International

Hong Kong, An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.2 jolted 248 km east of Amahai, Indonesia at 0251 GMT on Thursday, the US Geological Survey said. The epicenter, with a depth of 10.0 km, was initially determined to be at 3.4939 degrees…
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Shenyang, China's Liaoning Province reported five new confirmed COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, the provincial health commission said Thursday. All new confirmed patients are in the city of Dalian and four of them were previously…
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ABUJA, A gang of gunmen attacked a community in Nigeria's north-central state of Kogi and killed 14 people, said the police. Among the dead victims 13 were members of a family in the Agbudu community of the Korton-Karfe local government…
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Kiev, A resident of Ukraine's western Ternopil Region has contracted the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) for a third time, head of the regional health department Volodymyr Bohaichuk said. "There is a sick person, who fell ill for a…
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Houstan, A natural gas pipeline was accidentally struck and erupted in flames on Wednesday at an energy facility east of Houston, Texas, local authorities confirmed. Authorities said the pipe line exploded at around 4:45 p.m. local time…
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Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, the most populous county in the United States, reported Wednesday the largest increase of confirmed COVID-19 cases and related deaths, 4,825 and 91 respectively, in the past 24 hours. The figures reflected…
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Toronto, Canada's Ethics Commissioner is expanding his investigation into possible conflict of interest violations committed by Finance Minister Bill Morneau in the decision to award a government contract to the WE Charity, the Office said…
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HOUSTON, Texas, the second largest US state by both area and population, has surpassed New York state in total confirmed coronavirus cases, figures from Johns Hopkins University showed. The southern state has so far registered 417,098…
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BEIJING,The Chinese mainland reported three new imported COVID-19 cases Wednesday, bringing the total number of imported cases to 2,059, the National Health Commission said on Thursday. Guangdong, Yunnan and Shaanxi provinces each reported…
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BEIRUT,Lebanon's number of COVID-19 infections increased by 182 cases to 4,202 while the death toll went up by one to 55, the National News Agency reported. The Middle East Airlines announced on Wednesday that Lebanon will not allow the…
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