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Isis and al-Qaeda join forces in West Africa
The Independent 23 Feb 2020
Trump's longtime aide will be sentenced in a case that has caused a stir in Washington following meddling by the US president and his attorney general ... Dogs wearing masks are seen at a main shopping area, in downtown Shanghai, China, as the country is hit by an outbreak of a new coronavirus....
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Greta Thunberg scathing about politicians as thousands join Hamburg climate protest
Yahoo Daily News 23 Feb 2020
"If enough people get involved in making change happen, change can happen," the 17-year-old said. (Reuters/F. Bimmer) ... Organizers estimated 60,000 people ... Read ... The event took place on the eve of a regional election and was attended by numerous politicians, as well as thousands of schoolchildren, students and activists in the St ... ....
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Mike Hughes: Daredevil who wanted to prove Earth is flat dies after crashing homemade rocket
The Independent 23 Feb 2020
“Mad” Mike Hughes, who hoped to prove the Earth was flat by going into space, died on Saturday near Barstow, California, after attempting to launch his steam-powered rocket for a new television series called Homemade Astronauts on the US Science Channel ... In a trailer filmed by the Science Channel ahead of the launch, Hughes had said....
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Madonna leaves fans fuming after arriving to Paris concert 3.5 hours late
The News International 23 Feb 2020
The fault of unforeseen technical problems, according to the production, caused by the incompatibility of certain decorations with the scene of the famous Parisian hall where the star must close a tour that she wanted as close as possible to her audience, in theaters and cinemas in the United States and Europe....
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Italy coronavirus cases rise to more than 100 - regional chief
Yahoo Daily News 23 Feb 2020
MILAN (Reuters) - The number of cases of coronavirus in Italy continued to rise on Sunday after the government passed a series of emergency measures to limit the spread of the outbreak in Europe's most affected country ... (Reporting by Stephen Jewkes and Elvira Pollina; editing by Philippa Fletcher and Crispian Balmer). ....
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Israeli strikes kill two in Syria after Palestinian rocket barrage
RTE 24 Feb 2020
Israeli aircraft struck the Islamic Jihad militant group in both the Gaza Strip and Syria, killing two fighters after the group fired a barrage of rockets at Israel ... More than a dozen were intercepted by the Jewish state's Iron Dome missile defence system, the Israeli army said, adding there were no reports of serious injuries in Israel ... ....
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South Korea Becomes Biggest Coronavirus Centre Outside China
NDTV 24 Feb 2020
South Korea reported 161 more coronavirus cases Monday, taking the nationwide total to 763 and making it the world's largest total outside China ... ....
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Litecoin Prints Array of Buying Signals, and That’s Massively Bullish for Crypto
NewsBTC 24 Feb 2020
In fact, a popular trader, Byzantine General, is extremely optimistic about Litecoin, a cryptocurrency that has gained around 95% this year — outpacing BTC by 100%, though underperforming Ethereum and the Bitcoin hard forks ... But eventually, Bitcoin started moving, following in the path blazed by LTC....
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‘As long as the AfD is legal, racism is legal’: Far-right party condemned as Germany struggles to combat extremism
The Independent 22 Feb 2020
As Germany‘s president expressed his sympathy and shock during a candlelight vigil for nine people killed by an immigrant-hating gunman, a woman called out from the crowd, demanding action, not words ... foreigners by a group calling itself the National Socialist Underground (NSU)....
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Tyson Fury compared to Muhammad Ali after stunning win over Deontay Wilder
AOL 23 Feb 2020
Tyson Fury was put in the same breath as the great Muhammad Ali after his stunning display to stop Deontay Wilder and win the WBC world heavyweight title in Las Vegas ... McCrory said in his role on TalkSport ... He wrote ... Lennox Lewis produced what is considered to be among the finest fights by a British boxer when he beat Mike Tyson in Memphis in 2002 ... ....
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Palestinian rockets strike Israel after Gaza border clash
Stars and Stripes 23 Feb 2020
JERUSALEM — Palestinian militants fired some 20 rockets toward southern Israel on Sunday hours after Israel said it killed a Palestinian militant who tried to place a bomb along the Israel-Gaza barrier fence. There was no immediate claim for the rocket fire, but it appeared to be meant to avenge the death of the militant ... .......
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South Korea raises disease alert to top level as coronavirus cases soar
The Jerusalem Post 23 Feb 2020
South Korean President Moon Jae-in said on Sunday that the government had raised the country's disease alert by one notch to the fourth and highest level in a bid to contain a surge in new cases. The Korea Centers for Disease and Control and Prevention (KCDC) said the number of infections had jumped by 169....
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America could be on the verge of a huge shift to the left — here’s ...
Raw Story 23 Feb 2020
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China braces for inevitable big hit to economy from virus, says Xi
Canada Dot Com 23 Feb 2020
“For us, this is a crisis and is also a big test,” Xi said. Chinese policymakers have implemented a raft of measures to support an economy jolted by the virus, which is expected to have a devastating impact on first-quarter growth ... (Reporting by Yingzhi Yang and Kevin Yao; Editing by Frances Kerry and Alex Richardson) ....
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Pope Francis appears to give thumbs down to Donald Trump's Mideast peace plan
Deccan Herald 23 Feb 2020
"The Mediterranean region is currently threatened by outbreaks of instability and conflict, both in the Middle East and different countries of North Africa, as well as between various ethnic, religious or confessional groups," Francis said ... Yet it is unthinkable that we can address the problem by putting up walls," he said....
