February 2020
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South Korea raised its disease alert to the highest level on Sunday after a surge in coronavirus infections and two more deaths, while China state media warned the outbreak there had yet to reach a turning point despite some signs of easing. South Korea’s president said he was putting the country on “red alert” due…
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Gigi Hadid jumped to boyfriend Zayn Malik’s defence as Jake Paul claimed the singer told him to ‘f**k off for no reason’. The supermodel, 24, who is currently in the midst of Milan Fashion Week, took to Twitter to hit back at the controversial YouTuber, 23, after he alleged that he narrowly avoided a physical altercation with the…
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A man in New York was arrested on Feb. 19 for allegedly making death threats to House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) and Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) over their roles in the impeachment of President Donald Trump. During the trial, Schumer, the Democratic leader of the Senate, voted to convict Trump on both articles,…
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Scientists studying the remarkably well-preserved remains of an Ice Age bird have identified the specimen as a horned lark. Buried and frozen in permafrost near the village of Belaya Gora in north-eastern Siberia, the bird was discovered by local fossil ivory hunters, who passed it on to a team of experts, including Nicolas Dussex and Love…
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Scrambling to contain rapidly rising number of new coronavirus infections in Italy, the largest amount outside Asia, authorities on Sunday stepped up measures to ban public gatherings, including stopping Venice’s famed carnival events, which have drawn tens of thousands of revelers to a region that is now in the heart of the outbreak. “The ordinance…
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Three male teenagers are being investigated by the police for spitting on the lift buttons in a lift at Rumbia LRT station. The incident, which came to light on Thursday (Feb 20) after SBS Transit posted a photo on Facebook of the lift buttons covered in spittle, had sparked condemnation coming amid the coronavirus outbreak.…
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“The internet connection in my home was cut off for several days. I kept on calling the mayor’s hotline, but nobody is taking care of us,” said a resident of Wuhan City, Hubei Province, where the coronavirus (COVID-19 virus) outbreak began. Since Feb. 11, more and more Wuhan residents reported that their home internet connections were…
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Finance officials from the world’s 20 biggest economies (G20) meeting in Riyadh on Sunday reached agreement on the wording of a final communique that includes a reference to climate change for the first time, G20 diplomatic sources said. Overcoming U.S. objections, the compromise language retained a reference to work by the Financial Stability Board to…
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Eight people died and others were stuck under collapsed buildings in southeastern Turkey on Sunday after a magnitude-5.7 earthquake struck near the border with Iran, the Turkish government said as teams dug through rubble in nearby villages. Three of those killed were children and 21 people were injured, including eight critically, Turkey’s health ministry said.…
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South Korea’s president said he was putting the country on “red alert” due to the rapid rise in new cases, which are largely being traced back to church services. Health officials reported 169 new infections, bringing the total to 602, having doubled from Friday to Saturday. The last time South Korea raised the alert to…
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The race for America’s 2020 presidential elections is broadening across the country. The next Democratic primary on Saturday in South Carolina, will be followed closely by the Super Tuesday contests in 14 states on March 3, when more than one-third of the pledged delegates will be nominated help select a Democratic nominee. Joe Biden, the…
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Bernie Sanders won big in Nevada and is looking forward to making history in America’s 2020 presidential elections. What’s behind Sanders’ growing popularity? Broad-based support across age, racial and ideological groups propelled Sanders to a dominant victory in Nevada’s Democratic caucuses, tightening his grip on the front-runner spot in the race to find a challenger…
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How does the new coronavirus disease spread? That’s just one of many basic, unanswered questions about this latest pandemic threat. The virus that causes the respiratory disease has already infected more than 75,000 people in two months. (Of them, 2,130 have died.) And the best explanation for this rapid spread is that this newly discovered pathogen — SARS-CoV-2 —…
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Billie Eilish receives the award for International Female Solo Artist at the Brit Awards at the O2 Arena in London. REUTERS/Hannah Mckay President Donald Trump gestures to reporters as he departs Washington for campaign travel to California from Joint Base Andrews in Maryland. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque Passengers look out from the cruise ship Diamond Princess at…
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Rod Stewart and Ronnie Wood perform at the Brit Awards at the O2 Arena in London, February 18, 2020. REUTERS/Hannah Mckay Lizzo performs. REUTERS/Hannah Mckay Harry Styles performs. REUTERS/Hannah Mckay Stormzy performs. REUTERS/Hannah Mckay Ellie Goulding and Jorja Smith present the award for Female Solo Artist to Mabel. REUTERS/Hannah Mckay Ronnie Wood presents the…
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Tony Iwelu, Chief Security Officer to Minister for Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has died of electric shock in a hotel in Kaduna State while attending a function. Though details surrounding the incident remains sketchy, it was said that Iwelu died while having a shower on Monday at about 10:30am. Iwelu was an operative of the Department…
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