February 2020
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Liverpool’s unbeaten run in the Premier League was put into a sudden cessation after the Merseyside suffered a disappointing 3-0 defeat to Hornets at the Vicarage Road on Saturday, February 29. Jurgen Klopp’s men got a firm grip of the game initially but a couple of defensive errors saw Watford cruise to a comfortable victory…
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Liverpool’s chances of winning their first Premier League title in over 30 years may have been reduced due to the outbreak of the deadly coronavirus epidemic. The Reds currently sit atop of the English topflight table with 79 points – 22 points better than the defending champions Manchester City after 27 matches. With 11 games…
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An Italian-Nigerian professional footballer named King Paul Akpan Udoh has reportedly emerged as the first footballer to be diagnosed with the deadly coronavirus. King Paul Udoh, 22, was reported to have been diagnosed with deadly corona-virus on Thursday, February 27, and he has been quarantined according to various reports. He started his professional career at…
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Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez today called as interference the suspension of remittances to the Antillean nation through Western Union from all countries, except the United States. The new regulation violates the sovereignty of third states and reinforces the extraterritorial component of Washington’s inhuman policy against the island, said the head of Cuban diplomacy on…
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A U.S. federal appeals court in San Francisco on Friday blocked a Trump administration policy that has forced tens of thousands of migrants to wait in Mexico for months for hearings in U.S. immigration courts. A 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel found the plaintiffs were likely to succeed in their argument that the…
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As research labs across the world rush to develop vaccine against coronavirus, that the World Health Organization has “pandemic potential” and Israel research institute has claimed a breakthrough, according to the Israeli website Grapevine, which focuses on innovation in Israel. Grapevine reported that the Migal Research Institute, based in northern Israel, held a press conference…
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Hollywood star Johnny Depp made a surprise appearance at England’s High Court on Wednesday for a hearing in his libel case against The Sun newspaper. The “Pirates of the Caribbean” actor is suing the tabloid and its executive editor Dan Wootton over a 2018 article which accused him of abusing former wife Amber Heard. The…
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“Everybody was so sweet and welcoming,” Paris Hilton, CEO of Paris Hilton Entertainment, told Al Arabiya English in an interview on Wednesday, following her first trip to Saudi Arabia. “I had a wonderful time. I thought it was beautiful and very lovely people,” she added. Hilton, who has over 11 million Instagram followers and 17…
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Nigeria on Friday announced the first confirmed case of the novel coronavirus in sub-Saharan Africa. “The case is an Italian citizen who works in Nigeria and returned from Milan, Italy to Lagos, Nigeria on the 25th of February 2020,” Health Minister Osagie Ehanire said in a statement on Twitter. “The patient is clinically stable, with…
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Britain laid out its opening demands for upcomingtrade talks with the European Union on Thursday,including a blunt threat to walk away from the negotiating table if there is no progress within four months. The two sides appear headed for a rocky first round of negotiations as they try to forge a new relationship following the…
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arraigned one Patrick Ighalo before Justice J. K. Omotosho of the Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, over a N1.75m scam. Ighalo was arraigned on a four-count charge bordering on obtaining money under false pretence. One of the counts reads, “That you Patrick Ighalo and…
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A 37-year-old woman has been arrested in Kano for allegedly marrying two husbands. The woman, Hauwa Ali, was arrested on Monday from her residence in Kumbotso Local Government Area of the state. An official, Alhaji Lawan Fagge, said the woman was apprehended after her first husband, Bello Ibrahim, 45, who was critically ill and taken…
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An employee opened fire Wednesday at Milwaukee’s Molson Coors complex, killing five fellow workers before taking his own life, police said. The gunman was identified as a 51-year-old Milwaukee man who died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, police said. “There were five individuals who went to work today, just like everybody goes to work, and…
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Gerard Pique, as expected, sided with Lionel Messi when asked to choose between his Barcelona teammate and Diego Maradona. The debate about who’s the best of the two Argentines has resurfaced this week with Barça due to play Napoli in the Champions League, the Italian side for whom Maradona produced some of his best football.…
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Bad guys are not allowed to have iPhones in movies, says “Knives Out” director Ron Johnson. “Apple, they let you use iPhones in movies, but, and this is very pivotal, if you’re ever watching a mystery movie, bad guys cannot have iPhones on camera,” Johnson said Tuesday during an interview with Vanity Fair. Apple is known…
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Israel’s Health Ministry is advising against international travel amid the spread of the coronavirus, according to The Jerusalem Post. Also, the health officials are mandating a 14-day quarantine for anyone returning to Israel from Italy, according to the report. “Travel to conferences and other international gatherings should be avoided, including trips for religious events,” the ministry said in…
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