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France confirms first virus death outside Asia
News Agencies, Published on 15/02/2020
» An elderly Chinese tourist has died in France, marking the first death outside Asia from the coronavirus, France’s health ministry said on Saturday. The virus has killed more than 1,500 people in China.
What now for Abu Dhabi's Man City project?
AFP, Published on 15/02/2020
» LONDON - Manchester City have enjoyed a meteoric rise from mid-table mediocrity to serial trophy winners thanks to the deep pockets of Abu Dhabi's Sheikh Mansour. But now they face their biggest challenge of the new era.
Sinn Fein sees Irish unity vote in 3-5 years
AFP, Published on 15/02/2020
» DUBLIN: Brexit is a “game-changer” that could trigger a referendum on Irish unification within three years, says the leader of the nationalist Sinn Fein party.
Pompeo rejects claims that US has quit global role
AFP, Published on 15/02/2020
» MUNICH (GERMANY) - US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Saturday rejected European pessimism about Washington's retreat from the global stage, saying the death of the transatlantic bond had been "grossly overexaggerated".
S.Sudan president offers key compromise for peace
AFP, Published on 15/02/2020
» JUBA - South Sudan's president said on Saturday he would return to a system of 10 states, a key opposition demand, paving the way for a unity government and an end to the country's civil war.
Germans hit the streets to condemn far right
AFP, Published on 15/02/2020
» FRANKFURT AM MAIN: Ten thousand people are expected to join a demonstration on Saturday in Erfurt, the capital of Thuringia state in Germany's former communist east, where far-right lawmakers last week helped install a new state premier.
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.
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.
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.
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.