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A demonstrator carries an Iraqi flag as he walks near burning tires, during ongoing anti-government protests in Najaf, Iraq. (File photo: Reuters) At least seven people were killed and 53 others injured in clashes in Iraq’s southern city of Najaf on Wednesday after supporters of populist cleric Moqtada al-Sadr stormed an anti-government protest camp, medical […]

A view of the Pegasus Airlines Boeing 737-86J plane, that overran the runway during landing and crashed, at Istanbul’s Sabiha Gokcen airport, Turkey February 5, 2020. (Reuters Photo) APegasus Airlines passenger jet flying in from the western city of İzmir veered off the runway after landing at Istanbul’s Sabiha Gökçen Airport on Wednesday afternoon. The […]

The proportion of caffeine varies depending on the type of coffee. File photo: Stina Stjernkvist/TT The recommended daily dose of caffeine for pregnant women has been reduced by the Swedish Food Agency. The previous advice of a maximum daily intake of 300 milligrams of caffeine per day has been replaced with advice to drink no […]

Whampoa Garden being cleaned. Photo: Apple Daily. A 39-year-old man has died after contracting the new coronavirus – the first confirmed fatality in Hong Kong since the start of the outbreak. The man went to Wuhan in China – where the virus was first detected – on January 21 via a high-speed train and returned to Hong […]

Archive photo shows a woman wearing a niqab during a demonstration in the Netherlands. Photo: DPA A court in Germany ruled Monday against an attempt by authorities in Hamburg to forbid a 16-year-old schoolgirl from wearing a niqab during lessons. The ruling, which cannot be appealed, has fuelled debate in Germany over whether schools should […]

The apparently high initial mortality rates have shrunk as the number of infections grows, and many of the infected appear to have mild or no symptoms  If one thing has spread faster than the new coronavirus from Wuhan, China, it If one thing has spread faster than the new coronavirus from Wuhan, China, it is […]

Defense Minister Hulusi Akar went to border province of Hatay, Feb.3,2020. (AA PHOTO) Turkey has conducted strikes against 57 Assad regime targets, neutralizing 76 Syrian regime troops, National Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said late Monday. “Turkey informed Russian authorities that armed reinforcements would arrive twice Sunday, at 4:13 p.m. and 10:27 p.m., yet regime attacks […]

Somali women chant slogans and hold placards written in Somali “No more Explosions” and “Silly criminal is Dangerous” as they protest against Somali Islamist group Al-Shabaab in Mogadishu on Jan. 2, 2020. U.S. forces destroyed two al-Shabab compounds and killed at least one terrorist in a military operation in southern Somalia last month, the Pentagon […]

Daniel arap Moi served as president from 1978 to 2002 The former teacher who became Kenya’s longest-serving President and transformed the country’s political landscape with his iron-fist rule for more than two decades died at the Nairobi Hospital in the early hours of February 4, 2020. He was 95. Making the announcement in a presidential […]

There are three major views, both in China and abroad, about the negative impact of the 2019-nCov epidemic on China’s economy. The “critical impact” theory tends to think that it will have serious effect on the already slackening Chinese economy, even causing a slide of its growth rate and handicapping global economy. Based on data […]