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‘All US has done could only spread fear’: China slams Washington for ‘stoking panic’ against Beijing over coronavirus

‘All US has done could only spread fear’: China slams Washington for ‘stoking panic’ against Beijing over coronavirus China’s Foreign Ministry has slammed Washington over the coronavirus outbreak, saying the US has been using it to fuel mass hysteria against Beijing, introducing measures that hurt civil rights more than they fight the virus. Speaking at a press briefing on February 3, China’s Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said that contrary to advice from World Health Organization (WHO), the American government has inappropriately “overreacted,” especially by banning travelers who have been to China in the past two weeks. “The US government hasn’t provided any substantial assistance to us, but it was the first to evacuate personnel from ...

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Chaos in Indian Parliament as opposition chants anti-CAA slogans, stages walkout in protest

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Chaos in Indian Parliament as opposition chants anti-CAA slogans, stages walkout in protest Monday's sessions in both chambers of the Indian Parliament descended into chaos as opposition MPs walked out in protest over the Citizenship Act, which New Delhi says is aimed at protecting minorities. Several Indian opposition parties launched a concerted effort to protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) in the parliament. Motions to adjourn all business and address the "prevailing situation in the country" were filed in both the Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha, the upper and lower chambers of the legislature. During question time, opposition MPs lashed out at the CAA and the government's handling of mass protests against the act. Several states in In...

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'Yo! He just bit him!' College basketball player DeJon Jarreau admits BITING opponent's leg in violent moment of madness (VIDEO)

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'Yo! He just bit him!' College basketball player DeJon Jarreau admits BITING opponent's leg in violent moment of madness (VIDEO) Basketball player DeJon Jarreau has been forced to apologize after his coach admitted the guard had bitten an opponent on the leg in a bizarre incident towards the end of a fiercely-contested NCAA game in Cincinnati on Saturday. Houston Cougars' Jarreau can be seen falling to the floor before chomping at Cincinnati Bearcats forward Mamoudou Diarra’s knee area with just over six minutes of play remaining as his side lost by the skin of their teeth at the sold-out Fifth Third Arena. The violent incident in the scrum was reviewed for several minutes by officials, who awarded what is thought to be the competition’s first ever ...

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WATCH: Horde of locusts blocks out the skies in Saudi Arabia, Yemen

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WATCH: Horde of locusts blocks out the skies in Saudi Arabia, Yemen Residents in Saudi Arabia and Yemen have been faced with the bewildering sight of a truly gargantuan swarm of roughly 360 billion locusts, which can block out the sun at times. But an even bigger swarm is coming soon. The massive locust swarm measures roughly the size of Manhattan and has caused tens of millions of dollars worth of damage, devastating East Africa in one of the worst outbreaks in decades. جراد جراد جراد... pic.twitter.com/jdqZld7I0G— مناضل (@Maneb35) February 2, 2020 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js ووين اللي ياكلون الجراد عندنا كمية جراد طازجه?? pic.twitter.com/us1Kgk43Jh— حمد اليامي (@Hamad21120812) February 2, 2020 https://platfor...

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Super Bowl commercials: Check out 25 of the best ads aired during Super Bowl LIV

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Super Bowl commercials: Check out 25 of the best ads aired during Super Bowl LIV Check out the best of the ads aired during Super Bowl LIV this weekend as we recap 25 of the most notable commercials aired during the 2020 Super Bowl between the Kansas City Chiefs and the San Francisco 49ers in Miami. As well as enjoying the action during the game itself, watching the ads during the Super Bowl has become a pastime in itself, with advertisers blowing their yearly budgets on big productions, featuring major names from the worlds of sports, movies and entertainment. While the Chiefs, led by quarterback Patrick Mahomes, produced a stirring fourth-quarter fightback to win a dramatic Super Bowl 31-20, there was another battle raging, as America's biggest ad...

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Swiss humanitarian channel for Iran is ‘not sign of US goodwill,’ FM Zarif says

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Swiss humanitarian channel for Iran is ‘not sign of US goodwill,’ FM Zarif says Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Monday that the Swiss humanitarian channel is not a sign of the United States’ goodwill. “This is a small step and we thank the Swiss government for its efforts… but this channel is not a sign of America’s goodwill at all,” ISNA quoted Zarif as saying. The Swiss and US governments on Thursday said a humanitarian channel to bring food and medicine to Iran has started trial operations to help supply Swiss goods to the population without tripping over US sanctions, Reuters reported. Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi said on Monday that Tehran “does not have and will not have any kind of bilateral negotiation with America and this is ...

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Coronavirus death toll surpasses SARS numbers in China, traces of disease found on door handle

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Coronavirus death toll surpasses SARS numbers in China, traces of disease found on door handle More people in China have already died from the ongoing coronavirus outbreak than from the SARS epidemic 17 years ago, Chinese officials said. Meanwhile, traces of the disease were spotted on a door handle used by the patient. The death toll from the previously-unknown coronavirus in China has grown to 361 on Sunday, the country's National Health Commission said. This number exceeds the 349 fatalities from the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) epidemic in mainland China in 2003. Out of 57 newly reported deaths, 56 were in central Hubei Province, whose capital Wuhan remains the epicenter of the outbreak, and one in the city of Chongqing in China's s...

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Fast and furious: Irate driver takes Delhi traffic cop for 2km joyride on hood of his car (VIDEO)

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Fast and furious: Irate driver takes Delhi traffic cop for 2km joyride on hood of his car (VIDEO) One irate Delhi driver apparently reached breaking point when asked to produce papers for an alleged traffic violation. Viral video shows the manic motorist taking the cop for a ride on the hood of his car. The driver reportedly sustained minor injuries in the bizarre incident of road rage which took place in the Nangloi area of outer Delhi. Video shows the traffic cop insisting on seeing some papers before the fast and furious leadfoot decides to take him on a 2km (1.2-mile) joyride. //www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FRTnews%2Fvideos%2F560993534493399&show_text=false Online, man...

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Worst day in years as Chinese markets plunge 8% amid coronavirus outbreak

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Worst day in years as Chinese markets plunge 8% amid coronavirus outbreak China's stock markets tanked on Monday, their first day of trading after an extended Lunar New Year holiday, with nearly 3,500 stocks dropping by the daily 10 percent limit. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index closed 7.7 percent lower, the biggest drop in nearly five years. The Shenzhen Composite Index, which tracks the performance of 500 major stocks listed on the exchange, dived 8.4 percent. Shenzhen hasn't recorded a single-day percentage drop this bad since 2007. The losses on each index were the biggest since the 2015 'Black Monday,' wiping out a combined $445 billion off the market. The Chinese currency, the yuan, has weakened by nearly 1.5 percent to around 7.00 to t...

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Turkey failed to notify of convoy movements in Syria’s Idlib before getting shelled by Damascus troops – Russian military

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Turkey failed to notify of convoy movements in Syria’s Idlib before getting shelled by Damascus troops – Russian military A shelling incident in Syria in which Turkey said four of its soldiers were killed may have been caused by the failure of the Turkish side to warn about the movement of their convoy, the Russian military said. “Units of the Turkish military conducted movement within the Idlib de-escalation zone during the nighttime from February 2 to February 3 without informing the Russian side and came under fire by the Syrian government troops, which were targeting terrorists west of Saraqib,” the Russian center for Syrian reconciliation said on Monday. The statement stressed that there are established lines of communications between Russian ...

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