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January 27, 2020
China extends New Year celebrations in bid to contain coronavirus as death toll reaches 80

China has extended the Lunar New Year holiday in efforts to contain the coronavirus as the death toll rose to 80.

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January 27, 2020
Democrats demand John Bolton gives evidence in Trump impeachment trial

A draft of a book from former US national security adviser John Bolton appears to undercut a key defence argument in the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump.

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January 27, 2020
Turkish rescuers drill into rubble in search for quake victims

Turkish emergency teams are drilling through rubble searching for the last two missing people believed to be trapped under a collapsed building after an earthquake.

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January 27, 2020
Turkish rescuers drill into rubble in search for quake victims

Turkish emergency teams have pulled out a body from the rubble of a collapsed building, raising the death toll from the powerful tremor that hit eastern Turkey to 40.

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January 27, 2020
Turkish rescuers find last quake victims as death toll hits 41

Turkish emergency teams have recovered the bodies of the last two missing quake victims from the rubble of a collapsed building, raising the death toll from the powerful tremor that...

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January 27, 2020
Diamond miner Petra’s shares sink on weaker prices

Petra Diamonds shares have dived after the company saw first-half revenues slide by 6%.

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January 27, 2020
China extends new year holiday to contain coronavirus as death toll rises

China has extended the Lunar New Year holiday in efforts to contain the coronavirus as the death toll rose to 81.

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January 27, 2020
China extends new year holiday to contain coronavirus as death toll reaches 80

China has extended the Lunar New Year holiday in efforts to contain the coronavirus as the death toll rose to 80.

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January 27, 2020
‘He will be remembered most for inspiring people around the world’ – Tributes flow for tragic Kobe Bryant and daughter

Kobe Bryant was hailed as an "extraordinary" athlete, devoted father and an inspiration to millions around the world after the basketball great died in a helicopter crash at the age...

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January 27, 2020
Libya crisis cannot be solved by ‘military means,’ Erdogan says after Algeria talks

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said the Libyan crisis could not be solved by “military means.” He made the statement after talks on Sunday with his Algerian counterpart in...

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January 27, 2020
Lender Amigo seeks buyer amid increased pressure from regulators

Lender Amigo has put itself up for sale and launched a strategic review after losing more than 75% of its share value since June.

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January 27, 2020
Lender Amigo seeks buyer amid increased pressure from regulators

Lender Amigo has put itself up for sale and launched a strategic review after losing more than 75% of its share value since June.

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January 27, 2020
Plane skids off runway and into street in Iran

An airliner carrying 150 passengers has skidded off a runway into a street next to an airport in the Iranian city of Mahshahr.

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January 27, 2020
Oman’s top diplomat visits Iran for 2nd time in week to discuss Gulf security

Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif hosted his Omani counterpart Yusuf bin Alawi on Sunday, the second such visit in one week, for talks on security in the Gulf. Alawi...

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January 27, 2020
China’s Premier Li Keqiang arrives in coronavirus outbreak epicentre Wuhan to supervise epidemic control efforts

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has arrived in the city of Wuhan in Hubei Province, which is epicenter of the 2019-nCoV novel coronavirus outbreak that already infected more than 2,800 people...

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January 27, 2020
China’s Premier Li Keqiang arrives in coronavirus outbreak epicenter Wuhan to supervise epidemic control efforts

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has arrived in the city of Wuhan in Hubei Province, which is ground zero of the 2019-nCoV novel coronavirus outbreak that already infected more than 2,800...

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January 27, 2020
Kim’s ‘influential’ aunt reappears after six years

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's aunt made her first public appearance in about six years, quelling years of rumours she was purged or executed by her nephew.

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January 27, 2020
Trump in blistering attack on the Democrat leading impeachment

Donald Trump has issued a thinly veiled threat to the Democrat leading the impeachment case against him, saying Adam Schiff has "not paid the price, yet" for his actions.

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January 27, 2020
Woman, child are pulled from the rubble after deadly quake

A woman and her young child were pulled out alive from under a collapsed building before Turkey began winding down its rescue operation yesterday after an earthquake that killed at...

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January 27, 2020
Trump in blistering attack on the Democrat leading impeachment

Donald Trump has issued a thinly veiled threat to the Democrat leading the impeachment case against him, saying Adam Schiff has "not paid the price, yet" for his actions.

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January 27, 2020
Kim’s ‘influential’ aunt reappears after six years

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's aunt made her first public appearance in about six years, quelling years of rumours she was purged or executed by her nephew.

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January 27, 2020
Never again, says Pope on Auschwitz anniversary

Pope Francis asked the world's 1.3 billion Catholics to stop for a moment of prayer and reflection on the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi death camp at...

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January 27, 2020
US basketball legend Bryant and daughter killed in air crash

US basketball legend Kobe Bryant and his young daughter have been killed in a helicopter crash near Los Angeles.

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January 27, 2020
Furious protesters defy cleric after accusation of betrayal

Thousands of Iraqis yesterday faced live gunfire as they poured into the streets of Baghdad in defiance of calls by powerful cleric Moqtada al-Sadr to stay at home.

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January 27, 2020
Furious protesters defy cleric after accusation of betrayal

Thousands of Iraqis yesterday faced live gunfire as they poured into the streets of Baghdad in defiance of calls by powerful cleric Moqtada al-Sadr to stay at home.

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January 27, 2020
Coronavirus ‘is getting stronger’ as 2,000 infected

China's deadly coronavirus is becoming stronger and carriers of the disease can pass it on even if they show no symptoms, health authorities have warned.

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January 27, 2020
US basketball legend Bryant and daughter killed in air crash

US basketball legend Kobe Bryant and his young daughter have been killed in a helicopter crash near Los Angeles.

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January 27, 2020
Kim’s ‘influential’ aunt reappears after six years

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's aunt made her first public appearance in about six years, quelling years of rumours she was purged or executed by her nephew.

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January 27, 2020
Furious protesters defy cleric after accusation of betrayal

Thousands of Iraqis yesterday faced live gunfire as they poured into the streets of Baghdad in defiance of calls by powerful cleric Moqtada al-Sadr to stay at home.

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January 27, 2020
Kim’s ‘influential’ aunt reappears after six years

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's aunt made her first public appearance in about six years, quelling years of rumours she was purged or executed by her nephew.

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January 27, 2020
Kim’s ‘influential’ aunt reappears after six years

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's aunt made her first public appearance in about six years, quelling years of rumours she was purged or executed by her nephew.

Continue Reading
January 27, 2020
Furious protesters defy cleric after accusation of betrayal

Thousands of Iraqis yesterday faced live gunfire as they poured into the streets of Baghdad in defiance of calls by powerful cleric Moqtada al-Sadr to stay at home.

Continue Reading
January 27, 2020
Never again, says Pope on Auschwitz anniversary

Pope Francis asked the world's 1.3 billion Catholics to stop for a moment of prayer and reflection on the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi death camp at...

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January 27, 2020
Oscar judges don’t even watch the films: actress

The Academy's snubbing of female talent shows that its members are not watching the films they are meant to judge, actress Carey Mulligan has claimed.

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January 27, 2020
Oscar judges don’t even watch the films: actress

The Academy's snubbing of female talent shows that its members are not watching the films they are meant to judge, actress Carey Mulligan has claimed.

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January 27, 2020
Trump in blistering attack on the Democrat leading impeachment

Donald Trump has issued a thinly veiled threat to the Democrat leading the impeachment case against him, saying Adam Schiff has "not paid the price, yet" for his actions.

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January 27, 2020
Woman, child are pulled from the rubble after deadly quake

A woman and her young child were pulled out alive from under a collapsed building before Turkey began winding down its rescue operation yesterday after an earthquake that killed at...

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January 27, 2020
US basketball legend Bryant and daughter killed in air crash

US basketball legend Kobe Bryant and his young daughter have been killed in a helicopter crash near Los Angeles.

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January 27, 2020
Coronavirus ‘is getting stronger’ as 2,000 infected

China's deadly coronavirus is becoming stronger and carriers of the disease can pass it on even if they show no symptoms, health authorities have warned.

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January 27, 2020
Whitmore taken to task for her carbon footprint on ‘Love Island’

Laura Whitmore has hit back at claims she is contributing to the climate crisis by jetting back and forth to Cape Town for 'Love Island'.

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