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Tony Blair Tells Labour Members Ian Murray Should Be Deputy Leader

Feb 25, 2020

Tony Blair has endorsed Ian Murray to be the next deputy leader of the Labour Party.

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50 Injured As Car Driven Into Crowd At German Carnival

Feb 24, 2020

More than 50 people were injured when a car was driven into a crowd at a carnival procession in Germany.

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Iran's deputy health minister says he has coronavirus

Feb 25, 2020

Iran's deputy health minister confirmed on Tuesday that he has tested positive for the new coronavirus, amid a major outbreak in the Islamic republic.

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Assange tried to call White House, Hillary Clinton over data dump, his lawyer says

Feb 25, 2020

Julian Assange tried to contact Hillary Clinton and the White House when he realized that unredacted U.S. diplomatic cables given to WikiLeaks were about to be dumped on the internet, his lawyer told his London extradition hearing on Tuesday.

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Virus delivers blow to Hong Kong protests but rage remains

Feb 24, 2020

The new coronavirus has handed Beijing an unexpected gift -- an end to Hong Kong's pro-democracy rallies.

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Italian hikers rescued in Alaska after visiting infamous bus

Feb 24, 2020

An Italian man suffering from frostbite and four other tourists were rescued in the Alaska wilderness after visiting an abandoned bus that has become a lure for adventurers since it was featured in the “Into the Wild” book and movie.

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S. Korea 'very grave', Moon says as coronavirus cases approach 1,000

Feb 25, 2020

The novel coronavirus outbreak in South Korea is "very grave", President Moon Jae-in said Tuesday as he visited its epicentre and the country's total number of cases approached 1,000.

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Pakistani woman accused of blasphemy seeks asylum in France

Feb 25, 2020

A Christian woman acquitted of blasphemy after spending eight years on death row in Pakistan, and who faced death threats from Islamic extremists, said she is going to request asylum in France.

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China sentences Swedish bookseller Gui Minhai to 10 years

Feb 24, 2020

A Chinese court has sentenced Swedish book publisher Gui Minhai to 10 years in prison on charges of illegally providing intelligence abroad in a case that has rattled relations between Beijing and Stockholm.

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Trump hails 'exceptional' Modi at huge India rally

Feb 24, 2020

US President Donald Trump got a rapturous and romantic welcome to India on Monday, addressing a huge rally and holding hands with his wife at the Taj Mahal, in a maiden official visit big on photo opportunities but short on concrete results.

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Cold storm to bring burst of snow to central Europe around midweek

Feb 24, 2020

Portions of Germany and the Alps will face bouts of snowfall and slippery travel beginning Tuesday night and lasting through the middle of the week.A cold front will sweep through central Europe during this time frame, bringing falling temperatures and a return of wintry precipitation to the region.While precipitation will begin in the form of rain for places like Nuremberg, Stuttgart and Munich, Germany, as well as Zurich, Switzerland, a transition to snow is expected from Tuesday night into Wednesday as temperatures drop.

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30 Injured As Car Driven Into Crowd At German Carnival

Feb 24, 2020

Around 30 people have been injured after a car was driven into a crowd at a carnival procession in Germany.

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German Carnival Crowd Crash 'Deliberate', Police Say

Feb 24, 2020

Several people have been injured after a car was deliberately driven into a crowd at a carnival procession in Germany.

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Italy Cancels More Sporting Matches As Coronavirus Claims Sixth Victim In North Of Country

Feb 24, 2020

Italy has postponed two further sports fixtures as authorities battle to contain the coronavirus outbreak in the north of the country, which has so far killed six people, according to reports.

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Boris Johnson Has 'Full Confidence' In Priti Patel Amid Bullying Claims

Feb 24, 2020

Boris Johnson has “full confidence” in Priti Patel, the prime minister’s official spokesman has said, amid reports the home secretary bullied staff.

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South Korea becomes biggest coronavirus centre outside China

Feb 24, 2020

South Korea reported 161 more coronavirus cases Monday, taking the nationwide total to 763 and making it the world's largest total outside China.

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Israel, Islamic Jihad exchange fire for second day

Feb 24, 2020

Israel and Islamic Jihad exchanged fire in the Gaza Strip for a second day Monday, a week before the Jewish state's March 2 election.

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Italy quarantines towns, cancels Venice's Carnival amid surprise coronavirus outbreak

Feb 24, 2020

Italy jumped from three reported cases of the COVID-19 coronavirus last week to four deaths at least 190 people testing positive in the northern part of the country by Monday.

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Malaysia in turmoil as Anwar denounces bid to bring down govt

Feb 23, 2020

Malaysian politics was in turmoil Monday after leader-in-waiting Anwar Ibrahim denounced a "betrayal" by coalition partners he said were trying to bring down the government, two years after it stormed to victory.

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World is on the brink of a coronavirus pandemic, warn virologists, as four more cases emerge in Britain

Feb 23, 2020

Four new cases of coronavirus were confirmed in the UK on Sunday, as experts warned of an impending pandemic with parts of Italy in lockdown after a massive rise in the number of new infections there.

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South Korean cases jump, China counts 150 more virus deaths

Feb 23, 2020

South Korea reported another large jump in new virus cases Monday a day after the the president called for “unprecedented, powerful” steps to combat the outbreak that is increasingly confounding attempts to stop the spread.

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Netanyahu Seeks 300,000 Lost Votes From Vote-Weary Public

Feb 24, 2020

(Bloomberg) -- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is heading into Israel’s third back-to-back election struggling to recoup the hundreds of thousands of votes his party has lost since the country descended into political gridlock a year ago.

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South Korea on frontline as coronavirus spreads

Feb 24, 2020

The deadly coronavirus epidemic spread further outside China on Monday with a surge of infections in South Korea making it the biggest hotspot abroad, while authorities in Europe and the Middle East battled worsening outbreaks.

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Trump departs for quick trip to India to see big crowds

Feb 23, 2020

U.S. President Donald Trump departed on Sunday on quick trip to India, where he is to see crowds so large that they will make the much ballyhooed turnout for his campaign rallies pale in comparison.

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Global spread of coronavirus raises pandemic fears

Feb 23, 2020

SEOUL/SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Fears grew on Monday that the coronavirus outbreak in China will grow into a pandemic with disruptive and deadly consequences for countries around the world, after sharp rises in infections in South Korea, Italy and Iran.

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Xi says China facing 'big test' with virus, global impact spreads

Feb 23, 2020

China's leader said Sunday the new coronavirus epidemic is the communist country's largest-ever public health emergency, but other nations were also increasingly under pressure from the deadly outbreak's relentless global march.

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House Of Lords Says It's 'Busy And Effective' After Expenses Rise By Almost A Third

Feb 23, 2020

The House of Lords has defended itself as “busy and effective” – after it emerged that peers paid themselves almost a third more in the last year.

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Richard Burgon Suggests Tony Blair Would Face Calls To Be Suspended From Labour

Feb 23, 2020

Tony Blair would be facing demands that he be suspended from the Labour Party if he was an ordinary grassroots member, Richard Burgon has said.

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South Korea on virus 'high' alert, Italy and Iran take drastic steps

Feb 23, 2020

South Korea went on high alert Sunday following a sharp jump in coronavirus cases, while Italy and Iran took their own drastic containment steps as an epidemic that has killed nearly 2,500 people in China continued a relentless global expansion.

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Italy cancels Venice carnival in bid to halt spread of virus

Feb 23, 2020

Scrambling to contain rapidly rising number of new coronavirus infections in Italy, the largest amount outside Asia, authorities on Sunday stepped up measures to ban public gatherings, including stopping Venice's famed carnival events, which has drawn tens of thousands of revelers to a region that is now in the heart of the outbreak.

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South Korea Signals Unprecedented Steps to Contain Outbreak

Feb 23, 2020

(Bloomberg) -- South Korean President Moon Jae-in raised the country’s infectious-disease alert level to the highest and signaled the potential for unprecedented steps to contain a coronavirus outbreak that has killed six and infected hundreds.

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Iran announces low poll turnout, blames coronavirus 'propaganda'

Feb 23, 2020

Iran on Sunday announced a 42% turnout in its parliamentary election, the lowest rate since the 1979 Islamic revolution, while its top leader said Tehran's enemies played up the new coronavirus threat to dissuade people from voting.

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Pope appears to give thumbs down to Trump's Mideast peace plan

Feb 23, 2020

Pope Francis on Sunday warned against "inequitable solutions" to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, saying they would only be a prelude to new crises, in an apparent reference to U.S. President Donald Trump's Middle East peace proposal.

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US accuses Russia of huge coronavirus disinformation campaign

Feb 22, 2020

US officials say thousands of social media accounts linked to Russia are part of a coordinated effort to spread disinformation about the new coronavirus.

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I Live in South Korea Where Coronavirus Cases are Rising. Not Much Has Changed

Feb 22, 2020

I Live in South Korea Where Coronavirus Cases are Rising. Not Much Has Changed

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Germany's extreme right under pressure after attacks

Feb 22, 2020

The extreme political right in Germany is on the defensive and stands accused of inciting last week's racist attacks in Hanau and others with its anti-migrant diatribes.

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Norway rejects Moscow's claim it violated Svalbard Treaty

Feb 21, 2020

Norway has rejected Russian accusations of violating the terms of an international treaty regulating activities on the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard, as a diplomatic spat over Russian operations there escalated.

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China reports daily rise in viral infections to 648 cases

Feb 22, 2020

China reported Sunday a rise in new virus cases to 648, bringing mainland China's total number of confirmed infections to 76,936.

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'We should be very afraid': Admiral who oversaw Bin Laden raid hits out at Trump over sacking of intelligence chief

Feb 22, 2020

In a searing op-ed, the former head of US Special Operations Command, who supervised the 2011 Navy SEAL raid in Pakistan that killed Osama bin Laden, has slammed Donald Trump’s reckless attitude towards the intelligence community saying that Americans should be afraid of the president's actions.

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Taliban, Afghan forces clash on first day of violence reduction period

Feb 22, 2020

Taliban fighters and Afghan security forces clashed in parts of Afghanistan on Saturday, a day after a week-long "reduction in violence" was announced, but the incidents did not spark immediate alarm on either side.

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Conservatives ahead as Iran poll results trickle in

Feb 22, 2020

Conservatives took a lead Saturday as the first results of Iran's parliamentary election came in, boosted by a predicted low turnout following the disqualification of nearly half the candidates.

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11 Worrying Flood Records Broken In The Last Two Weeks

Feb 22, 2020

Two weeks after Storm Ciara dumped floodwaters across the UK, and nearly one week since Storm Dennis did the same, there are still scores of flood warnings in place.

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Syrian war pulls in major foreign actors, increasing tension

Feb 21, 2020

In northern Syria, heavy exchanges between Syrian and Turkish troops are erupting with more frequency, threatening to escalate into full-blown conflict.

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Afghanistan Could End Up in a Civil War. Time For U.S. Forces to Leave

Feb 21, 2020

Three separate political groups in Kabul are threatening to form a government of their own in opposition to current President Ashraf Ghani—and against each other.

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London Mosque Attack Had ‘Been Brewing’, Say Leaders

Feb 21, 2020

Muslims in London felt a mosque attack had “been brewing” following incidents at places of worship around the world, community leaders have said.

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Grief, anger and calls for action after shooting in Germany

Feb 21, 2020

Gokhan Gultekin’s juggling act was in many ways typical of Hanau’s Turkish community: taking care of frail parents, hustling to work at a late-night cafe, making some cash on the side at a second job and attending Friday prayers at the mosque across town.

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Inmate says in letter that he killed 2 molesters in prison

Feb 20, 2020

A California inmate serving a life sentence for murder confessed in a letter that he beat to death two child molesterswith another inmate's cane hours after a prison counselor ignored his urgent warning that he might become violent.

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Quadruple murderer executed in Tennessee

Feb 20, 2020

A quadruple murderer was put to death in Tennessee on Thursday despite lawyers asking the US Supreme Court for a stay of execution.

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'Enemies of the people': Coronavirus evacuees endure hostile return to Ukraine

Feb 21, 2020

Julia Volok says some of her fellow passengers expected a warm welcome on their arrival in Ukraine after finally being evacuated from the epicenter of the coronavirus epidemic in China's Hubei province this week.

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Britain First's Paul Golding Charged Under The Terrorism Act

Feb 21, 2020

The leader of far-right political group Britain First has been charged with an offence under the Terrorism Act after refusing to give police access to his phone.

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