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The United Arab Emirates (UAE) international carrier Emirates Airline authorized one-way flights to Iran until March 20, official IRNA news agency reported on Tuesday. IRNA quoted the Iranian Embassy

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Biden, Sanders cancel rallies over coronavirus concerns

Former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden and Senator Bernie Sanders, two major candidates in U.S. Democratic presidential race, have cancelled their rallies scheduled for Tuesday night over coronavi

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Nigeria to slash 2020 budget following oil price fall

FILE PHOTO: Nigerian Finance Minister Zainab Ahmed attends the IMF and World Bank's 2019 Annual Spring Meetings, in Washington, U.S. /Reuters Nigeria's Minister of Finance Zainab Ahmed announc

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Uber self-driving cars are back testing on San Francisco streets

Uber Advanced Technologies Group has resumed testing autonomous vehicles in San Francisco, two years after the company scaled back its testing program following a fatal crash in Arizona that killed a

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U.S. forces start withdrawal from Afghanistan

The U.S. Forces Afghanistan has begun withdrawal of its forces from Afghanistan, the coalition forces confirmed on Tuesday. "In accordance with the U.S.-Islamic Republi

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Trump hasn't received COVID-19 testing: White House

U.S. President Donald Trump has not been tested for COVID-19, said the White House on Monday night. "The President has not received COVID-19 testing because he has neither had prolonged close contac

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U.S. reports over 700 coronavirus cases, 26 deaths

A woman wears a mask near the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in the Financial District in New York, U.S., March 4, 2020. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid The United States reported four more deaths fr

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Biden leads Sanders in battleground state Michigan: poll

Former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden is coming into battleground state Michigan's Democratic presidential primary with a 24-point lead over Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont, according to a new poll

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U.S. COVID-19: 550 quarantined in DC, Grand Princess docks, and more

As COVID-19 spreads in the United States, nine cases are now confirmed in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area.A third case in Northern Virginia was confirmed Monday. Meanwhile, D.C. Mayor Muri

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The TAIPEI Act turns Taiwan into U.S. pawn

The Taipei 101 skyscraper, China's Taiwan region. /VCG Editor's note: The following article is taken from the Chinese-language opinion column "TheReal Point."With the passing of the Taiwan Al

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Gates Foundation-backed program will soon be issuing home testing kits for COVID-19 in Seattle

A project funded by the Gates Foundation will soon begin issuing at-home testing kits for the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, according to a report in the Seattle Times.The study, based on a nose-swab sh

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Trump 'not concerned at all' after CPAC guest tests positive for COVID-19

"No, I'm not concerned at all. No, I'm not. We've done a great job" and "we'll have tremendous rallies" – that was the response from U.S. President Donald Trump on Satu

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Trump 'not concerned' after CPAC guest tests positive for COVID-19

U.S. President Donald Trump pledges to protect the health and safety of Americans "with vigor" during his speech at CPAC, Fort Washington, Maryland, U.S., February 29, 2020. /AP "No, I'm not c

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Washington D.C. reports 1st COVID-19 case

The first case of the novel coronavirus has been confirmed in Washington D.C., said the city's mayor Muriel Bowser on Saturday. Late Saturday afternoon, testing at the Public Health Lab at the DC De

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Maryland confirms COVID-19 cases

03:52 The U.S. state of Maryland has now joined the ranks of those places in the country with confirmed cases of novel coronavirus.Three Maryland residents have tested positive for COV

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US Could've Sent Munitions to Turkish Troops in Idlib Without Recently Agreed Ceasefire - Erdogan

Following two months of escalating violence in Syria's Idlib Province, a new ceasefire regime was negotiated for the area by Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Tu

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U.S.-Taliban peace deal unable to end war in near future: Afghan expert

An Afghan political analyst and researcher has described the recently inked U.S.-Taliban peace deal as an "erroneous accord" that will not bring to an end the war in Afghanistan at least in the near