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Iconic Lotus Tower project should be open to more foreign investors: Sri Lankan president

Sri Lanka's iconic Lotus Tower project located in capital Colombo will be declared open as a more productive investment of higher quality for foreign investors, Presid

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Spain to open borders to some visitors from June 21

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez attends a news conference at the Moncloa Palace in Madrid, Spain, June 14, 2020. /Reuters Spain will reopen its borders to visitors from the Schengen regio

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Russian foreign, defense ministers postpone visit to Turkey: Turkish ministry

The Turkish foreign ministry on Sunday announced that the planned visit of Russian foreign and defense ministers to Turkey was postponed to a later date. Russian Forei

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Iranian FM to visit Turkey: Turkish ministry

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif will pay a visit to Turkey on June 14 to 15, Turkish Foreign Ministry said on Sunday. "During the visit, all aspects of b

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Greece to allow flights in and out from June 15

AP Photo International flights into and out of Greece will resume on June 15 as the country continues to ease its COVID-19 restrictions.Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis however said safety w

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Twitter brings Fleets, its version of Stories, to India

Twitter said Tuesday it is bringing Fleets, its version of Stories that lets users post ephemeral content to its social network, to users in India. Late last month, the social networking site said it

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Saudi Arabia considers limiting haj pilgrims amid COVID-19 fears

Saudi Arabia could drastically limit numbers at the annual haj pilgrimage to prevent a further outbreak of coronavirus after cases in the country topped 100,000, sources familiar with the matter

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U.S. special envoy, Pakistani army chief discuss Afghan peace process

U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad met Pakistan's Chief of Army Staff Qamar Javed Bajwa and discussed the peace process in Afg

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Iran: Ready for more prisoner exchanges with the U.S.

FILE PHOTO: Michael White, a freed U.S. Navy veteran detained in Iran since 2018, poses with U.S. Special Envoy for Iran Brian Hook while on his return to the United States at Zurich Airport in Z

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Italy hopes EU nations will open borders to Italians from June 15

People wear face masks in Milan, Italy, February 26, 2020. /Xinhua Italy hopes other European Union countries will reopen their borders to Italian citizens from June 15 as COVID-19 restriction

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Roundup: Iran sets new record in daily COVID-19 cases amid pandemic resurgence

Iran on Thursday witnessed a record daily rise in COVID-19 cases amid the continuing resurgence of the coronavirus pandemic, while China delivered another batch of medical aid to help Syria fight

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China's national theater reopens with daily limit of 600

Visitors queue up at the entrance of the National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA) in Beijing, June 2, 2020. The NCPA reopened to the public on Monday with controlled capacity after a four-m

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French museums, monuments to reopen from June 2; masks mandatory

French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe speaks during a televised address, May 28, 2020. /AP According to Agence France-Presse, the Prime Minister of France Edouard Philippe announced that muse

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Moscow says visit to U.S.-funded disease lab in Georgia should not involve third party

Russian experts' visit to the U.S.-financed Richard G. Lugar Center for Public Health Research in Georgia should not involve a third party, the Russian Foreign Ministr

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Macron announces 8-bln-euro support plan for French car industry

French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday announced an 8-billion-euro (8.8-billion-U.S.-dollar) plan to support the country's automotive industry which was hit hard

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Minister tests positive as Chile sees record jump in COVID-19 cases

Local workers clean the streets as a precautionary measure amid the COVID-19 outbreak, in Vina del Mar, Chile. /Reuters Chile registered a new high for coronavirus cases on Monday, with nearly

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We will become stronger, says Jeremy Lin

Beijing Ducks guard Jeremy Lin offered words of encouragement on a video he posted on Monday of his visit to the Great Wall of China. The point guard said that he spent a three-day break on the Wa