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September 11, 2021 23:45
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July 04,2020The Louvre in Paris, the world's most visited museum and home to the Mona Lisa, reopens on Monday but with coronavirus restrictions in place and parts of the complex closed to visitors. -
July 01,2020Asia’s economy is expected to shrink this year “for the first time in living memory”, the International Monetary Fund said, warning that the region could take several years to recover.
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June 30,2020The coronavirus pandemic is accelerating around the world as many countries that reopened their economies see a resurgence in Covid-19 cases, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director general of World...
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June 22,2020World leaders must not politicize the coronavirus pandemic but unite to fight it, the head of the World Health Organization warned Monday, reminding all that the pandemic is still accelerating and...
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June 20,2020The US Justice Department moved abruptly Friday night to oust Geoffrey S. Berman, the attorney in Manhattan overseeing key prosecutions of US President Donald Trump’s allies and an investigation of...
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June 15,2020China cases jumped the most in almost two months and Beijing shut a major food market and nearby housing districts amid fears of a resurgence of coronavirus.
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June 10,2020Sweden on Wednesday dropped its investigation into the unsolved murder of former Swedish premier, Olof Palme, who was shot dead 34 years ago in downtown Stockholm.
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June 08,2020Japan’s economy braced for its worst postwar slump even as first-quarter GDP contracted less than initially thought, as the coronavirus crisis slams the brakes on global growth and raises pressure...
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May 31,2020In addition to disputing misleading claims made by US President Donald Trump about mail-in ballots this week, Twitter has added fact-checking labels to thousands of other tweets since introducing...
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May 30,2020Britain and the EU will attempt to revive their imperiled trade talks on Tuesday, entering a crucial week of negotiations that could mark the final hope for a deal.
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May 08,2020UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Friday the coronavirus pandemic keeps unleashing “a tsunami of hate and xenophobia, scapegoating and scare-mongering” and appealed for “an all-out effort...
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May 02,2020Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday announced an immediate ban on military-grade assault weapons in response to the country's deadliest-ever mass shooting, a rampage that left 22...
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May 01,2020The EU foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, said the United States can no longer be considered a participating member of the 2015 nuclear agreement with Iran.
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April 28,2020Chinese President Xi Jinping censured the United States' insistence on proceeding with its maximum economic pressure on Iran during the coronavirus pandemic.
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April 27,2020The shuttering of the US economy due to the coronavirus pandemic is a shock of historic proportions, which will likely push the national unemployment rate to 16% or higher this month and require...
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April 26,2020Catching COVID-19 once may not protect you from getting it again, according to the World Health Organization, a finding that could jeopardize efforts to allow people to return to work after...
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April 25,2020European markets are hoping ECB, again facing the task of rescuing the eurozone, will soon add junk-rated company debt to its stimulus programs, but some investors say such a bold move might prove...
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April 21,2020The World Health Organization said on Tuesday that rushing to ease coronavirus restrictions will likely lead to a resurgence of the illness, a warning that comes as governments start rolling out...
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April 14,2020The French economy is expected to contract 8% this year, the finance minister said on Monday, revising the government’s outlook for the second time in a week.
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April 13,2020Germany's president said the coronavirus pandemic was a "test of our humanity" in a rare television address.
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April 13,2020India and other South Asian countries are likely to record their worst growth performance in four decades this year due to the coronavirus outbreak, the World Bank said on Sunday.
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February 29,2020The United States signed a landmark deal with the Taliban on Saturday, laying out a timetable for a full troop withdrawal from Afghanistan within 14 months as it seeks an exit from its longest-ever...
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February 25,2020Former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak has died at the age of 91 after several weeks of hospitalization, Egypt’s state television reported Tuesday.
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February 22,2020An EU summit called to set the bloc's next seven-year budget ended in impasse late Friday, riven by competing groups among the 27 member states and pressure to fill a funding gap left by Brexit.
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February 18,2020Afghanistan’s election body declared Ashraf Ghani the winner of the 2019 presidential poll on Tuesday, almost five months after voting took place.
