Australian home affairs minister says he has coronavirus

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SYDNEY–Australia's home affairs minister Peter Dutton said he had tested positive for the new coronavirus and entered hospital quarantine on Friday. "This morning I woke up with a temperature...

Putin, Erdogan start talks in Moscow on Syria

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MOSCOW–Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan began talks in Moscow on Thursday aimed at defusing the crisis in Syria's northwestern province of Idlib. "The situation...

Fighter jet crashes in Pakistan capital during parade rehearsal

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ISLAMABAD–A Pakistani F-16 fighter jet crashed in Islamabad on Wednesday in an apparent accident during a rehearsal for an upcoming military parade in the capital, officials said. There was...

Alabama executes man convicted in killing of 3 officers

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ATMORE– A man convicted as an accomplice in the 2004 killings of three police officers in Alabama who were shot by another man was executed Thursday evening. Inmate Nathaniel...

Turkey-Russia agreed ceasefire in Syria's Idlib comes into force

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BEIRUT–A ceasefire in northern Syria agreed between Russia and Turkey came into force on Friday, aiming to halt intense fighting that has sparked a humanitarian disaster and raised fears of...

Netanyahu short of majority in Israel vote

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JERUSALEM– Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud Party emerged as the largest party in the country’s third election in under a year, exit polls indicated, but it was unclear whether the...

Pence says medicine to treat coronavirus may be available by summer

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WASHINGTON D.C. – US Vice President Mike Pence here on Monday said that the medication for treating coronavirus may be available by this summer or early fall. "The vaccine might...

WHO says world in uncharted territory as US virus toll rises

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BEIJING–The world has entered uncharted territory in its battle against the deadly coronavirus, the UN health agency warned, as new infections dropped dramatically in China on Tuesday but surged abroad...

Canada asks travelers from Iran to self-isolate due to virus

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OTTAWA– Canada on Monday asked travelers arriving from Iran -- one of the countries hardest hit by the new coronavirus epidemic -- to self-isolate at home for 14 days, even...

New Malaysia PM sworn in amid crisis, Mahathir fights on

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KUALA LUMPUR–A former interior minister was sworn in as Malaysia's premier Sunday, marking the return of a scandal-mired party to power after a reformist government's collapse but ex-leader Mahathir Mohamad,...

US announces additional travel restrictions affecting Iran, Italy, South Korea to contain coronavirus

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WASHINGTON– The United States on Saturday announced additional travel restrictions affecting Iran, Italy, and South Korea in order to contain coronavirus outbreak. Vice President Mike Pence, during a press...

Virus epidemic growing by day hits schools, concerts, parks

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TOKYO–Japan's schools prepared to close for almost a month and entertainers, topped by K-pop superstars BTS, canceled events as a virus epidemic extended its spread through Asia into Europe and...

Students required to stay home during Japan's coronavirus school shutdown

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TOKYO–Japan's Education Minister Koichi Hagiuda on Friday requested all students to remain indoors and not to attend schools that have been closed to contain COVID-19. "We ask for the...

9 dead, 5 injured as vehicle falls into deep gorge in Indian-controlled Kashmir

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NEW DELHI– Nine people died and five were injured when a vehicle fell into a deep gorge in Indian-controlled Kashmir on Saturday, a local police told Xinhua over phone. ...

Turkey says seven killed after quake on Iran border

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ISTANBUL–Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said on Sunday seven people including three children were killed in eastern Turkey after a 5.7 magnitude earthquake hit neighbouring Iran, the official Anadolu news agency...