Hong Kong orders mandatory mask wearing to combat new virus wave
Everyone in Hong Kong will have to wear masks in public from this week, authorities said Monday, as they unveiled
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Sudan’s ex-President Bashir on trial for 1989 coup
He is accused of overthrowing a democratically-elected government to assume power. The former president, who was ousted from power by
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Iranian passenger plane approached by US fighter jets lands back in Tehran: Reports
The Iranian plane, belonging to Mahan Air, was heading from Tehran to Beirut when the pilot staged a safety maneuver,
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American flag lowered at US consulate in Chengdu: Reports
China had on Friday ordered the United States to close its consulate in Chengdu, southwestern Chinese province. The move was
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2020’s first Atlantic hurricane lashes Texas, floods expected
The first hurricane of the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season made landfall twice as a Category 1 storm on Saturday afternoon
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Coronavirus: Beijing partly reopens movie theatres as Covid threat declines
Cinemas in parts of the Beijing deemed at low risk of cross-infection began admitting moviegoers under social distancing rules. Beijing
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Luck? Genetics? Italian island spared from coronavirus outbreak
Days passed and none of Giglio’s islanders in Italy developed any novel coronavirus symptoms even though the conditions seemed favourable
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