)
Greece on Friday swore in the first female president in its history as the country grapples with over 100 coronavirus cases.
Katerina... |
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Analyst: US sanctions act of war on Iran, US Treasury hotbed of Zionism US Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin attends a hearing of the Senate Finance Committee on Capitol Hill, February 12, 2020, in Washington, DC. (Photo by AFP)
The US sanctions imposed on Iran are an "act of war" as they hamper the Islamic Republics efforts to counter the new coronavirus pandemic,... |
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Australian minister who met with Ivanka Trump has coronavirus Australias Minister for Home Affairs Peter Dutton announces measures against online sexual exploitation on March 5, 2020 during a press conference at the Department of Justice in Washington, DC. (Photo by AFP)
A senior Australian politician tested positive for the new coronavirus and entered hospital... |
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Iran: Trump must reassess behaviour of US forces in region US forces at Camp Taji, Iraq (Photo by AFP)
Iran says US President Donald Trump must reconsider behavior of occupying American forces in the region instead of leveling groundless accusations against other countries.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi on Friday rejected the "baseless" accusations... |
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Iran slams Trumps hypocritical, repulsive virus aid offer amid US medical terrorism This image shows Iranian medical staff in a hospital in the northern Golestan province amid the ongoing coronavirus outbreak in March 2020. (Photo by Tasnim)
Iran slams a recent offer by US President Donald Trump to "assist" it to counter the coronavirus outbreak as a repulsive display of hypocrisy... |
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Sick people across US being denied coronavirus test: Report Medical workers at Kaiser Permanente test a patient for the novel coronavirus at a drive-thru testing facility in San Francisco, California on March 12, 2020. (AFP photo)
Sick people across the United States say they are being denied the coronavirus test, as American states scramble to slow the spread... |
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Iraqi leaders condemn rocket attack on base housing US troops near Baghdad US military personnel carry a transfer case for a slain service member at Dover Air Force Base on March 11, 2020 in Dover, Delaware. (Photo by AFP)
Iraqi leaders have condemned a Wednesday rocket attack that hit a military base housing American troop near the capital Baghdad.
Iraqi President Barham... |
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Syria says will stand by allies on resistance axis to expel US from Western Asia A Syrian army soldier stands overlooking a motorway in the town of Saraqib in the northwestern Idlib Province on March 6, 2020, as government forces assumed control over it. (Photo by AFP)
A senior adviser to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad hails "constant coordination" between Damascus and its allies... |
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Merkel says two-thirds of Germans likely to get coronavirus German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrives at the Reichstag building for a sitting of the Bundestag (Germanys federal parliament), in Berlin, Germany, on March 5, 2020. (Photo by AFP)
Germany will spend what it takes to tackle the coronavirus, which is likely to infect up to 70% of the population in Europes... |
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1 dead, 41 injured after trains collide in Mexico City Police are seen at the entrance of Tacubaya metro station, where two trains collided, causing the death of a passenger, in Mexico City, Mexico, on March 11, 2020. (Photo by AFP)
At least one person was killed and 41 were injured when two trains collided on Mexico Citys metro network late on Tuesday,... |
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Trump bans travel from Europe to US over coronavirus US President Donald Trump speaks about the US response to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic during an address to the nation from the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, US, March 11, 2020. Photo by Doug Mills-Pool/Getty Images
President Donald Trump has suspended travel from Europe to the... |
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Warplanes hit Syrian-Iraqi border area, kill 18 Iraqi forces Members of Iraqs Popular Mobilization Units secure the border area with Syria in al-Qaim in Iraqs Anbar province, opposite Al-Bukamal in Syrias Deir Ez-Zor. (Photo by AFP)
Warplanes have struck an area in eastern Syria near the Iraqi border, killing at least 18 members of the Iraqi Popular Mobilization... |
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US military curtails Europe exercise over Coronavirus fears Military personnel unload M1 Abrams Fighting tanks of the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, as US military equipment arrives to the Port of Bremerhaven the United States for the Defender 2020 international military exercises on February 21, 2020. (AFP photo)
The US military has announced... |
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Two Americans, Briton killed in attack on base housing US troops near Baghdad: Report In this file picture, US forces train Iraqi soldiers during a military exercise at Camp Taji, north of Baghdad, Iraq, on March 20, 2017. (Photo by The Associated Press)
Two Americans and a British personnel are killed after over a dozen Katyusha rockets hit a military base housing American troops near... |
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Israeli forces shoot dead Palestinian teen boy in northern West Bank Israeli military forces have shot and killed a Palestinian teenage boy as tensions continue in the occupied Palestinian territories as part of the aftermath of US President Donald Trumps announcement of his so-called deal of the century on the decades-old Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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Russias upper house overwhelmingly approves Putin-proposed reforms Russian President Vladimir Putin leaves after addressing lawmakers debating on the second reading of the constitutional reform bill during a session of the State Duma, Russias lower house of parliament, in Moscow, March 10, 2020. (File photo by AFP)
Russias upper house of parliament has overwhelmingly... |
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Russias Duma definitively approves reform of presidential term limits Russian President Vladimir Putin addresses lawmakers debating on the second reading of the constitutional reform bill, during a session of the State Duma, Russias lower house of parliament, in Moscow, Russia, on March 10, 2020. (Photo by AFP)
The Russian lower house of parliament on Wednesday gave... |
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