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Urgent: Roadside bomb kills 7 in S. Afghanistan: media

A roadside bomb blast killed seven people and injured two more on a civilian vehicle in Nahri Saraj district of Afghanistan's southern Helmand province, Sputnik quoted a local government official as

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Chinese bank donates coronavirus medical supplies to Hungary

The China Construction Bank on Monday donated 20,000 protective masks to Hungary to help the country contain the spread of the coronavirus, according to a press release from the Chinese Embassy in Hu

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Argentina on full lockdown until March 31

02:09 Streets in Argentina are deserted, as the country is under a full quarantine. Argentina's president issued the order, saying the country was in "a fight against an invisible enem

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How are Colombia's street vendors dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic?

01:30 As more nations ask their citizens to stay at home and practice social distancing, street vendors in Colombia are going broke. Their business depends of personal contact with the

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COVID-19 cases in Iran rise to 10,075

Iran's Ministry of Health and Medical Education on Thursday said 10,075 people in the country have been infected by COVID-19, official IRNA news agency reported. At lea

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Wear a mask in the U.S.? Yea or nay?

01:13 The U.S. has joined a long list of nations hit by shortages of face masks amid the coronavirus outbreak.Should healthy people even wear a mask in the U.S.?What are U.S. health ex

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Plane crashes in central Afghanistan: reports

A plane crashed in Afghanistan's Ghazni province Monday, according to local media.There were no immediate reports on casualties and the aircraft's owner is not yet know

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Chairman of Czech Upper House of Parliament has died: reports

Jaroslav Kubera, chairman of the Czech Upper House of Parliament, has died, according to reports reaching here on Monday. The reports quoted official Senate statement and local media as saying that K

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Chairman of Czech Upper House of Parliament has died: reports

Jaroslav Kubera, chairman of the Czech Upper House of Parliament, has died, according to reports reaching here on Monday. The reports quoted official Senate statement and local media as saying that K

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Russian government resigns: reports

The Russian government resigned Wednesday, Russian news agencies reported, quoting Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. The decision was announced after President Vladimir Putin addressed the Federal Asse

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6 dead in a fire at Croatian retirement home

At least six people have died in a fire at a home for the elderly in northwestern Croatia on early Saturday, national broadcaster HRT quoted police as saying. The fire in the Green Oasis facility in

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Ousted Nissan chief Ghosn calls allegations against him 'untrue'

Ousted Nissan chief Carlos Ghosn said in a new conference in Beirut that allegations against him were "untrue" and he should have never been arrested in the first place.It is his first public appeara

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Tim Cook outline Apple's view on privacy, encryption in MSNBC interview

Duringthe"Revolution:AppleChangingtheWorld"interviewairingonMSNBC,AppleCEOTimCookgiveshistwocentsonmanyissuesfacingthetechindustry,mostnotablyonesaffectingcompe

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66 people aboard killed in Iran plane crash Chinese FM offers condolence

Iran'sstate-runIRNAnewsagencyissayingthatthedeathtollinacommercialairplanecrashis65.IRNAreportedSundaynightthatonepassengerdidnotmaketheflight.Thatputsthetollat

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Japanese astronaut apologises for saying he had grown 9cm in space

JapaneseastronautNorishigeKanai,onamissiontotheInternationalSpaceStation,hasapologisedforsayinghehadgrown9cmwhileinspaceandexpressingconcernaboutwhetherhewouldb

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US suspends security aid to Pakistan until action taken against terror

TheUSsaidonThursdayitwassuspendingsecurityassistancetoPakistanuntilIslamabadtakesactionagainsttheAfghanTalibanandtheHaqqaninetwork.TheUSStateDepartmentannounced

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Private school in Lebanon regrets showing Israel on a map

AprivateFrenchschoolinLebanonhasissuedanapologyfollowingcomplaintsfromtheparentsofafourthgraderthatamapingeographyclassshowsIsrael—andnotPalestine—asthecountry'