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  Blast targets US embassy in Tunis, attacker dead: police

  An attacker targeted the US embassy in the Tunisian capital on Friday, causing an explosion and injuries among police before…

  Published on 06.03.2020 by AFP AFP

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  Blast targets US embassy in Tunis, attacker dead: police

  An attacker targeted the US embassy in the Tunisian capital on Friday, causing an explosion and injuries among police before…

  Published on 06.03.2020 by AFP AFP

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  China may soon lift quarantine on virus-hit Hubei province: official

  China may soon lift the quarantine imposed on the province at the epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak which has been…

  Published on 06.03.2020 by AFP AFP

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  Rare calm in Syria’s Idlib after ceasefire deal

  Syria's war-ravaged northwest woke up to relative calm Friday, its skies free of warplanes for the first day in months,…

  Published on 06.03.2020 by AFP AFP

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  Migrants, police in fresh clashes at Turkey-Greece border

  Brief clashes broke out at Turkey's border with Greece on Friday, where thousands of refugees have been encouraged to leave…

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  Rare calm in Syria’s Idlib after ceasefire deal

  Syria's war-ravaged northwest woke up to relative calm Friday, its skies free of warplanes for the first day in months,…

  Published on 06.03.2020 by AFP AFP

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  Ecuador prosecutor demands jail for ex-leader Correa in bribe case

  Ecuador's attorney general Diana Salazar Thursday called for a seven-year jail term for former president Rafael Correa who is on…

  Published on 06.03.2020 by AFP AFP

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  Wuhan residents decry ‘fake’ work as Chinese official tours city

  Videos showing residents at the centre of China's coronavirus epidemic haranguing a top Chinese official have highlighted persistent anger at…

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  Mexican men confront machismo culture in therapy to combat violence against women

  In an improvised therapy room in a large house in the center of Mexico City, a group of men aged…

  Published on 06.03.2020 by AFP AFP

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  Aerial images reveal virus emptying famed sites

  Empty public squares, a ghostly train station and deserted holy sites -- a series of striking satellite images have revealed…

  Published on 06.03.2020 by AFP AFP

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  Bethlehem under lockdown after virus cases confirmed

  Israel has imposed a lockdown on the city of Bethlehem over coronavirus fears as Palestinian authorities announced a two-week ban…

  Published on 06.03.2020 by AFP AFP

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  Virus forces Japan to cancel ceremony to mark tsunami

  Japan is cancelling an annual ceremony marking the anniversary of a deadly tsunami and nuclear disaster as the country steps…

  Published on 06.03.2020 by AFP AFP

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  Lights, camera… no action? Hollywood rocked by coronavirus

  The new James Bond movie delayed. Studios scrapping film festivals. Blockbuster productions shut down. Hollywood is being rocked by the…

  Published on 06.03.2020 by AFP AFP

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  Malaysia anti-graft chief who investigated 1MDB quits

  Malaysia's anti-corruption chief, who had been investigating scandal-hit state fund 1MDB, said Friday she had resigned after a reformist government…

  Published on 06.03.2020 by AFP AFP

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  Caught up in Sahel war, Mali villagers flee to uncertainty

  Two months ago, all 400 inhabitants of the Malian village Toou grabbed a few belongings and fled fighting between armed…

  Published on 06.03.2020 by AFP AFP

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  Brazil recalls ‘all’ diplomats, officials in Venezuela

  Brazil recalled its entire corps of diplomats and foreign service officials from Venezuela while ordering the government of Nicolas Maduro…

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  ‘This is not a drill’: WHO urges world to take virus more seriously

  World health officials have warned that countries are not taking the coronavirus crisis seriously enough, as outbreaks surged across Europe…

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  South Korea condemns ‘irrational’ Japan virus quarantine

  Seoul will summon Japan's ambassador to protest over "irrational" plans to impose coronavirus quarantine on arrivals from South Korea, it…

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  ‘This is not a drill’: WHO urges world to take virus more seriously

  World health officials have warned that countries are not taking the coronavirus crisis seriously enough, as outbreaks surged across Europe…

  Published on 06.03.2020 by AFP AFP

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  Ethiopian pilots band together one year after traumatic crash

  Just hours after Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 crashed southeast of Addis Ababa last March, mourners began flocking to a building…

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  A year after plane crash, Ethiopians mull how to honour the dead

  Gebru Ketema was outside tending cattle on the morning when Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 plunged from the sky into a…

  Published on 06.03.2020 by AFP AFP

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  Ethiopian pilots band together one year after traumatic crash

  Just hours after Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 crashed southeast of Addis Ababa last March, mourners began flocking to a building…

  Published on 06.03.2020 by AFP AFP

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  A year after plane crash, Ethiopians mull how to honour the dead

  Gebru Ketema was outside tending cattle on the morning when Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 plunged from the sky into a…

  Published on 06.03.2020 by AFP AFP

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  US warns against all travel to Haiti

  The United States on Thursday warned its citizens to avoid all travel to Haiti due to a surge in crime,…

  Published on 05.03.2020 by AFP AFP

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  Woman uses drone to look for son’s body in Mexico’s killing fields

  Leticia Hidalgo smears her face with sunscreen and walks steadily across the weedy wasteland she has come to know as…

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  Weinstein taken to New York’s infamous Rikers jail

  Disgraced former movie mogul Harvey Weinstein was taken to New York's notorious Rikers Island jail on Thursday, ten days after…

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  Twitter CEO Dorsey to ‘reconsider’ Africa plans

  Twitter chief executive Jack Dorsey said Thursday he is rethinking plans to spend as long as six months in Africa,…

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  Greenpeace accuses DR Congo of signing vast new logging contracts

  Greenpeace on Thursday accused the Democratic Republic of Congo's government of signing huge new logging contracts in the country's vast…

  Published on 05.03.2020 by AFP AFP

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  Italy’s parents scramble after schools shut over virus

  Only the footsteps of teachers and administrators echoed along the empty corridors of Rome's Julius Caesar high school on Thursday.…

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  Argentina ramps up taxes on soya exports

  Argentina's government on Thursday increased tariffs on soya exports just three months after hitting the agricultural sector with higher taxes.…

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