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WHO chief in quarantine after contact tests positive for Covid-19
AFP, Published on 02/11/2020
» GENEVA: The World Health Organization chief said late Sunday that he was self-quarantining after someone he had been in contact with tested positive for Covid-19, but stressed he had no symptoms.
Russia takes four-year doping ban battle to court
AFP, Published on 02/11/2020
» LAUSANNE - Russia will attempt to overturn its four-year ban from international sport this week in the latest chapter of a long-running and controversial saga over state-sanctioned doping.
From hummus to high-tech: Israel CEOs seek 'friends', deals in UAE
AFP, Published on 02/11/2020
» DUBAI - If you had asked Israeli businessman Yehonatan Ben Hamozeg earlier this year where he'd be pitching his palm tree saving technology in October, there was no chance he would have said the United Arab Emirates.
Saving Angkor Wat: Cambodia's ninja gardeners tame jungle
AFP, Published on 02/11/2020
» SIEM REAP, Cambodia: Stacking a ladder against the towering spires of Cambodia's archaeological marvel Angkor Wat, Chhoeurm Try gingerly scales the temple's exterior to hack away foliage before it damages the ancient facade.
Europe imposes new virus curbs as exasperation, anger grows
AFP, Published on 02/11/2020
» BERLIN: Germany on Monday led a further tightening of coronavirus restrictions in Europe that have triggered anger and frustration across the continent, while the Covid-19 crisis in the United States deepened.
Nation prepares to stop for a Melbourne Cup behind closed doors
AFP, Published on 02/11/2020
» MELBOURNE: Australia's "race that stops a nation" will Tuesday be staged in front of empty grandstands, devoid of the roars from tens of thousands of punters when the Melbourne Cup is run behind closed doors for the first time in its long history.
16 dead after Typhoon Goni batters Philippines
AFP, Published on 02/11/2020
» MANILA: The most powerful typhoon to hit the Philippines this year destroyed tens of thousands of homes and killed at least 16 people, officials said Monday, as communications to the worst-hit areas remained cut off.
Record fires ravage Brazil's Amazon and Pantanal regions
AFP, Published on 02/11/2020
» BRASíLIA: A record high number of fires scorched Brazil's Amazon and Pantanal wetlands last month, official data showed on Sunday, as deforestation and climate change wreaked havoc on some of the planet's most valuable ecosystems.
Britain's Prince William 'caught Covid in April'
AFP, Published on 02/11/2020
» LONDON: Prince William, second-in-line to the British throne, contracted coronavirus in April but kept his diagnosis secret, media reported on Monday.
Fears of violence, vote rigging and confusion beset eve of US election
AFP, Published on 02/11/2020
» WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden fought Monday through the eve of an election threatened by legal chaos and fears of violence after Trump, down in the polls and with only hours to go, pushed hard to discredit the US voting process.