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BSP senior assistant governor Dahlia Luna told The STAR over the weekend that the bank does not see the need to follow the steps taken by the Chinese central bank to prevent the further spread of the virus. MANILA, Philippines — There is no plan to disinfect or destroy banknotes in the country amid the […]

  Getty  LAS VEGAS—In 2016, Sen. Bernie Sanders came within five points of beating Hillary Clinton in the Nevada caucuses, a stunning near-upset that, after a similar near-miss in Iowa, helped kickstart the progressive movement that has made him one of the most influential politicians in the country. Four years later—and mere weeks after another […]

AA File Photo Turkish Foreign Ministry on Friday condemned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s plan to build thousands of new illegal settlements in annexed east Jerusalem. The project was announced Thursday, briefly before the general elections, in which his party failed to win the majority of the votes previously. The policy violated international law and […]

Researchers subpackage 2019-nCoV detection reagents at a company in Wuqing District, north China’s Tianjin Municipality, Jan. 27, 2020. Photo:Xinhua In another breakthrough, Chinese scientists have identified traces of coronavirus in patients’ urine, suggesting the virus is capable of traveling with the blood to the human body to harm multiple organs. The virus in urine also […]

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin discussed late Friday the developments in war-ravaged Idlib town in northwestern Syria, which has recently seen a humanitarian disaster due to heavy bombardments by the Assad regime and its main backer Russia. In the phone call, the leaders reiterated their willingness to fully implement all […]

  TEHRAN – Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei cast his vote early on Friday both for the 11th parliamentary elections and the mid-term election for the Assembly of Experts. Ayatollah Khamenei cast his vote at the Hussainiyeh of Imam Khomeini in Tehran, where a polling booth — ballot box 110 — […]

Germany has increased police presence across the country, and at mosques in particular, as part of efforts to counter the “very high” security threat from far-right extremists in the wake of the recent racist attack. “The security threat from right-wing extremism and racism is very high,” German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer said at a press […]

Libyan National Army Commander Khalifa Haftar. (File photo: Reuters) Libyan National Army (LNA) Commander Khalifa Haftar said he would be ready for a ceasefire if Turkish and Syrian mercenaries left the country and Ankara stopped supplying weapons to Libya’s UN-recognized government in Tripoli, RIA reported. The UN-recognized Government of National Accord (GNA), led by Fayez […]

FILE PHOTO Su-24 fighters © Sputnik / Igor Zarembo The Russian Defense Ministry says its Air Force launched strikes to repel a militant offensive against the Syrian Army in Idlib, which had sought to breach the government forces’ defensive lines with Turkey’s backing. The militants launched a “massive offensive” southeast of the city of Idlib, […]