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Turkey reports more than 62,000 new COVID-19 cases, 288 deaths

FILE PHOTO: A health care member is seen at work at a COVID-19 laboratory of the Akdeniz University in Antalya, Turkey. /VCG Data from Turkey's Health ministry on Saturday showed the country h

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3rd health minister fired in virus-hit Czech Republic

Czech Prime Minster Andrej Babis fired his health minister on Wednesday, the third health minister who has been ousted during the pandemic in one of Europe’s hardest-hi

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Bridge connecting Macao and mainland boosts cross-border business

02:11 The Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge in southern China brings the two special administrative regions and the mainland together more closely than ever before.Thanks t

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Spotify takes on radio with its own daily morning show

Spotify’s streaming music service is starting to resemble terrestrial radio with today’s launch of the company’s first daily morning show, “The Get Up.” Like other morni

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Taj Mahal to reopen to visitors as India's coronavirus cases surge

People take pictures near the Taj Mahal in Agra, India, on September 8, ahead of the landmark's reopening. /AFP The Taj Mahal will once again swing its doors open to tourists from September 21

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EU says threatened $3.1bn U.S. tariffs would be 'very damaging'

The European Commission has said threatened punitive U.S. taxes worth $3.1 billion on European imports would be "very damaging."The U.S. Trade Representative has said it is considering levying tax

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COVID-19 could have 'positive effect' on Belt and Road: economist

Despite the huge damage to global trade, COVID-19 could help bolster China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), according to Michele Geraci, the former Italian undersecretary of state at Italy's Ministr

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Beatles photographer and friend Astrid Kirchherr dies aged 81

German photographer Astrid Kirchherr and The Beatles met in Hamburg in 1960. /Ulrich Perrey/DPA/AFP German photographer Astrid Kirchherr, whose early images of The Beatles in the 1960s helped

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Google Doodle honors football pioneer Frank Soo

A relatively unheralded sporting pioneer was honored on Saturday when the Google Doodle – the animation that greets users of the search engine's homepage – celebrated Frank Soo. On 9 May 1942, Soo

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China's top EU envoy rubbishes COVID-19 misinformation allegations

02:30 China's top envoy to the European Union has slammed allegations that Beijing was misleading the world over the COVID-19 crisis.Tensions spiked after an internal r

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Norway reopens pre-schools after month-long closure

03:09 Norway has started to reopen its pre-schools as the country gradually eased the lockdown imposed in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.Despite a mixed response from parents, the a

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Iran releases French academic in apparent prisoner exchange

Roland Marchal was charged with espionage by Iran. /AFP/Sciences Po/Gregory Cales Iran has freed a French researcher after France agreed to send back an Iranian national facing possible extrad

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EU promises Greece $780m and guards to help at Turkish border

Greek soldiers fire tear gas grenades over the Turkish border near Kastanies on 4 March 2020. /Sakis Mitrolidis/AFP The European Union will deploy its Frontex rapid-intervention border force a

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Croatia braces for economic hit after first COVID-19 case confirmed

02:12 After the first COVID-19 case was confirmed in the capital Zagreb, Croatia is bracing not only for the spread of the epidemic but also for its impact on the country's economy.Cro

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Locals clash with police at site of new Greek island migrant camps

Residents of Lesbos and Chios have clashed with security forces amid protests over plans to build new migrant camps on the Greekislands.Tear gas was fired on locals attempting to stop riot police dis

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COVID-19 fears restrict movement of cargo ship crews

Shipping companies are struggling to relocate seafarers after multiple states imposed limitations on crew change over fears of the COVID-19 virus spreading. (Credit: AP) Crew members on cargo

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Two more depart amid row over AfD's role in German regional election.

There have been further resignations in the aftermath of Thomas Kemmerich's surprise election as state premier in Thuringia.The government's commissioner for eastern Germany, Christian Hirte, also a