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100s of Americans quarantined in California after fleeing coronavirus epicenter Another group of nearly 350 Americans airlifted from the epicenter of Chinas fast-spreading coronavirus outbreak have been placed under quarantine at two military bases in California, as the number of confirmed US cases of the disease rose to 12.
The travelers aboard two State Department-chartered... |
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Turkey-Syria clashes complicate Moscow relations Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has said his country is determined to retaliate against any attacks against its forces in Syria and warned Russia not to stand in the way of Turkish military action.
Erdogan also demanded that Russia assumes its obligations in Syrias Idlib province, one... |
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Trump acquitted by Senate in impeachment trial GOP-majority US Senate has voted to acquit US President Donald Trump of both articles of impeachment.
Supreme Court chief justice John Roberts started the vote Wednesday in the upper chamber of US Congress, where the presidents supporters hold the majority.
Republican Senator Mitt Romney was the... |
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At least 200 killed or abused after being deported by US to El Salvador: HRW At least 200 people have been either murdered or abused and sexually assaulted after the US deported them back to El Salvador as US President Donald Trump continues crackdown on "illegal aliens."
The Human Rights Watch has documented 138 cases of murder as well as 70 cases of abuse or sexual assault... |
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US polarization at its height as Pelosi rips up Trumps speech Bitter divisions ruling the US political scene were exposed as President Donald Trump was delivering his State of the Union speech to Congress on the eve of his impeachment trial.
Trump avoided mentioning the subject of his impeachment during his 80-minute speech on Tuesday, but bipartisan tension... |
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US plans to impose new curbs on China and Huawei Senior officials in the administration of US President Donald Trump plan to meet this month to discuss further curbing technology exports to Huawei and other Chinese companies, and to coordinate the broader US war with China over technological dominance.
The gathering, currently scheduled for February... |
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US Air Force suicides soar by a record 33% in 2019 The US Air Force says 137 personnel across the active duty, National Guard and Reserve died by suicide in 2019, a 33 percent increase over the previous year.
"Suicide is a difficult national problem without easily identifiable solutions that has the full attention of leadership," Lieutenant General... |
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China coronavirus outbreak: Death toll approaches 500 The death toll from the coronavirus outbreak in China has approached 500, and more than 24,000 others have been infected with the rapidly spreading virus, which is also taking a toll on the world economy.
Chinas National Health Commission confirmed that the death toll was now at 490, after Hubai... |
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Ayatollah Khamenei: Trump deal to die sooner than Trump himself Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says Donald Trumps pro-occupation plan for ending the Palestinian-Israeli conflict will suffer demise even before the US president himself.
Ayatollah Khamenei made the remarks on Wednesday in an address to a group of Iranians hailing... |
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Trump delivers third State of the Union speech US President Donald Trump has delivered his third State of the Union speech, boasting about how great America has become since he took office.
During his speech at the House chamber on Tuesday night, Trump talked of how strong the US economy is, claiming that "years of economic decay are over."
"Three... |
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Russia starts production of S-400 systems for India Russia says it has started the production of a batch of S-400 missile defense systems for India under a deal the two countries reached two years ago, despite threats of sanctions made by the United States against New Delhi over the purchase of the advanced Russian systems.
The S-400 Triumph missile... |
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EU to unveil reforms in accession system to appease France The European Commission is to propose changes to the European Union (EU)s accession system to accommodate French concerns and end Frances opposition to the membership of certain new countries.
The plans, expected to be unveiled on Wednesday, are part of changes to the EUs executive system that... |
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Turkey takes up its Syria accusations with Russia Turkey accuses the Syrian military of targeting its observation posts in the northwestern Syrian province of Idlib, claiming it is up to Russia to "stop" Damascus.
"I told my counterpart Sergei Lavrov that the regime was carrying out provocative attacks on our observations posts around Idlib (the... |
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WHO says coronavirus outbreak not yet a pandemic The World Health Organization (WHO), which belatedly announced a global health emergency after the outbreak of a deadly coronavirus in China and beyond, says the outbreak does not yet constitute a "pandemic."
Sylvie Briand, head of WHOs Global Infectious Hazard Preparedness division, made the assertion... |
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Long-Bailey sets out her vision for Labour reform Labour leadership candidate, Rebecca Long-Bailey, has pledged to fight "mismanagement" and poor "organisational culture" if she wins the Labour leadership race.
Long-bailey, who is favourite to replace outgoing leader Jeremy Corbyn, says her aim is to "professionalise" the Labour party with a view... |
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Pakistans deficit under microscope as IMF review begins Pakistan will come under pressure to convince the International Monetary Fund (IMF) it can bring down a ballooning fiscal deficit, as a review on the future course of its $6 billion financial aid program gets under way.
An IMF team sent to review benchmarks set as part of the deal began formal meetings... |
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Coronavirus in US, 11 cases confirmed The United States says 11 cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in five states, and that health officials are awaiting test results on dozens more possible cases.
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said six of the coronavirus cases have been confirmed in California. Illinois... |
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Two killed, one wounded in shooting at Texas university campus Two women have been killed and a toddler wounded in a shooting at a university campus in the US state of Texas.
Authorities said the wounded toddler, a boy about 2 years old, was in stable condition at a local hospital, Texas A&M-Commerce Police Chief Bryan Vaughn said in a briefing. He provided... |
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Muslim group OIC rejects Trumps Middle East plan The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has rejected US President Donald Trumps so-called "deal of the century" on the decades-old Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
The OIC convened in Jeddah on Monday to discuss the plan Trump unveiled alongside Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the... |
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Morales says wants to go home, run for senator in upcoming general elections Former Bolivian president Evo Morales has announced his willingness to return home from exile and run for senator in the upcoming general elections scheduled for May.
Morales said in an interview published on Sunday that he wanted to leave Argentina, where is currently living in exile, even though... |
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China opens new hospital amid ongoing intl. contingency plans China has finished the construction of an emergency hospital in just eight days in Wuhan, the city at the center of the new Coronovirus outbreak as the epidemic continues to claim more lives and infect more people across the country and beyond its borders.
Work had begun on the construction of the... |
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Saudi media try to rationalize betrayal of Palestinians under Trump plan Saudi media outlets have rallied behind their rulers in supporting US President Donald Trumps Middle East plan, warning Palestinians that they would regret if they rejected the extremely biased initiative.
Riyadh has welcomed Trumps plan, saying "the Kingdom appreciates the efforts made by President... |
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Attacker in London terrorist incident identified as Daesh sympathizer British police have identified as Sudesh Amman the attacker who stabbed two people in the Streatham district of south London on Sunday and later was shot dead by armed officers.
The incident left three people, a man and two women, injured, according to the Metropolitan Police.
A man who had received... |
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US Democrats planning to skip State of the Union address, hold protests Some House Democrats are planning to skip President Donald Trumps State of the Union address on Tuesday, while others are preparing to hold protests against it.
Trump will deliver his speech a day before Wednesday when the final vote in the Senate trial to acquit him will likely come.
Now, some... |
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Trump says he thinks of communism when he thinks of Sanders US President Donald Trump says he thinks Senator Bernie Sanders is "a communist" because he thinks of communism when he thinks of Sanders!
He made the comments in an interview aired prior to Super Bowl LIV on Fox News.
"I think hes a communist. I mean, you know, look, I think of communism when I... |
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Arab envoys present at US Mideast plan unveiling were misled: Diplomat An Arab diplomat says ambassadors from the UAE, Bahrain and Oman who attended the unveiling ceremony of a contentious US-devised Middle East proposal were not briefed on the details of the scheme.
The unnamed diplomat told Israels Haaretz newspaper on Saturday that Washington did not disclose the... |
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Coronavirus health scare: 300 plus dead; first fatality outside China confirmed The public health emergency associated with the killer coronavirus that has already spread to over a dozen countries has raised global alarms, with the number of confirmed deaths inside China passing the 300 mark, and the first fatality from the outbreak outside China reported in the Philippines.
Health... |
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Republican Senate coverup in impeachment prompts backlash Outraged grassroots activists plan to punish Republican senators at the ballot box for what they see as a "coverup" in the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump.
Republican senators voted Friday to block witnesses and documents Trumps trial in flagrant defiance of public opinion, paving the... |
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Iraqi president appoints Mohammed Tawfiq Allawi as new premier Iraqi President Barham Salih has appointed Mohammed Tawfiq Allawi as the Arab countrys new prime minister after political parties in the parliament failed to name a candidate in two months since former premier Adel Abdul Mahdi stepped down under pressure from anti-government protests.
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Carter: Trump plan works against peace, breaches international law Former US president Jimmy Carter says the countrys current President Donald Trumps self-styled initiative for resolution of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict serves instead to compromise any prospect of "peace" and violates international law.
Carter made the remarks in a Thursday statement that was... |
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