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Syrian chopper downed over rebel area, killing crew
AFP, Published on 15/02/2020
» DAMASCUS - A Syrian military helicopter was shot down over the last major rebel bastion in northwest Syria on Friday, the second such incident in a week of high tensions with Turkey.
Weinstein prosecutors urge jurors to convict 'predator'
AFP, Published on 15/02/2020
» NEW YORK - Harvey Weinstein was a "predator" who used his status as a powerful Hollywood producer to take advantage of the women he attacked, prosecutors said Friday as his sex crimes trial drew to a close.
Virus updates: China death toll surges past 1,500
AFP, Published on 15/02/2020
» BEIJING: The death toll from China's new coronavirus epidemic jumped past 1,500 on Saturday but new infections fell following a mid-week surge caused by a change in the way cases are counted.
Australian bushfires extinguished
AFP, Published on 15/02/2020
» SYDNEY: Australia's "black summer" of devastating bushfires is finally coming to a close, but bitter arguments over how to tackle climate-fuelled disasters are raging on.
McIlroy closes in on Kuchar, Woods lags at Riviera
AFP, Published on 15/02/2020
» LOS ANGELES - Rory McIlroy, making his first start as world number one since 2015, pulled within two strokes of 36-hole leader Matt Kuchar Friday as Tiger Woods's hopes of a landmark Genesis Invitational win dwindled.
Q&A: Testing for coronavirus in China
AFP, Published on 15/02/2020
» BEIJING - A sudden surge in the number of novel coronavirus cases in China has put a spotlight on the ways patients are tested for the illness, from lung imaging to uncomfortable lab tests that are not always accurate.
Chinese, Vatican foreign ministers hold first meeting
AFP, Published on 15/02/2020
» BEIJING - The foreign ministers of China and the Vatican have met in the first such high-level encounter between the sides, which do not have diplomatic ties, Beijing's state media said Saturday.
Quarantined man runs marathon in apartment
AFP, Published on 15/02/2020
» HONG KONG: A fanatical runner jogged the equivalent of an ultra-marathon inside his small apartment as people in virus-hit China desperately try to keep fit while cooped up indoors.
Westerdam passengers hail 'best cruise ever'
By Clare Baldwin, Reuters, Published on 15/02/2020
» SIHANOUKVILLE, Cambodia: After nearly two weeks cast away in search of any port that would take them, passengers aboard the cruise ship MS Westerdam spoke of an ordeal that was anything but harrowing.
Hunt on for Singapore ‘patient zero’
Reuters, Published on 15/02/2020
» SINGAPORE: As lion dancers snaked between conference room tables laden with plastic bottles, pens, notebooks and laptops, some staff from the British gas analytics firm Servomex snapped photos of the performance meant to bring good luck and fortune.