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Kim warns of 'serious consequences' if virus spreads to N Korea
Al Jazeera 29 Feb 2020
North Korean leader calls for stronger efforts to guard against the new coronavirus outbreak that has spread globally ... ....
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Turkey says it destroyed 'chemical warfare facility' in Syria
The Times of India 29 Feb 2020
ISTANBUL. A Turkish official said Saturday that Turkey destroyed a chemical warfare facility after dozens of its soldiers were killed by Syrian regime fire in the last-rebel enclave of Idlib province ... On Friday, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan spoke by phone with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, in a bid to scale down the tensions ... Top Videos ... ....
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Coronavirus: Iranian MP with virus dies as outbreak spreads
The Independent 29 Feb 2020photo: AP / Turkish Defence Ministry
Turkey kills over 300 Syria regime troops in retaliation to attack
Middle East Monitor 28 Feb 2020
Turkey has reportedly killed at least 309 Syrian regime soldiers and destroyed dozens of military vehicles and defence systems in retaliation for the regime’s offensive which killed 33 Turkish soldiers last night ... More UAV footage reportedly showing air strikes on SAA forces in response to the air strike on Turkish forces yesterday ... .......
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Police evacuate Paris train station after major fire
Deutsche Welle 28 Feb 2020
People lit scooters and garbage bins on fire to demonstrate against a planned performance by a Congolese artist, in the area of the Gare de Lyon railway station. Protests had been banned ahead of the performance ... ....
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Walk out at Césars after Polanski wins Best Director
RTE 29 Feb 2020
French actresses and a director walked out of the French equivalent of the Oscars, Césars, after Roman Polanski, 86, who is wanted in the US for the rape of a 13-year-old girl in 1977 was awarded Best Director ... Adèle forever....
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Afghans hope for the end of war as Taliban, US set to sign peace deal
Independent online (SA) 29 Feb 2020
Kabul - Millions of Afghans are hoping that America's longest war fought in their country will end on Saturday as U.S. and Taliban negotiators are expected to sign a deal to allow a U.S. troop reduction and a permanent ceasefire. Hours before the deal, the Taliban ordered all its fighters in Afghanistan "to refrain from any kind of attack ... Reuters ....
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Navy says Chinese destroyer shot laser at aircraft near Guam in ‘unsafe and unprofessional manner’
Stars and Stripes 28 Feb 2020
YOKOSUKA NAVAL BASE, Japan — A Chinese navy destroyer shot a weapons-grade laser at a P-8A Poseidon patrol aircraft in a recent move that U.S. Pacific Fleet dubbed “unsafe and unprofessional” in a statement Thursday. The incident happened Feb ... The crew regularly conducts maritime patrol and reconnaissance, the statement said ... Twitter. @CaitlinDoornbos....
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Trump picks Ratcliffe as top intelligence official, again
The Spokesman-Review 29 Feb 2020
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump on Friday picked Rep. John Ratcliffe again to be the nation’s top intelligence official, just months after abruptly ending an earlier effort to install him amid bipartisan criticism that the Texas Republican was unqualified for the post ... spy agencies that the president has repeatedly scorned ... ambassador to Germany....
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Turkey's Erdogan says Europe borders open as refugees gather
Yahoo Daily News 29 Feb 2020
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Saturday that his country's borders with Europe were open, as thousands of refugees gathered at the frontier with Greece ... Greek authorities also fired tear gas to repulse attempts by the crowd to push through the border ... It comes as tensions ratcheted up between Turkey and Syria ... U.N ... ....
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‘India commiting massacres against Muslims’, Erdogan says
Middle East Monitor 28 Feb 2020
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan yesterday hit out against “massacres” committed against Muslims in India after riots in New Delhi left at least 33 dead. “India right now has become a country where massacres are widespread. What massacres? Massacres of Muslims ... Thousands of properties and vehicles were touched in the violence....
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Malaysia's Mahathir out as former interior minister is named PM
Reuters 29 Feb 2020
Malaysia's 94-year-old Mahathir Mohamad lost out in the battle to become prime minister on Saturday as the king named former interior minister Muhyiddin Yassin after a week of political turmoil sparked by Mahathir's resignation ... ....
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Alongside Coronavirus, We Must Guard Against The Other Deadly Viruses Infecting Us
WorldNews.com 28 Feb 2020
Article by WN.Com Correspondent Dallas Darling. After months of alarming reports about the seriousness of the coronavirus, which has already infected more than 80,000 people in China and spread to most of the world, including several cases in the United States, a poor response to the epidemic could be politically devastating for any world leader....
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Cronyism and Conflicts of Interest in Trump’s Coronavirus Task Force
The Intercept 29 Feb 2020
Alex Azar, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, admitted Wednesday that a vaccine for the coronavirus might not be affordable for all Americans. “We can’t control that price,” Azar told Rep ... But Azar, who served as the top lobbyist for Eli Lilly before becoming president of the drug company’s U.S ... These are all major ethical concerns.” ... ....
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Astronomers detect biggest explosion in universe since Big Bang
Webdunia 28 Feb 2020
Astronomers have discovered the biggest explosion seen in the universe, originating from a super-massive black hole. . explosion in universe since Big Bang" width="740" />. The blast, they said, is the biggest explosion seen in the universe since the Big Bang ... ... ... “And we don’t know why it’s so big.”. ... ....
