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TAIPEI (Reuters) – A taxi driver has died from the coronavirus in Taiwan, marking the first such death on the island and the fifth fatality outside mainland China from an
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When the CD seemed to be on an unstoppable ascent in the 1990s, vinyl pressing plants started shutting down. A few survived, sustained by DJs and turntablists who insisted on
Questions outnumber answers for generations of refugees as Afghan peace deal nears
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Lebanon's MEA to require payment in dollars as crisis bites-report, source
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanon’s state-owned carrier Middle East Airlines (MEA) will only accept payment in U.S. dollars from Monday, the National News Agency reported, as the country grapples with a
Turkey tells Russia that attacks in Syria's Idlib must stop
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Sunday that he told his Russian counterpart at a meeting the previous day that attacks in Syria’s northwestern Idlib region
CDU's Merz would score best head-to-head against top German Green: poll
BERLIN (Reuters) – Friedrich Merz would fare best among those aspiring to lead Germany’s governing Christian Democrats (CDU) into the next national election against the leader of their potential main
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The Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions is warning that the federal public health agency’s guidelines to protect front-line health-care workers from outbreaks of diseases like the novel coronavirus don’t go
U.N. says Libya arms embargo a 'joke', demands accountability
MUNICH (Reuters) – An arms embargo aimed at curbing fighting in Libya has become meaningless because of violations and it is imperative that those who breach it are held to