Jerusalem: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his political rival, Benny Gantz, on Monday reached an agreement for an emergency unity government, in which both will hold the top post in …
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United Nations: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned against a retreat from climate action at a time when the world is preoccupied with the coronavirus. “Currently all eyes are on the …
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Los Angeles: The UK’s Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markle who have relocated to California after stepping down as senior royals, have told the British tabloid press they were ending …
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Ottawa: A man disguised as a police officer went on a shooting rampage in Canada’s Nova Scotia province, killing 16 people, in the deadliest such attack in the country’s history, …
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Riyadh, G20 Health Ministers held a teleconference to analyze the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, which they said “has highlighted systemic weaknesses” in thee healthcare systems, agreeing on the need …
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Manila: US President Donald Trump and his Philippine counterpart Rodrigo Duterte discussed possible bilateral cooperation in response to the COVID-19 pandemic in a phone call, at a time of tense …
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Baghdad: Iraq, Lebanon and Syria have decided to ease their coronavirus restrictions just days before the Muslims’ holy month of Ramzan. Iraq’s Higher Committee for Health and National Safety on …
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Sydney: The government has ordered the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) to develop a mandatory code of conduct for Facebook and Google that will force the tech giants to pay …
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Tokyo: An earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter scale struck off Japan’s Miyagi prefecture on Monday, but there was no tsunami warning. According to the Japan Meteorological Agency, the temblor occurred …
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Geneva: World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Sunday that lifting lockdown restrictions for COVID-19 is not the end of the epidemic, it’s just the beginning of the …
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