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British pubs will have to close early and people who fail to obey quarantine rules will face stiff fines under new lockdown restrictions to curb a surging wave of new coronavirus infections.
Archaeologists unearth 27 coffins at Egypt's Saqqara pyramid
Egyptian archaeologists have unearthed more than two dozen ancient coffins in a vast necropolis south of Cairo, an official said Monday.
Critic of Chinese leader sentenced to 18 years in graft case
The former chairman of a state-owned real estate company who publicly criticized President Xi Jinping's handling of the coronavirus pandemic was sentenced to 18 years in prison on Tuesday on corruption charges, a court announced.
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As rich nations struggle, Africa's virus response is praised
At a lecture to peers this month, John Nkengasong showed images that once dogged Africa, with a magazine cover declaring it "The Hopeless Continent." Then he quoted Ghana's first president, Kwame Nkrumah: "It is clear that we must find an African solution to our problems, and that this can only be found in African unity."
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Young Afghan women, men practice whiling Sufi dance together
A group of young Afghans – both women and men – is coming together in the country's war-torn capital to practice a mystical Sufi Islamic dance.
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German public-sector workers walk out to press pay demands
Public-service workers in Germany launched a campaign of short strikes on Tuesday to press their demand for a significant pay rise, with hospital and child care center employees and drainage workers among those set to walk off the job in parts of the country.
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Taiwan's Tsai visits base following Chinese show of force
Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen visited a military base on one of Taiwan's outlying islands Tuesday in a display of resolve following a recent show of force by rival China.
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AP PHOTOS: Moria, the migrant crisis that shook the EU
Moria refugee camp was never far from crisis.
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Asia Today: Duterte extends virus calamity status by a year
President Rodrigo Duterte says he has extended a state of calamity in the entire Philippines by a year to allow the government to draw emergency funds faster to fight the COVID-19 pandemic and harness the police and military to maintain law and order.
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Asian shares track Wall Street retreat on pandemic pains
Shares slipped Tuesday in Asia after markets tumbled worldwide on worries about the pandemic's economic pain.Hong Kong's Hang Seng lost 0.3% to 23,894.72 and the…
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World powers set to take the stage, virtually, at UN debate
The U.N.'s first virtual meeting of world leaders was set to start Tuesday with pre-recorded speeches from some of the planet's biggest powers, kept at home by the coronavirus pandemic that will likely be a dominant theme at their video gathering this year.
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Australia state leader welcomes Israeli extradition ruling
An Australian state leader on Tuesday described an Israeli court decision to extradite a former teacher wanted in Australia on charges of molesting children as a victory for abuse victims.
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Bavarians hold toned-down Oktoberfest amid virus
Oktoberfest celebrations got underway in Munich on Saturday with the traditional tapping of a keg and the cry of "O'zapft is" or "it's tapped."
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Declaration of UN's 75th anniversary urges global unity
The world's often-divided nations united Monday to adopt a declaration commemorating the 75th anniversary of the United Nations, saying the urgency for all countries to come together "has rarely been greater" amid global challenges ranging from the coronavirus pandemic to climate change and violent extremism.
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China uproots ethnic minority villages in anti-poverty fight
Under a portrait of President Xi Jinping, Ashibusha sits in her freshly painted living room cradling her infant daughter beside a chair labeled a "gift from the government."
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Born to prevent war, UN at 75 faces a deeply polarized world
The United Nations marked its 75th anniversary Monday with its chief urging leaders of an increasingly polarized, go-it-alone world to work together and preserve the organization's most important success since its founding: avoiding a military confrontation between the major global powers.
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Yemen gets new virus hospital after other facilities close
The Red Cross on Monday announced the opening of a new field hospital in southern Yemen specifically to treat coronavirus patients, as the virus continues to spread largely unchecked in the war-torn country.
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Veteran Sherpa guide who set Everest record dies at age 72
A veteran Nepalese Sherpa guide who was the first person to climb Mount Everest 10 times has died at age 72 after a long illness, family members said.
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Indian couple run street-side classes for poor students
On a quiet road in India's capital, tucked away on a wide, red-bricked sidewalk, kids set adrift by the country's COVID-19 lockdown are being tutored.
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Storm heading northward toward Japan packing winds, downpour
A tropical storm developing in the Pacific Ocean, was slowly sweeping toward Japan on Tuesday, threatening the main island of Honshu with heavy rainfall and harsh winds.
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Europe adopts tougher virus restrictions as infections surge
As the U.S. closed in on 200,000 coronavirus deaths Monday, the crisis deteriorated across Europe, with Britain working to draw up new restrictions, Spain clamping down again in Madrid and the Czech Republic replacing its health minister with an epidemiologist because of a surge of infections.
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2 men working to map WW II bombs are killed by one
Solomon islands – An Australian and a Briton working to map a deadly legacy of unexploded World War II munitions have been killed in the…
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Meghan's lawyers deny she cooperated with royal book authors
Lawyers for a British newspaper publisher that's being sued for invasion of privacy by the Duchess of Sussex argued Monday that she made personal information public by cooperating with the authors of a book about her relationship with Prince Harry. Her lawyers deny the claim.
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Palestinians arrest supporters of Abbas rival close to UAE
Palestinian security forces have detained dozens of supporters of a rival to President Mahmoud Abbas who is based in the United Arab Emirates, his political group said Monday.
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