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G7 pledges to do whatever is necessary to restore growth

YoopyaMarch 24, 2020June 14, 2023

by YoopyaMarch 24, 2020June 14, 20230

G7 finance ministers and central bank chiefs on Tuesday vowed to do whatever is necessary to safeguard jobs and the economy from disruptions caused by...

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Why does Russia, population 146 million, have fewer coronavirus cases than Luxembourg?

YoopyaMarch 21, 2020June 14, 2023

by YoopyaMarch 21, 2020June 14, 20230

Russian President Vladimir Putin said this week his country managed to stop the mass spread of coronavirus– and that the situation was under control, thanks to early...

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Ethiopia won’t be forced by US on dam, foreign minister says

YoopyaMarch 13, 2020June 14, 2023

by YoopyaMarch 13, 2020June 14, 20230

Ethiopia refuses to be pressured by the United States into signing a deal with Egypt and Sudan over its controversial dam on the Nile River,...

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Saudis’ arrest of 2 princes called a warning to royal family

YoopyaMarch 8, 2020June 14, 2023

by YoopyaMarch 8, 2020June 14, 20230

Saudi Arabia’s King Salman was shown in state media Sunday in apparent good health and working, just days after the arrest of two senior princes...

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Dubai ruler threatened wife, had daughters abducted

YoopyaMarch 6, 2020June 14, 2023

by YoopyaMarch 6, 2020June 14, 20230

The ruler of Dubai conducted a campaign of fear and intimidation against his estranged wife and ordered the abduction of two of his daughters, a...

Health News

Virus hits 100,000 cases as it upends lives, livelihoods

YoopyaMarch 6, 2020July 2, 2023

by YoopyaMarch 6, 2020July 2, 20230

Crossing more borders, the new coronavirus hit a milestone Friday, infecting more than 100,000 people worldwide as it wove itself deeper into the daily lives...

World

Amid virus, Saudis close Islam’s holiest sites to foreigners

YoopyaMarch 1, 2020July 2, 2023

by YoopyaMarch 1, 2020July 2, 20230

Saudi Arabia on Thursday closed off the holiest sites in Islam to foreign pilgrims over the coronavirus, disrupting travel for thousands of Muslims already headed...

Africa News World

Islamic extremists kill Nigerian pastor, attack his hometown

YoopyaFebruary 28, 2020June 14, 2023

by YoopyaFebruary 28, 2020June 14, 20230

Islamic militants in Nigeria have killed a Christian pastor who had appealed for help in a video just days earlier, and a human rights activist...

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Trump defends Modi, refuses to weigh in on citizenship law

YoopyaFebruary 26, 2020June 14, 2023

by YoopyaFebruary 26, 2020June 14, 20230

Defending the host who has showered him with pageantry, President Donald Trump refused Tuesday to speak out publicly against an Indian citizenship law pushed by...

Africa News World

Twenty killed in Tanzanian church stampede: official

YoopyaFebruary 2, 2020June 14, 2023

by YoopyaFebruary 2, 2020June 14, 20230

Twenty people in Tanzania were trampled to death at an open-air evangelical Christian church service in the north of the country, officials said on Sunday....