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SYDNEY/SEOUL (Reuters) – Governments ramped up measures on Thursday to battle a looming global pandemic of the coronavirus as the number of infections outside China, the source of the outbreak, for the first time surpassed those appearing inside the country. Australia initiated emergency measures and Taiwan raised its epidemic response level to its highest, a day after U.S. President Donald […]
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Britain’s very own Bob Weighton has given the nation another reason to feel proud after he was named the oldest man by Guinness World Records. Hampshire’s Bob Weighton was named the world’s oldest man in the world following the death of the previous holder of the title in Japan. Chitetsu Watanabe is reported to have died at the age of […]
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The game was going along a familiar path as time wound down in the third period between the London Knights and the Guelph Storm on Wednesday night at Budweiser Gardens. For the third game in a row the two clubs found themselves tied with under two minutes to go. In both games before Wednesday the Storm had found a way […]
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A Thai minister once jailed for conspiring to smuggle heroin into Australia is facing censure for lying to the country’s Parliament about revelations of his criminal past. Government enforcer Thammanat Prompao, who pleaded guilty to a heroin trafficking charge in Sydney in 1993, is among six Thai MPs facing a week-long censure motion. The Age’s front page from September 9 […]
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Donald Trump’s campaign SUES the New York Times for ‘libel’ over columnist’s claim of a ‘real Trump-Russia quid pro quo’ to get Putin’s election help Donald Trump’s reelection campaign filed a lawsuit against The New York Times alleging it engaged in ‘libel’ against the president The lawsuit stems from a March 2019 op-ed It claimed Trump had a deal with […]
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A woman from Weyburn, Sask., is in limbo as COVID-19 — a strain of coronavirus — spreads in Italy. Kate Andrews is a masters student at Bocconi University in Milan. While there’s no reported outbreak in the capital, about a dozen towns, many surrounding Milan, are on lockdown. “I’m not too worried, honestly,” Andrews said. Andrews is one of the […]
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Two people have been charged with second-degree murder in connection with a man’s death in west Edmonton last week. At around 11 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 18, police were called to the area of Stony Plain Road and 152 Street where an injured man was found lying on the ground. Police said the man, 35-year-old Emery John Cardinal, was taken […]
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Boris Johnson pledges £236million to end rough sleeping ‘once and for all’ and provide accommodation for 6,000 The PM will pledge nearly a quarter of a billion pounds to end rough sleeping £236 million fund will be used to accommodate up to 6,000 homeless people Boris Johnson said it is ‘simply unacceptable’ we have so many rough sleepers Boris Johnson […]
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Some civil society activists backed the opposition party’s rejection of the initial results and ‘collusion’ accusations. Abuja, Nigeria – The main opposition in Nigeria on Monday rejected provisional presidential election results declared by the electoral commission showing the ruling party in the lead, accusing the two of being in “collusion”. The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) said the initial results announced […]
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A STUDENT shows off what may be the world’s biggest Hula Hoop — at 3½in long. Maddie Dunn, 21, was stunned to pull out the super-sized tubular treat, around eight times bigger than usual. It beats what was believed to be the previous Hula Hoop record — a 2½in stonker from last year. Maddie, a student at the University of […]
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