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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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33 Turkish soldiers killed in Syria airstrike
The News International 28 Feb 2020
ANKARA. At least 33 Turkish soldiers were killed in Syria´s Idlib province after an air strike blamed on Damascus, prompting condemnation from Washington and a UN warning on the rapidly-rising risk of escalation. Dozens more soldiers were injured and taken to Turkey for treatment, Rahmi Dogan, governor of Turkish Hatay, said Friday ... File photo ... ....
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Erdogan’s military adventurism in Syria is doomed to fail: Analyst
Press TV 28 Feb 2020
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s military adventurism in Syria is doomed to fail, says an American political analyst, as tensions soar between Damascus and Ankara over Turkey’s aggression on the Arab country’s soil and the rising death toll of Turkish troops there ... 34 Turkish troops killed in Syria's Idlib as govt. forces continue gains ... ....
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Nigeria confirms first case of coronavirus in sub Saharan Africa
CNN 28 Feb 2020
(CNN)An Italian citizen who traveled to Lagos, Nigeria's economic nerve center, is the first confirmed case of coronavirus in sub Saharan Africa, according to the country's Health Ministry. The man works in Nigeria and had returned from Milan to Lagos on February 25, the ministry said ... Wuhan coronavirus has now passed 6,000 cases worldwide. N ... Dr ... ....
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New virus has infected 83,000 globally, caused 2,800 deaths
Sun Star 28 Feb 2020
A VIRAL outbreak that began in China has infected more than 83,000 people globally. The World Health Organization has named the illness Covid-19, referring to its origin late last year and the coronavirus that causes it ... — Mainland China ... — Hong Kong. 92 cases, 2 deaths ... ....
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Chinese swimmer Sun Yang banned for eight years for doping offence - Cas
Supersport 28 Feb 2020photo: AP / Manish Swarup
Mongolian president & entire delegation quarantined after China visit over coronavirus fears
Russia Today 28 Feb 2020
The Mongolian president and his entire delegation have been put under 14-day quarantine after making a state visit to coronavirus-stricken China. Khaltmaagiin Battulga visited China to meet President Xi Jinping amid an outbreak of deadly infection ... ....
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NATO in urgent talks after 33 Turkish troops killed in Syria
Daily Herald 28 Feb 2020
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg says Turkey has requested emergency talks after 33 of its soldiers were killed in northeast Syria ... ....
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Pope falls ill after meeting crowd wearing masks in St. Peter's Square, Vatican says
Canada Dot Com 27 Feb 2020
Pope Francis is slightly indisposed and has canceled an event at a Rome basilica but is carrying out the rest of his schedule in his residence, the Vatican said on Thursday ... “All other commitments will go ahead regularly,” spokesman Matteo Bruni said ... The meeting took place in a building steps from the guest house ... Peter’s square on Feb ... ....
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Iran's coronavirus outbreak is bizarrely reminiscent of the Black Death
The Independent 27 Feb 2020
When the very first Coronavirus reports emerged, I had a suspicion that Iran would be a target of the world’s anger. The spread of Covid-19 to the Middle East was as inevitable as history because the Muslim pilgrim routes have always acted as a channel for pestilence ... It was inevitable, of course ... This was truly medieval in its fantasy ... Coronavirus ... AP....
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Pope sick for a second day with apparent cold, cancels audiences
South China Morning Post 28 Feb 2020
Pope Francis cancelled his official audiences Friday after apparently coming down with a cold. The Vatican said the 83-year-old pontiff celebrated morning Mass as usual and greeted participants at the end ... ....
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‘Aggressive designs’: Pakistan blasts India’s $3bn arms deal with Washington for ‘destabilizing already volatile region’
Russia Today 28 Feb 2020
Islamabad has voiced concern over a recent multi-billion dollar weapons deal signed between Washington and New Delhi, insisting its nuclear-armed rival is upsetting stability in southern Asia ... Also on rt.com ‘Best weapons on the planet’. Trump confirms $3bn weapons deal with New Delhi during massive rally in India....
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Earth has temporarily gained a new moon
The Oregonian 27 Feb 2020
Look up toward the sky and wave hello to Earth’s new mini moon -- even if you can’t see it. Our planet temporarily gained an additional, natural moon when a small asteroid was pulled into Earth’s orbit three years ago, the International Astronomical Union’s Minor Planet Center (MPC) announced late Tuesday ... The 2020 CD3 was discovered Feb ... ....
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Hundreds of migrants in Turkey head towards EU borders, reports say
Kathimerini 28 Feb 2020
Hundreds of migrants walked through northwest Turkey toward its borders with Greece and Bulgaria on Friday, Turkish media reported, after a senior official said Ankara will no longer stop Syrian refugees from reaching Europe ... Syrians, Iranians, Iraqis, Pakistanis and Moroccans were among those in the group, it said ... [Reuters] ....
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Judge refuses to reconsider releasing secret Jeffrey Epstein-related documents
The Independent 28 Feb 2020
A federal judge has denied a motion that could have allowed the release of more than 1,000 documents related to the investigation of crimes committed by Jeffrey Epstein and others. The motion, filed by the Miami Herald and investigative journalist Julie K. Brown, asked the judge to reconsider a previous decision to keep the files secret ... Show all 9 ... ....
