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…
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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…
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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…
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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,…
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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,…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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,…
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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…
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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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