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Austria to enter new lockdown amid spike in COVID-19 cases: report

Austria will implement a new lockdown from next Tuesday amid a surge in COVID-19 cases, the country's national news agency reported citing a draft regulation.The Austri

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Austria to enter new lockdown amid spike in COVID-19 cases: report

Austria will implement a new lockdown from next Tuesday amid a surge in COVID-19 cases, the country's national news agency reported citing a draft regulation.The Austria Press Agency said all non-ess

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Malawi's national examination board suspended over leakage

VCG Image The Malawi government has suspended the head of the country's National Examination Board (MANEB), following the leakage of the Malawi School Certificate of Education (MSCE) exam pape

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Exhibition on Grand Canal marks a nation's wisdom

A section of Tianhou Palace in Tianjinon show. [Photo provided to China Daily] The Grand Canal, dating back to the fifth century BC, was the longest artificial waterway in the world. It consist

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Tokyo Olympics organizers start accepting ticket refund applications

Fans living in Japan who bought tickets for the postponed Tokyo Olympics can start applying online for refunds from November 10.Ticket holders can apply for Olympics refunds until November 30, while

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Apple places supplier Pegatron on probation over labor conditions

Apple has suspended new business with supplier Pegatron after the Taiwan-based original equipment manufacturer misclassified student workers. Apple also said Pegatron broke its Code of Conduct for s

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Child dead after refugee boat sinks off Greece's Samos island

A child has died after a dinghy carrying refugees and migrants from Turkey to Greece sank off the Greek island of Samos in the Aegean Sea on Sunday, Greek authorities said.The body of a boy was retri

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Trump administration advances $10 billion defense sale to UAE, source says

The U.S. State Department sent Congress an informal notification of plans to sell $10 billion of defense equipment, including precision-guided munitions, non-precision

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Tunisia imposes nighttime curfew in efforts to curb COVID-19 spread

FILE PHOTO: Passengers are scanned as they pass through an airport. /VCG Image The Tunisian government on Thursday imposed a nationwide night-time curfew, banned inter-region travel and also c

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German officials impose four-week partial lockdown

German Chancellor Angela Merkel. /VCG Image German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Wednesday officials had agreed to a four-week shutdown of restaurants, bars, cinemas, theaters and other lei

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German officials impose four-week partial lockdown to curb virus spread

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Wednesday officials had agreed to a four-week shutdown of restaurants, bars, cinemas, theaters and other leisure facilities in e

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NeoLight’s jaundice treatment catches another $7 million to bring neonatal light therapy to the home

NeoLight, a startup company that’s working to bring hospital-grade neonatal care technologies to the home, has raised $7 million more in financing.Dignity Health and Honor Health Systems came in

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Chileans celebrate vote win to rewrite country’s constitution

02:01 Chileans overwhelmingly voted in favor of rewriting the country’s constitution on Sunday.Nearly 80 percent of voters approved a process that will run until 2022 and that aims to

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Spain PM works on new state of emergency to curb outbreak

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez called a Cabinet meeting Sunday to prepare a new state of emergency to stem surging coronavirus infections, a move that could impos

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EU Brexit negotiators to extend London visit: Sunday Telegraph

EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier is planning to extend his visit to London until Wednesday amid cautious optimism over the progress of post-Brexit trade talks with Br

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Brexit in limbo: UK says there is no point talking until EU gets serious

Prime Minister Boris Johnson's government sees no point in talking with the European Union on a Brexit trade deal until the bloc starts to treat Britain as a sovereign

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90 dead, 34 missing in central Vietnam floods, landslides

Floods, landslides and other natural disasters triggered by downpours have left 90 people dead and 34 others missing in Vietnam's central region over the past two weeks, the Central Steering Committe