Europe scrambles to contain rise in coronavirus cases

A woman talks to a healthcare worker before getting tested for COVID-19 at a sampling station in Prague, Czech Republic, Monday, Sept. 21, 2020. The country coped well with the first wave of the coronavirus infections in the spring but has been facing a record surge of the new confirmed cases last week. (AP Photo/Petr

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Bin Zayed talks with Washington to transfer US base in Turkey to UAE

Mohammed Bin Zayed Bin Sultan Al-Nahyan, the crown prince of Abu-Dhabi on 30 November 2018 [En.kremlin.ru] Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohamed Bin Zayed is talking with the Pentagon to transfer the US Incirlik Air Base from Turkey to the UAE, the New Khaleej reported yesterday. Informed sources revealed to the news site on Saturday that

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UK at ‘critical point’ over Covid-19, top scientists to tell public

Chris Whitty and Sir Patrick Vallance on their way into 10 Downing Street in July. Photograph: Simon Dawson/Reuters By Heather Stewart and Josh Halliday Britain’s most senior government scientists will make a direct appeal to the public on Monday, warning that the coronavirus trend is “heading in the wrong direction” and “a critical point has

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Taiwan military says it has right to counter attack amid China threats

A Taiwanese AH-1 Cobra helicopter fires during the live-fire, anti-landing Han Kuang military exercise, which simulates an enemy invasion, in Taichung, Taiwan July 16, 2020. REUTERS/Ann Wang TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan said on Monday its armed forces have the right to self-defence and counter attack amid “harassment and threats”, in an apparent warning to China,

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Which way is open for Farmajo if Parliament rejects the Mogadishu agreement?

Photo/Somali Times After ninety days of controversy and confusion over the 2020/21 Federal Government elections, an agreement was reached on Thursday, September 17th, between President Farmajo and members states leaders. Speaking at a ceremony after the agreement, the President of the Federal Republic of Somalia, Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo, said that he had compromised for the

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TikTok Owner Seeking $60 Billion Valuation in U.S. Deal

ByteDance Ltd.’s TikTok app button, reflected in a mirror, is arranged for a photograph on a smartphone in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, on Monday, Sept. 14, 2020. Oracle Corp. is the winning bidder for a deal with TikTok’s U.S. operations, people familiar with the talks said, after main rival Microsoft Corp. announced its offer

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The new Somali prime minister asked parliament to vote of confidence.

Photo/Somali Times Somalia’s new Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble, who appeared in state media for the first time since his appointment, called on the Somali parliament to give him a vote of confidence. The prime minister said he hoped to receive a vote of confidence from parliament, which is expected to be presented to the

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Rights groups: UAE hired 450 mercenaries to carry out assassinations in Yemen

UAE mercenaries in Yemen [Twitter] The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has hired thousands of mercenaries and deployed 450 of them in Yemen to carry out high-profile assassinations, the International Institute for Rights and Development, and the Rights Radar Foundation revealed on Thursday. These remarks came in a statement that the International Institute for Rights and

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US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg dead at 87

FILE – In this Feb. 6, 2017 file photo, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg speaks at Stanford University in Stanford, Calif. The Supreme Court says Ginsburg has died of metastatic pancreatic cancer at age 87. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File) Chief Justice John Roberts hails her as ‘a jurist of historic stature’ as her

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The latest Kenyan cargo plane crash at Aden Adde airport

Photo/Somali Times A Kenyan-registered cargo aircraft crashed in the Mogadishu airport on Saturday morning, there were no reported casualties. According to official told Somali Times. The aircraft operated by Silverstone Air Service took off from Mogadishu airport headed to Beledweyne before circling back for an emergency landing. The issue is believed to have been with

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