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Alongside Coronavirus, We Must Guard Against The Other Deadly Viruses Infecting Us
WorldNews.com 28 Feb 2020
Article by WN.Com Correspondent Dallas Darling. After months of alarming reports about the seriousness of the coronavirus, which has already infected more than 80,000 people in China and spread to most of the world, including several cases in the United States, a poor response to the epidemic could be politically devastating for any world leader....
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Turkey kills over 300 Syria regime troops in retaliation to attack
Middle East Monitor 28 Feb 2020
Turkey has reportedly killed at least 309 Syrian regime soldiers and destroyed dozens of military vehicles and defence systems in retaliation for the regime’s offensive which killed 33 Turkish soldiers last night ... More UAV footage reportedly showing air strikes on SAA forces in response to the air strike on Turkish forces yesterday ... .......
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Navy says Chinese destroyer shot laser at aircraft near Guam in ‘unsafe and unprofessional manner’
Stars and Stripes 28 Feb 2020
YOKOSUKA NAVAL BASE, Japan — A Chinese navy destroyer shot a weapons-grade laser at a P-8A Poseidon patrol aircraft in a recent move that U.S. Pacific Fleet dubbed “unsafe and unprofessional” in a statement Thursday. The incident happened Feb ... The crew regularly conducts maritime patrol and reconnaissance, the statement said ... Twitter. @CaitlinDoornbos....
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Coronavirus: UK records first death as man on board cruise ship dies
The Irish Times 28 Feb 2020
A British man on board a cruise ship in Japan has died from coronavirus. The Japanese Ministry of Health said the man was the sixth person to have died on the Diamond Princess cruise ship, which has been quarantined off the coast of Japan. He is the first Briton to have died from coronavirus, also known as Covid-19 ... Photograph. Kazuhiro NOGI/AFP ... ....
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Erdogan’s military adventurism in Syria is doomed to fail: Analyst
Press TV 28 Feb 2020
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s military adventurism in Syria is doomed to fail, says an American political analyst, as tensions soar between Damascus and Ankara over Turkey’s aggression on the Arab country’s soil and the rising death toll of Turkish troops there ... 34 Turkish troops killed in Syria's Idlib as govt. forces continue gains ... ....
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Greece tightens border control after Turkey opens gates
Press TV 28 Feb 2020
Greece has tightened control on the border with Turkey following a decision by Ankara to stop preventing the flow of refugees into Europe and amid fears of a new coronavirus spread. The European Union (EU) and Turkey struck a deal in 2016 under which Turkey would hold back refugees hoping to reach Europe via Turkish territory ... forces continue gains ... ....
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NATO in urgent talks after 33 Turkish troops killed in Syria
Daily Herald 28 Feb 2020
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg says Turkey has requested emergency talks after 33 of its soldiers were killed in northeast Syria ... ....
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Astronomers detect biggest explosion in universe since Big Bang
Webdunia 28 Feb 2020
Astronomers have discovered the biggest explosion seen in the universe, originating from a super-massive black hole. . explosion in universe since Big Bang" width="740" />. The blast, they said, is the biggest explosion seen in the universe since the Big Bang ... ... ... “And we don’t know why it’s so big.”. ... ....
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‘India commiting massacres against Muslims’, Erdogan says
Middle East Monitor 28 Feb 2020
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan yesterday hit out against “massacres” committed against Muslims in India after riots in New Delhi left at least 33 dead. “India right now has become a country where massacres are widespread. What massacres? Massacres of Muslims ... Thousands of properties and vehicles were touched in the violence....
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Judge refuses to reconsider releasing secret Jeffrey Epstein-related documents
The Independent 28 Feb 2020
A federal judge has denied a motion that could have allowed the release of more than 1,000 documents related to the investigation of crimes committed by Jeffrey Epstein and others. The motion, filed by the Miami Herald and investigative journalist Julie K. Brown, asked the judge to reconsider a previous decision to keep the files secret ... Show all 9 ... ....
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33 Turkish soldiers killed in Syria airstrike
The News International 28 Feb 2020
ANKARA. At least 33 Turkish soldiers were killed in Syria´s Idlib province after an air strike blamed on Damascus, prompting condemnation from Washington and a UN warning on the rapidly-rising risk of escalation. Dozens more soldiers were injured and taken to Turkey for treatment, Rahmi Dogan, governor of Turkish Hatay, said Friday ... File photo ... ....
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Report Identifies the Most Dangerous Mobile App Store on the Internet
Slashdot 28 Feb 2020photo: Creative Commons / James St. John
Malawi legalises cannabis amid hopes of fresh economic growth
The Guardian 28 Feb 2020
Law change hailed by supporters as chance for country to benefit from rising global demand for medicinal cannabis products Malawi has passed a bill decriminalising cannabis for medicinal and industrial purposes, almost five years after a motion to legalise industrial hemp was adopted ... The national poverty rate was more than 50% in 2016 ... .......
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Nigeria confirms first case of coronavirus in sub Saharan Africa
CNN 28 Feb 2020
(CNN)An Italian citizen who traveled to Lagos, Nigeria's economic nerve center, is the first confirmed case of coronavirus in sub Saharan Africa, according to the country's Health Ministry. The man works in Nigeria and had returned from Milan to Lagos on February 25, the ministry said ... Wuhan coronavirus has now passed 6,000 cases worldwide. N ... Dr ... ....
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Putin, Erdogan speak by phone, could meet soon – Kremlin
Russia Today 28 Feb 2020
Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan do not rule out that they could meet in the immediate future, the Kremlin press service has said ... ....
