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China reports 17 more cases of mystery virus

19 January, 2020 BEIJING: China reported 17 new cases of a mysterious virus on Sunday, including three patients in a severe condition, heightening concerns of more infections as hundreds of millions of people prepare to travel home for the Lunar New Year holiday. The new corona-virus strain has caused alarm because …

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Legal team dismisses impeachment charges against Trump

19 January, 2020 WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump’s legal team has given its first formal response to the impeachment charges against him, describing the case as a “dangerous attack” on democracy. The document said the impeachment articles failed to allege any crime and were a “brazen” attempt to interfere with …

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America should withdraw troops from Afghanistan: Pak FM

18 January, 2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies KABUL/ WASHINGTON/ ISLAMABAD/ TEHRAN: Pakistan’s Foreign Minister (FM) Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said the United States should withdraw troops from Afghanistan in a responsible manner and avoid repeating the mistakes from the past. The remarks were made during an interview with American broadcaster Fox …

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Nirbhaya Case: Convicts to be hanged on Feb 1

A Delhi Court has issued fresh death warrants against the four convicts in the Nirbhaya rape and murder case. The court set the date of the hanging as February 1, at 6 am. Earlier today, President Ram Nath Kovind rejected the mercy petition of one of the convicts in the …

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‘Red dust wall’ envelops Australian town

17 January, 2020 Bureau Report QUEENSLAND/ MELBOURNE: As bushfires continue to rage in nearly every corner of Australia, an entirely different sort of nightmare has afflicted the outback town of Mildura in the state of Victoria. On Thursday, just as the sun was reaching its peak, hot, high and heavy winds …

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Khamenei defends Iran’s military over plane disaster

17 January, 2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies TEHRAN/ BAGHDAD/ MELBOURNE: Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has defended the country’s military after it admitted shooting down a passenger plane by mistake. He said the Revolutionary Guard – the elite unit responsible for the disaster – “maintained the security” of …

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